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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For each registered political party by which a list of candidates has been submitted for the election of London members—\n(a) there shall be added together the number of London votes given for the party in the Assembly constituencies; and\n(b) the number arrived at under paragraph (a) above shall then be divided by the aggregate of one and the number of candidates of the party returned as constituency members.\n(2) For each individual candidate to be a London member there shall be added together the number of London votes given for that candidate in the Assembly constituencies.\n(3) The number arrived at—\n(a) in the case of a registered political party, under sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, or\n(b) in the case of an individual candidate, under sub-paragraph (2) above,\nis referred to in this Schedule as “the London figure” for that party or individual candidate.\n(4) If a person who is a candidate of a registered political party in an Assembly constituency—\n(a) is returned as the Assembly member for the constituency, and\n(b) is also returned as the Mayor,\nthat person counts for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) above as a candidate of the party returned as a constituency member, notwithstanding that a vacancy arises in the Assembly constituency by virtue of subsection (10) of section 4 of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/23",
      "affecting_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:45.840103+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}