Declaration of result
52.—(1) The GLRO shall declare to be elected as the Mayor of London the candidate who, in accordance with section 4(2) of the 1999 Act (including that provision as applied by section 16(4) at an election to fill a vacancy), or Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act, as the case may be, is to be returned as the Mayor at that election.
(2) The GLRO shall give public notice of—
(a)the name of the successful candidate,
(b)the total number of first preference votes given for each candidate,
(c)the total number of second preference votes given for each of the candidates remaining in the contest after the count of the first preference votes, and
(d)the number of rejected ballot papers at the election under each head shown in the statement of rejected ballot papers.
(3) In an uncontested election, the GLRO shall as soon as practicable after the latest time for the delivery of notices of withdrawals of candidature—
(a)declare to be elected the person remaining validly nominated; and
(b)give public notice of the name of the person declared to be elected.
(4) The GLRO shall inform the proper officer(1) of the Authority of the result of the election.
For the definition of “proper officer” see section 424(1) and (2) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29). The functions of the proper officer of the Authority include that of being one of the persons to whom the declaration of acceptance of office by the duly elected Mayor or Assembly Member is to be made. See section 28 of that Act.