London Mayor Sadiq Khan re-elected for second term
He became the first Muslim Mayor of London in 2016
By Sameer| Updated: 9th May 2021 8:13 am IST London Mayor Sadiq Khan
London: Labour Party’s Sadiq Khan will continue to serve as Mayor of London as he has been re-elected for a second term. After second round of counting, 55.2 percent of votes was in favour of Khan whereas, his opponent Shaun Bailey of Conservative Party received 44.8 percent of votes.
According to a report published in the Guardian, at the end of counting of first preference votes, the number of votes in favour of Khan was 1,013, 721 whereas, Bailey had received 893,051 votes. Green Party’s Sian Berry secured 197,976 votes and Liberal Democrats’ Luisa Porritt had 111,716 votes.
Sadiq Khan will lead a new look City Hall as the re-elected Mayor of London. Credit: PA/Newsquest Last night, Sadiq Khan was re-elected as Mayor of London for the next three years following a two-day ballot counting process. The Labour mayor beat his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey by a margin of more than 10 per cent, securing 55.2 per cent of the popular vote. But the contest was much closer than initially predicted, with Mr Bailey increasing his party’s share of the vote by 1.6 per cent compared to the previous election. Following the declaration of results, which came at around 11pm last night, Sadiq Khan said that he was “humbled” to be re-elected as Mayor of London and promised to “strain every sinew to help build a better and brighter future for London”.
Sadiq Khan will lead a new look City Hall as the re-elected Mayor of London. Credit: PA/Newsquest Last night, Sadiq Khan was re-elected as Mayor of London for the next three years following a two-day ballot counting process. The Labour mayor beat his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey by a margin of more than 10 per cent, securing 55.2 per cent of the popular vote. But the contest was much closer than initially predicted, with Mr Bailey increasing his party’s share of the vote by 1.6 per cent compared to the previous election. Following the declaration of results, which came at around 11pm last night, Sadiq Khan said that he was “humbled” to be re-elected as Mayor of London and promised to “strain every sinew to help build a better and brighter future for London”.
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