Other Candidates
James Whale - Radio presenter James Whale has announced his candidature to become the UK Independence Party candidate for the 2008 London Mayoral elections.
According to Whale "London will have a completely different vibe" if he beats current Mayor Ken Livingstone. UKIP Leader Nigel Farage claimed Whale "not only has guts, but an understanding of what real people think."
Meanwhile the BBC quote a party spokesperson as saying "if people want politicians who simply say the same things as other politicians, they can vote for Ken Livingstone or Steve Norris."
John Bird - Big Issue founder John Bird has announced he will stand as an independent candidate in next year's Mayoral elections.
Bird told the Evening Standard he would seek to be "a mayor of the streets, of the housing estates and of the local communities."
"I don't come from an arrogant political elite like Ken [Livingstone]. I don't come from a social elite. I've got involved in various London problems and run a number of businesses. Actually, I think it will take a coalition of forces to sort out London's problems today."
The Green Party - The Green Party has selected Siân Berry to fight next year's Mayoral election. Ms Berry, 32, won 45% of the vote and beat four others for the candidacy.
Last year she was elected unopposed as Female Principal Speaker at the Green Party's annual conference in September 2006. Previously the Party's national Campaigns Co-ordinator, she was also the party's candidate for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency in the 2005 General Election.
Speaking after the result was declared Ms Berry said: "Life is a struggle for ordinary people in London. If it's not the chaos of our transport network, it's the high cost of living, the daily struggle to make a living wage, or crazy levels of rent and mortgages.
"Our vision is clear: a fairer, greener, healthier London. A city run on a human scale, which enriches the lives of everyone.
"A Green mayor would be the best thing that ever happened to London. I can help bring a wide range of voters behind us with my record of action, and our vision of London as the world's leading example of a diverse, socially just, green city."
In 2000 and 2004 the party fielded Assembly Member Darren Johnson as their candidate.
