BORIS Johnson has been elected the new Mayor of London.

The Tory candidate beat Labour's Ken Livingstone by about 140,000 votes in a record election turnout.

London Elects says 45 per cent of Londoners turned out to vote in what was billed a two horse race between two charismatic candidates.

In his winning speech, Boris gave credit to Ken saying he had "shaped the office of Mayor and given it prominance."

He also reassured that he would be a Mayor for all London.

He said the work would begin "giving tax payers value for money in all 32 London boroughs and the making of Greater London greater still."

In Ken's farewell speech, he blamed no-one but himself for the loss.

He said: "I'm sorry I couldn't get that extra percent.

"You can't be mayor for eight years and say after you don't secure a third term it's anybody else's fault."

Bexley and Bromley constituency remains a conservative hold in the London assembly after James Cleverly won more than 50 per cent of the local vote.

Labour candidate Alex Heslop came second and Liberal Democrat Tom Papworth third but shockingly the National Front candidate came fourth.

Paul Winnett only received about five per cent of the vote but this translates to 11,288 ballots.