About Ken

 

 

“I want to be Mayor for one overriding reason: if I am elected my focus will be to do everything I can to protect Londoners from the recession and the effects of the Government's policies.”

 Ken is standing to be Mayor of London in 2012 to put London first and use his experience of office to get the most from what will be a difficult economic and political time for Britain and for London.

 Ken’s running mate, standing to be London’s Deputy Mayor, is Val Shawcross AM. You can read more about Val here. 

 

Ken Livingstone was London’s first elected mayor from May 2000. An elected Mayor for the capital saw devolved government restored after fourteen years without a strategic authority and voice for London.

Born in Lambeth and now living in Cricklewood Ken Livingstone is a Londoner first and foremost.

From better transport and lower fares to climate change and addressing inequality, Ken has always been on the cutting edge of politics.

Find out more about Ken’s record as Mayor here and his record at the GLC here.

Background

Ken Livingstone was born in Streatham in 1945, attending Tulse Hill Comprehensive and working as a lab technician at Chester Beatty cancer research unit.

Since becoming the MP for Brent East he has lived in Cricklewood.

Click here for ten things you may not know about Ken.

Elected Office:

2000-2008, Mayor of London
1987-2001, Member of Parliament for Brent East

1981-1986, Leader of the Greater London Council, GLC member for Paddington

 

Ken has also been a borough councillor in Lambeth and Camden, and served as a GLC councillor in Hackney before Paddington. He stood as a parliamentary candidate in 1979 in Hampstead.