Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick are the three main contenders in the London mayoral elections, but there are several other less well known candidates.
Sian Berry, the Green Party candidate, studied engineering at university and formerly worked as a copywriter in medical communications. She is one of the founding members of the Alliance Against Urban 4x4s and is a former principal speaker for the Green Party.
Gerard Batten, from the UK Independence Party, is a former BT salesman who was elected to the European Parliament for UKIP in 2004, and says he sees the seat as a means to campaign for Britain's withdrawal from the EU. He publishes an annual study called "How Much Does the European Parliament Cost Britain?"
Alan Craig is a joint candidate for the Christian Peoples Alliance and the Christian Party. He has spent 25 years working in the community in Canning Town, first in a family centre and then a young offenders' hostel.
Lindsey German is candidate for Left List. She is Convenor of the Stop the War Coalition and a former editor of Socialist Review magazine.
Matt O'Connor is running for the English Democrats. He is a founder of Fathers4Justice, whose members have staged public stunts such as throwing purple powder over Tony Blair in the House of Commons.
Richard Barnbrook is the BNP candidate. He is a Royal Academy of Arts graduate and runs his own design firm. Mr Barnbrook is engaged to the lead dancer for the English National Ballet, Simone Clarke, who came under fire for her membership of the BNP last year.
Former boxer Winston Mackenzie, whose brother is former world boxing champion Duke Mackenzie, lost out on the Tory nomination to Boris Johnson and is running as an independent. He has pledged to stop any expansion of the congestion charge zone and to be tough on crime.
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