Greater London Authority Elections the 2004 Elections Review Committee

On 10 June 2004, 1.9 million Londoners went to the polls to cast their votes for a Mayor of London, London Assembly, and Members of the European Parliament. The London Assembly established a cross-party Committee to review the elections. The report contains the findings and recommendations of the Committee. The Committee warns in the report that plans to increase the number of people voting by post could turn elections into a "lottery". The Government is expected to push ahead with plans for everyone to vote by post for the local elections in May 2005. But Royal Mail's poor service in delivering and returning postal ballots in June's elections for the Mayor and London Assembly led to thousands of voters either not receiving their ballot papers or their papers not being returned in time.