KHAN RE-ELECTED AS LONDON MAYOR

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected mayor of London following a final round run-off against Shaun Bailey.  The result was much closer than many opinion polls had predicted.

Khan's victory speech was as vacuous as his term in office.  He would not refer to his nearest rival by name and spoke of an 'overwhelming mandate' despite the fact his majority was slashed by more than 100,000.

The last placed candidate, Valerie Brown, was arrested on Saturday morning in relation to an act of vandalism at the London offices of The Guardian newspaper.  On Friday a man sprayed the facade of the offices with pink paint and Brown was held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage.  Her party - Burning Pink - is thought to be a front for Extinction Rebellion.

London Mayor (Lab HOLD)

Sadiq Khan (Lab) 1,013,721 (40.0%) -4.2%

Shaun Bailey (Con) 893,051 (35.3%) +0.3%

Siân Berry (Green) 197,976 (7.8%) +3.0%

Luisa Porritt (LDem) 111,716 (4.4%) -0.2%

Niko Omilana (Ind) 49,628 (2.0%) New

Laurence Fox (Reclaim) 47,634 (1.9%) New

Brian Rose (LRP) 31,111 (1.2%) New

Richard Hewison (Rejoin) 28,012 (1.1%) New

Count Binface (Binface) 24,775 (1.0%) New

Mandu Reid (WEP) 21,182 (0.8%) -1.2%

Piers Corbyn (LLL) 20,604 (0.8%) New

Vanessa Hudson (AWP) 16,826 (0.7%) New

Peter Gammons (UKIP) 14,393 (0.6%) -3.0%

Farah London (Ind) 11,869 (0.5%) New

David Kurten (Heritage) 11,025 (0.4%) New

Nims Obunge (Ind) 9,682 (0.4%) New

Steve Kelleher (SDP) 8,764 (0.3%) New

Kam Balayev (Renew) 7,734 (0.3%) New

Max Fosh (Ind) 6,309 (0.2%) New

Valerie Brown (Pink) 5,305 (0.2%) New

 

Final Round 

Sadiq Khan (Lab) 55.2%

Shaun Bailey (Con) 44.8%

Turnout was 42.2 per cent, down 3.1 per cent on 2016.

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