“I promise to strain every sinew, help build a better and brighter future for London, after the dark days of the pandemic and to create a greener, fairer and safer city for all Londoners, to get the opportunities they need to fulfil their potential.
“I am proud to have won an overwhelming mandate today.”
The result will be a glimmer of hope for the Labour Party, after it received a drubbing in local elections in England, losing control of a host of councils and a humiliating defeat in the Hartlepool by-election.
The Conservatives Shaun Bailey speaks after Labour s Sadiq Khan was declared as the next mayor of London