Sadiq Khan re-elected Mayor of London for historic third term

Sadiq Khan has won the election of London Mayor for the historic third time. BBC Reported on Saturday.

The Pakistani-origin Briton defeated Conservative rival Susan Hall in local elections across England.

The results confirmed the political dominance of the Labor Party, which is the main opposition party in the country’s politics.

The final results from the London mayoral constituency of Lambeth and Southwark showed Khan’s victory as official as he secured 106,861 votes against the Conservative’s Susan Hall, who received 26,347 votes.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party remains hopeful of gains after Khan’s landslide victory against his nearest rival amid criticism of his decision to expand London’s ultra-low emissions zone.

Keir had indicated he was confident of Khan’s victory before the announcements began, as he counted on mayoral victories for his party in Liverpool, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, where Andy Burnham is in power. Had returned.

In a fresh challenge to the Prime Minister to call an election, Sir Keir said: “Fourteen more years, I’m sorry, I don’t care what political party you support, if you leave your country in a worse position than it was. You left when you found out, after 14 years, that you are not worthy of being in the government even for a moment.”

Khan needed to win a simple majority of ballots cast, as the rules for the mayoral race were changed to a first-past-the-post voting system before the latest election.

Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak is bracing for the West Midlands mayoral election result which he hopes could see incumbent Andy Street hold power for the Conservatives.