Sentences with phrase «last mayoral election»

At the last mayoral election, several polls showed Ken Livingstone on course to recover City Hall from Boris Johnson.

«If we had this conversation four years ago before the last mayoral election, we would have been talking about nurses, porters and bus drivers not being able to live in London.

At the last mayoral election, Lammy was widely tipped to take on Ken Livingstone for the Labour nomination.

In the US, for example, Republicans in Burlington, Vermont would have been better off had some of them stayed home during the last mayoral election that they ran under AV (of course, they've since ditched it and returned to First Past the Post).

Other Democrat mayoral candidates snubbed by the club — including Quinn, Comptroller John Liu, former comptroller and runner - up in the last mayoral election Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio — could not immediately be reached for comment Monday night.

Rather it seems to be the «others» who are gaining support — though at around 8 % their total is still very low compared to the 18 % minor parties got at the last mayoral election, albeit, that was probably partially to do with the election falling on the same day as the European elections and the consequential boost for UKIP.

There were about 7,400 votes before absentee ballots were counted, versus 9,500 in the last mayoral election four years ago.

Boris was Boris — the paltry link between his electoral success and that of his nominal party underlined by the voting figures at the last mayoral election.

Quinn spearheaded the vote to extend term limits before the last mayoral election for city elected officials, including clearing the way for Bloomberg to run for a controversial third term.

In the last mayoral election, most of the Democratic wannabes vowed to keep open dysfunctional city schools, just to preserve jobs for staff and cater to unions.

The funny thing is that Quinn, whom the real - estate industry has gravitated toward since the last mayoral election, comes from that same place, too.