Deputy Mayor of London

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Current or final office holders of a mayoralty are highlighted in bold.

The 2000 London mayoral election was won by Ken Livingstone, who ran as an independent after being expelled from the Labour Party. He announced that he would rotate the position of deputy mayor equally between the four parties represented in the London Assembly (London Labour, London Conservatives, London Liberal Democrats and the London Green Party).{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Andrew|title=Greens select Livingstone's deputy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/feb/19/uk.london|access-date=26 July 2014|work=The Guardian|date=19 February 2003}} He offered the role to Nicky Gavron of the Labour Party for the first year. After some political manoeuvring, she accepted.{{cite news|title=Labour deputy joins Livingstone|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/743555.stm|access-date=26 July 2014|publisher=BBC News|date=16 May 2000}}

However, in 2001, Ken Livingstone decided not to offer the role to the Conservatives, claiming it would be disruptive, so Nicky Gavron retained the post. In 2002 the Liberal Democrats were asked to nominate a candidate but declined, saying that it would be better to scrutinise the mayor from an independent position.{{cite web|last1=Featherstone|first1=Lynne|author-link1=Lynne Featherstone|title=All change for the Tories|url=http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2002/05/all-change-for-the-tories.htm|website=lynnefeatherstone.org|publisher=Liberal Democrats|access-date=26 July 2014|date=16 May 2002|quote=Other hot news – the Liberal Democrat group has turned down the Mayor’s offer of the deputy mayor post. Our job is to keep an eye on him – and that is better done from an independent position. It would have been nice – but just not practicable.}} Again Nicky Gavron remained. In 2003, the Greens accepted an offer to nominate a deputy mayor and selected Jenny Jones, who became London's second deputy mayor.

Nicky Gavron was originally chosen as the Labour candidate for the 2004 London mayoral election but she stepped aside when Ken Livingstone was invited to rejoin the party. They then ran on a joint ticket as Labour's candidates for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor. She served as Ken Livingstone's deputy for the duration of his second term.

In his first term, Ken Livingstone came under fire for delegating his powers to his chief of staff, Simon Fletcher, rather than the deputy mayor on several occasions.{{cite web|title=Mayor leaves London in hands of adviser|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release_a.jsp?releaseid=1189|publisher=London Assembly|access-date=26 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031022072201/http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release_a.jsp?releaseid=1189|archive-date=22 October 2003|date=13 June 2002}}

After Boris Johnson became Mayor of London in May 2008, he appointed Richard Barnes{{cite web |title=Richard Barnes, Deputy Mayor of London|url=http://www.RichardBarnes.co.uk}} as his statutory Deputy Mayor, with the specific responsibility for community cohesion and regeneration. However, he also gave the title of Deputy Mayor to several other people, each with a specific role: Ian Clement (Government Relations); Kit Malthouse (Policing); and Ray Lewis (Young People).{{cite web|title=Boris Johnson announces further senior appointments to his administration |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=16774 |date=6 May 2008 |access-date=6 May 2008 |work=Greater London Authority |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512115137/http://www.london.gov.uk/view_press_release.jsp?releaseid=16774 |archive-date=12 May 2008 }}

Sir Simon Milton, a former councillor, served as Deputy Mayor of Policy and Planning and Chief of Staff to Johnson until his death in office in 2011. In May 2011, Sir Edward Lister was then appointed as his successor. Richard Barnes ceased to be Deputy Mayor on 4 May 2012, when he lost his seat in the Assembly. Victoria Borwick succeeded him in the post.{{cite web |title=Victoria Borwick named new Deputy Mayor of London|url=http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/victoria-borwick-named-new-deputy-mayor-of-london/201221164}}{{cite web|title=Investment providing platform for economic growth|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayoral/investment-providing-platform-economic-growth|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606012158/http://www.london.gov.uk/media/press_releases_mayoral/investment-providing-platform-economic-growth|archive-date=6 June 2012}} Borwick resigned in May 2015, following her election as Member of Parliament for Kensington, being succeeded by Roger Evans.[http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/roger-evans-appointed-as-deputy-mayor-of-london/ www.mayorwatch.co.uk]

The 2016 London mayoral election was won by Sadiq Khan for London Labour.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36233379|title=Sadiq Khan: Global figures and media react to London mayoral victory|date = 7 May 2016}} Following the election, he appointed Joanne McCartney Statutory Deputy Mayor, along with nine additional deputy mayors, making Khan the first mayor to use all ten available Deputy Mayor spots.

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