OPINION - This is how the London mayoral election is changing: you will need ID to vote and you only have one preference

The next London Mayoral and Assembly elections will be held this year on 2nd May, 100 days away. The Elections Act 2022 has brought about the first significant changes to how we elect London’s leaders since 2000 and I want to draw these to your attention now.

London’s elections are unique, in that you not only vote for a Mayor, but you also vote for 25 Assembly Members, whose role is to hold the Mayor of London