Sadiq wins 2nd term as London Mayor

London, May 9

Sadiq Khan has been re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term after beating his closest rival with a vote share of 55.2 per cent versus 44.8 per cent in an election that was closer than expected.

Labour Party candidate Khan, 51, defeated his Conservative Party rival, Shaun Bailey, after winning a total of 12,06,034 votes as against 9,77,601 when both first and second preference votes from Thursday’s mayoral election were fully counted overnight on Saturday. The Pakistani-origin former Labour Member of Parliament was the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city when he was first elected in 2016.

“I am deeply humbled by the trust Londoners have placed in me to continue leading,” said Khan. — PTI