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Ken takes lead over Boris in race for Mayor
Ken Livingstone has overtaken Boris Johnson in the race for City Hall by taking a narrow 51-49 lead.
With just over three months to go until the mayoral election, the contest is now wide open and either man could win on May 3.
A poll by YouGov suggests that in the first round of voting Londoners would line up 46 per cent for Mr Livingstone, 44 for Mr Johnson and seven per cent for Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick....
The two-point Livingstone lead contrasts sharply with an eight-point lead of 54-46 enjoyed by Mr Johnson in June last year, when he seemed unstoppable for a second term.
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-24029304-ken-takes-lead-over-boris-in-race-for-mayor.do