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There will be 12 new Assembly Members in City Hall for the upcoming term. Credit: PA There will be 12 new members of the London Assembly this term following the conclusion of the GLA elections this weekend. Although none of the 14 constituency seats changed hands between parties, seven of the Assembly members in these seats stood down or retired before the election, with new candidates taking their place. There were also five new Assembly members elected to the London-wide seats who will join the re-elected Sian Berry, Caroline Pidgeon, Caroline Russell, Shaun Bailey, Andrew Boff and Susan Hall. Joining returning constituency members Tony Devenish, Onkar Sahota, Keith Prince, Len Duvall, Leonie Cooper, Joanne McCartney and Unmesh Desai are the following new constituency Assembly members: ....
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”. ....