After a gruelling campaign against the Labour incumbent and his strongest opponent, Boris Johnson has defeated Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election. The result was announced early this morning (May 3rd). See Livingstone's reaction here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7381594.stm
The Vote Count
Mr Johnson, the Conservative candidate for the post took 1,043,761 of the first preference votes compared to Mr Livingstone's 893,877. Voter turnout was higher than ever seen before, at 45% (BBC).