Boris on course for London victory

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With four-fifths of the votes counted in the capital, Mr Johnson was ahead in eight of 14 areas with Ken Livingstone ahead in the remainder. Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick was polling third across the capital.

One bookmaker was so confident of a Tory victory it announced it would start paying out bets on a Johnson win hours before the official result.

Paddy Power said the "mauling" Labour had received elsewhere in England and Wales suggested the Conservative candidate was on his way to City Hall.

A defeat for two-term Labour incumbent Mr Livingstone would compound a torrid night for Gordon Brown in his first test at the polls as PM.

Projections of Labour's national share of the vote put the party on 24%, behind the Liberal Democrats.

For the Tories, a win for Mr Johnson would be the icing on the cake in a night of sweeping victories.

The party scored wins in councils across the country and saw its predicted national share rise to 44%.

Mr Johnson refused to claim victory ahead of the official announcement.

"I think the party's done fantastically nationally but London is a very different kettle of fish. We'll have to see what happens," he said.