Hughes Moves To Second Favourite To Win Mayoral Election

10.02.47am GMT Thu 4th Mar 2004

Simon Hughes MP (Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate), Dee Doocey (Lib Dem Prospective GLA Candidate) with leading campaigners

With ninety-nine days to go bookies have now put Simon Hughes as second favourite in the London Mayoral elections on 10th June 2004.

According to William Hill bookmakers, Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrat candidate, is now in second place with odds of 6/1 to win with Steve Norris, the Conservative candidate, trailing on odds of 8/1.

Simon said:- "As London approaches the elections it is becoming more and more clear that the election will be a fight between the Liberal Democrats and Blair's Mayor."

"For almost 20 years the current Mayor and the Conservative candidate for London have run the capital and yet it still struggles near the bottom of the quality of life league table of decent cities to live in."

"It is time for London to look for a fresh, exciting and dynamic alternative that stops blaming things on past under-investment and under-performance and gets on with the job of making our capital a truly world class city."

ENDS

Notes

On the 1st March 2004 Mercer Consulting's annual league tables for quality of life places London 11th out of the 15 EU major cities surveyed, with London sinking to 12th in the rankings for health and sanitation. Only Madrid, Lisbon, Rome and Athens placed below that.