Perhaps this is merely the wishful thinking of a man with five children by three different mothers. But will Livingstone’s liaisons, revealed last night, affect your choice of London mayor?

It had been assumed that Boris Johnson, his main rival, was the most sexually active of the mayoral candidates. The dishevelled Old Etonian is known to have cheated on his wife more than once.

Brian Paddick, the Lib Dem long-shot, has also negotiated an eventful private life. His ex-wife says the couple shared a “wonderful marriage”, but she is not thought to be best of friends with his current long-term boyfriend.

Does it matter what London’s next mayor gets up to in his own bedroom?