Sir Keir Starmer praised his party's efforts, sayings it's a message for the PM 'people have had enough of decline'. He seemed pleased at a 'cracking win' and believes the party is 'unrecognisable from 2019'.
Follow all the latest elections developments in the Sadiq Khan is closing in on victory today as allies boasted that he has 'done better than anyone could have expected'.
Mr Khan also recorded commanding leads in the West Central area - by 54,481 to 43,405 for Ms Hall - where Tory candidates have previously triumphed.The only exceptions so far were in Bexley and Bromley, where Ms Hall racked up a huge 111,216 votes, more than double the 48,952 for Mr Khan. In Brent and Harrow she was in front by 66,151 to 58,743.
Polls in the run up to the ballot on Thursday had shown Mr Khan with a comfortable lead of between 10 and 22 points. Sadiq Khan with his wife Saadiya this morning as his bid for a third term as London mayor hangs in the balance That was equivalent to a 4.5 per cent swing from the Tories to Labour compared to the previous contest in 2021.That was a 5.1 per cent swing away from the Conservatives.
One senior ally of Mr Khan told MailOnline that it is 'going to be close'. 'The polls were rubbish,' they added. 'London is exceptionally difficult to poll.' He highlighted that Mr Khan only won the first round of voting by 5 per cent in 2021. Since then the government has changed the voting system to first past the post, meaning Mr Khan will not benefit from second preferences of Greens and Lib Dems.
On a visit to Mansfield this morning, Keir Starmer insisted he is 'confident' that Mr Khan can keep control of City Hall Asked on Sky News yesterday about the London jitters, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting - MP for Ilford North - said: 'We've always feared this race will be close.'
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