Leaders, candidates vote in UK elections

British Prime Minister David Cameron voted on Thursday (May 3) in the UKs local and mayoral election. It has already been a hard year for Prime Minister David Cameron - steering Britain into recession, admitting his austerity plan will take two years longer than first thought, and struggling to contain a scandal over his governments relationship with Rupert Murdochs media empire.Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was also seen entering a polling station in the capital as was Labour party leader Ed Miliband.Barring expectations of a victory for the goofy but popular Mayor of London Boris Johnson - who covets Camerons place - the local polls are expected to deliver more grim news to the Conservatives which could bode ill for them at the next parliamentary election due by 2015.Current London Mayor Boris Johnson and former mayor and candidate Ken Livingstone also voted in local and mayoral elections in the capital.The pair are campaigning on issues that are top of most Londoners concerns: transport and crime.Under the banner Kens Fare Deal Livingstone is pledging to reduce the high tube travel costs.After the riots last summer and the rise in youth gangs Johnson is vowing to get tough on crime.In an impromptu stump speech standing on a park bench, Johnson recently declared that his priority was to Get the funding we need to put more police out on the streets.