Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London Mayor

Mr Khan beat his Conservative rival Susan Hall with just over 1.09m votes - a majority of some 275,000 over Ms Hall, who secured just under 813,000 votes. The contest was predicted to be close and was dominated by the incumbent mayors' decision to expand London’s ultra low emission zone, but Mr Khan claimed a commanding victory as Sir Keir Starmer’s party continues to make gains in the local elections.

Sir Keir had signalled he was confident of Mr Khan’s victory before declarations commenced, as he counted mayoral victories for his party in the Liverpool City Region, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and in Greater Manchester where Merseyside-born Andy Burnham returned to power.READ MORE: Labour win Blackpool South by-election in another huge blow for Rishi Sunak

In a fresh challenge to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call an election, Sir Keir said: “Fourteen years and, I am sorry, I don’t care which political party you support, if you leave your country in a worse state than when you found it 14 years later, you do not deserve to be in government for a moment longer.”

Mr 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 ahead of the latest election. Mr Sunak is meanwhile braced for the West Midlands mayoral election result, hoping incumbent Andy Street could hold on to power for the Conservatives in what appears to be a very tight race.

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