Ken's record - Mayor of London

 


Under Ken as Mayor, 2000-2008:

  • Safer neighbourhoods – a beat police team with a minmum of six officers in every ward in London dedicated to that community
  • Record police numbers, up 5,397 from 26,001 officers in 2000 to 31,398 when Ken left office – and a total of 32,543 by the end of Ken’s final budget year
  • Leading London through the terror attacks of 7/7 and the attempted bombings of 21/7
  • Free bus and tram travel for all under-18s in full-time education delivered
  • The only major city in the world to see a shift from car use to public transport
  • Revival of the bus service – more buses with more frequent service on every route in London, plus massive increase in night bus routes, all buses low-floor and accessible to parents with prams, older and disabled Londoners, and CCTV on every bus to improve safety. A 40% increase in bus passengers. Average fares held level in real terms over 8 years.
  • Congestion charging for central London – reducing traffic levels and raising funds for public transport
  • London wins the bid to host the 2012 Olympics
  • Backing lesbian and gay rights – Britain’s first civil partnership register, support for Pride and Soho Pride, working with Stonewall against homophobic bullying in schools, ensuring the Greater London Authority took a leading place in the Stonewall Employers’ Index
  • Protection of Transport for London’s guarantee of the Freedom Pass
  • Biggest transport investment programme since the Second World War – including securing the East London Line upgrade, extension of the DLR, taking over key parts of the rail network to create London Overground
  • Oyster card introduced
  • Cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads by 40%
  • Cycling revolution saw near doubling in numbers of cycling and 2 million people watch the Tour de France start in London
  • Opposition to the partial privatisation of the Underground, PPP
  • World leader on environment and climate change; leading other cities in setting out a comprehensive programme to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions and setting up the C40 group of world cities to share knowledge
  • Protected green spaces and parks from development
  • Low Emission Zone successfully introduced to cut air pollution from lorries, coaches and buses
  • Safer travel – introduced licensing and regulation of the mini-cab trade for the first time
  • Biggest anti-racist festival in Europe – the Rise festival, London’s biggest free gig
  • Transformation of Trafalgar Square
  • Support for London’s communities and festivals – including Simcha on the Square, St George’s Day, St Patrick’s Day, Vaisakhi, Eid, Diwali, Newroz, Menorah lighting on Trafalgar Square at Hanukkah
  • Racist attacks reduced by half