Autographs of Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English former politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. He is a former member of the Labour Party, ideologically identifying as a socialist.
Born in Lambeth, South London, to a working-class family, Livingstone joined Labour in 1968 and was elected to represent Norwood at the GLC in 1973, Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1977, and Paddington in 1981. That year, Labour representatives on the GLC elected him as the council's leader. Attempting to reduce London Underground fares, his plans were challenged in court and declared unlawful; more successful were his schemes to benefit women and several minority groups, despite stiff opposition. The mainstream press gave him the moniker "Red Ken" in reference to his socialist beliefs and criticised him for supporting republicanism, LGBT rights, and a United Ireland. Livingstone was a vocal opponent of the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which in 1986 abolished the GLC. Elected as MP for Brent East in 1987, he became closely associated with anti-racist campaigns. He attempted to stand for the position of Labour Party leader following Neil Kinnock's resignation in 1992, but failed to get enough nominations. Livingstone became a vocal critic of Tony Blair's New Labour project that pushed the party closer to the political centre and won the 1997 general election.
After failing to become Labour's candidate in the 2000 London mayoral election, Livingstone successfully contested the election as an independent candidate. In his first term as Mayor of London, he introduced the congestion charge, Oyster card, and articulated buses, and unsuccessfully opposed the privatisation of London Underground. Despite his opposition to Blair's government on issues like the Iraq War, Livingstone was invited to stand for re-election as Labour's candidate. Re-elected in 2004, he expanded his transport policies, introduced new environmental regulations, and enacted civil rights reforms. Overseeing London's winning bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and ushering in a major redevelopment of the city's East End, his leadership after the 7 July 2005 London bombings was widely praised. After losing both the 2008 and 2012 London mayoral elections to the Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, Livingstone became a key ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2015. A longstanding critic of Israeli policy regarding Palestinians, his comments about the relationship between Adolf Hitler and Zionism resulted in his 2016 suspension from Labour. He resigned from the party in 2018.
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Traded items with a signature of Ken Livingstone
The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Livingstone (Ken Livingstone You can't Say That Signed 1st Edition Hardback with slipcase) was sold in January 2026 for £55.64 while the cheapest item (KEN LIVINGSTONE ( SIGNED PROMO CARD )( RE-ELECT LABOUR CAMPAIGN CARD )) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2021. The month with the most items sold (2) was March 2016 with an average selling price of £1.99 for an autographed item of Ken Livingstone. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2025 with £18.38 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was July 2015. In average, an autographed item from Ken Livingstone is worth £5.40.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Livingstone were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 7" x 6" AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE SIGNED BY KEN LIVINGSTONE - FORMER MAYOR OF LONDON | £8.99 |  |
| 7" x 6" AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE SIGNED BY KEN LIVINGSTONE - FORMER MAYOR OF LONDON | £8.99 | |
 | KEN LIVINGSTONE ( MP ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Compliments Slip. | £5.80 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE ( MP ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Compliments Slip. | £5.80 | |
 | KEN LIVINGSTONE ( MP ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Letter. | £6.87 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE ( MP ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Letter. | £6.87 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE - FORMER Lord Mayor OF LONDON - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.20 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE - FORMER Lord Mayor OF LONDON - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.20 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE - LABOUR MP & MAYOR OF LONDON - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.03 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE - LABOUR MP & MAYOR OF LONDON - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £6.03 | |
| Ken Livingstone Brent East Labour MP 1997 General Election Leaflet signed | £8.50 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE, album page, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £1.99 | |
| KEN LIVINGSTONE, album page, ORIGINALLY SIGNED! | £1.99 | |
| Signed Autograph Paper By KEN LIVINGSTONE Labour MP and LORD MAYOR OF LONDON | £18.38 | |
| Signed Autograph Paper By KEN LIVINGSTONE Labour MP and LORD MAYOR OF LONDON | £18.38 | |
Latest News about Ken Livingstone
Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone 'living with Alzheimer's disease' (19/09/2023): Ken Livingstone, the former London Mayor and one-time figurehead of the Labour left, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, his family has announced. 
Booze runs and broken swings: Number 10 accused of a culture of drinking and imp (14/01/2022): When Boris Johnson became mayor of London in 2008 he claimed he found a "secret cellar" of over 100 bottles of fine wine left behind by his predecessor Ken Livingstone in City Hall.
