Who Can Vote for Mayor of London

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You must be living at an address in London—not just sleeping on a mattress in a friend’s garden shed (unless that shed is a registered dwelling with a postal code). You also need to have been “ordinarily resident” in the UK for the last 12 months. This means you can’t fly in from Paris, buy a baguette, and claim you’re a Londoner because you once watched EastEnders. The Mayor wants roots, not crumbs.

And what about the Queen? Technically, she could vote if she lived in London, but she’d have to queue like everyone else. Imagine Her Majesty squinting at a ballot paper and muttering, “Do I tick for ‘Bring Back the Beefeaters’ or ‘More Electric Scooters’?” Spoiler: she doesn’t vote for Mayor anyway. She has more important stuff, like swan-counting.

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You can’t vote if you’re in prison—even if you promise to run on a “Let Me Out” platform. Prisoners serving a sentence can’t vote in any UK election. Also, if you’ve been found guilty of electoral fraud, you’re banned for up to five years. That rules out anyone who tried to stuff ballot boxes with their cat’s name.

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You also can’t vote if you’re a member of the House of Lords. Yes, those velvet-clad lords and ladies who argue about badgers are banned from voting for Mayor. Why? Because they already have enough power to block your road-sweeping initiatives. And no, you cannot vote if you’re under 18—no matter how many TikTok rants you’ve made about the cost of bubble tea.