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"It was a campaign the whole Conservative Party got behind" - David Cameron congratulates Boris on his victory

What will Ken Livingstone do now? "I've got quite a bit of gardening to catch up on"

Boris Johnson: "Yes, yes, absolutely" I am not not standing for Parliament in 2015

Ken Livingstone congratulates Boris on being re-elected and setting himself us as the next Tory leader

Mr Livingstone said that while Cameron and Osborne were dragging the Conservative Party to defeat in the rest of Britain, Boris not only won another term but settled the small matter of who would be the next Tory leader.

Attacking the media, he speculated that the negativity of the campaign may have contributed to the rejection of directly-elected mayoralties in other English cities.

The defeated Labour candidate said that this would be his last election.

Boris Johnson's re-election speech

Boris Johnson: "There's a difference between me and the former Mayor Ken Livingstone - I am a Mayor who unites"