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The 53-year-old Pakistani-origin Labour candidate secured a massive 43.8 per cent vote share with over 10 lakh votes, well ahead of the Conservative candidate Susan Hall.

Sadiq Khan wins third term as London mayor

The 53-year-old Pakistani-origin Labour candidate secured a massive 43.8 per cent vote share with over 10 lakh votes, well ahead of the Conservative candidate Susan Hall.

Sadiq Khan on Saturday registered a decisive victory to secure a record third term as Mayor of London, as the local election results from England and Wales continued to reflect a strong swing in favour of the Opposition Labour Party.
The 53-year-old Pakistani-origin Labour candidate secured a massive 10,88,225 votes with a 43.8 per cent vote share, well ahead of the Conservative candidate Susan Hall&rsquo;s 8,12,397 votes &ndash; an impressive majority of over 2,75,000.
Delhi-born businessman Tarun Ghulati, contesting as an independent candidate among a total 13 mayoral candidates, secured 24,702 votes and came in tenth in the overall tally.
&ldquo;I am beyond humbled right now and express my deep gratitude to my fellow Londoners, and make this pledge to you: I promise to repay the trust you&rsquo;ve placed in me by working tirelessly to deliver the fairer, safer and greener, London you deserve,&rdquo; said Khan in his acceptance speech from the London mayoral headquarters of City Hall.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a difficult few months, we faced a campaign of non-stop negativity, but I couldn&rsquo;t be more proud that we answered fear mongering with facts, hate with hope, and attempts to divide with efforts to unite. We ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city, a city that regards our diversity, not as a weakness, but an almighty strength,&rdquo; he said, taking aim at some of the rhetoric from the Opposition.
&ldquo;It is truly an honour to be elected for a third term and to do so with record levels of support from Londoners, with an increased margin of victory. But today&rsquo;s not about making history, it&rsquo;s about shaping our future,&rdquo; he added.
Earlier, Khan&rsquo;s own camp and the BBC had already called the election in favour of Khan as borough-wise results poured in for the UK capital to show that he was on course to beat his nearest Conservative Party rival, Susan Hall, with a strong voter swing in favour of Labour.
Significantly, the UK capital&rsquo;s Muslim population did not seem to have punished the Labour Mayor for his party&rsquo;s failure to strongly condemn Israel over the Gaza conflict in the same way as other parts of the country had. Some of Khan&rsquo;s controversial policies, such as the high costs on drivers of vehicles falling under the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) tariff bracket as part of his anti-pollution drive for London, also did not result in a major dent in his overall popularity.
&ldquo;Sadiq Khan was absolutely the right candidate. He has got two terms of delivery behind him and I am confident that he has got another term of delivery in front of him,&rdquo; said Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer just before the results were declared.
The role of London Mayor represents the 8.9 million people living across the capital and has a budget of GBP 20.4 billion and is responsible for Transport for London (TfL) and has some control over roads, policing and housing in the city. Londoners also went to the polls on Thursday to vote for one of 14 local representatives on the London Assembly and 11 London wide Assembly members who hold the Mayor of London accountable.
The Labour Party continued its winning streak in most of the local elections, seen as reflective of the electorate&rsquo;s mood ahead of a general election expected later this year. Popular Labour incumbent Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham was re-elected with 63 per cent of the vote, who committed to get right back to work to see through his transport reforms and called for more powers over welfare and housing.
&ldquo;I am ready to fight harder than I have ever fought for anything before, for a Greater Manchester where people can live free from the fear of debt, hunger and eviction, and where everyone is set up to benefit from the growing success of our city region today,&rdquo; said Burnham in his victory speech.
Earlier, the party won the Liverpool City Region and South Yorkshire mayoral races, the North East mayoralty, as well as the brand-new mayoralty of East Midlands.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was handed a glimmer of hope on Friday with Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen retaining the seat for the Conservatives, will be hoping Birmingham&rsquo;s Tory Mayor Andy Street is able to win a contest that has been on a knife-edge between the Conservatives and Labour &ndash; with a recount ordered due to the results being too close to call.
However, any immediate manoeuvres by the Tory rebels to try and challenge Sunak&rsquo;s leadership seems to have been averted for the moment as there isn&rsquo;t much appetite for another upheaval in the party ranks.
An analysis of the local election results by BBC&rsquo;s polling expert Professor John Curtice suggests that Labour is now in pole position to win the general election, with the local elections extrapolated to a national level giving the Opposition a comfortable lead.
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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% versus 44.8% in an election that was closer than expected.
Labour Party candidate Khan defeated his Conservative Party rival, Shaun Bailey, after winning a total of over 1.2 million votes as against 977,000.
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.&nbsp;

Pak-origin Sadiq Khan wins second term as London Mayor

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% versus 44.8% in an election that was closer than expected.
Labour Party candidate Khan defeated his Conservative Party rival, Shaun Bailey, after winning a total of over 1.2 million votes as against 977,000.
The Pakistani-origin former Labour member of Parliament became the first Muslim mayor of a European capital city when he was first elected in 2016.&nbsp;

Indian origin candidate out of London mayor race over past comment

An Indian-origin entrepreneur-activist was on Monday dropped as a prospective London mayoral candidate to contest against Sadiq Khan next year after her past anti-semitic comments came to light

An Indian-origin entrepreneur-activist was on Monday dropped as a prospective London mayoral candidate to contest against Sadiq Khan next year after her past anti-semitic comments came to light. Geeta Sidhu Robb, the founder of organic food and juice products firm Nosh Detox, had been shortlisted as the Liberal Democrat candidate to take on Labour&rsquo;s Khan. She was, however, suspended from the party after a 1997 General Election footage revealed her making anti-Jewish remarks. Contesting against Labour MP Jack Straw in 1997, Geeta Sidhu was filmed saying: "Don't vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew". She has now apologised for her comments.

London, PTI: An Indian-origin entrepreneur-activist was on Monday dropped as a prospective London mayoral candidate to contest against Sadiq Khan next year after her past anti-semitic comments came to light.
Geeta Sidhu Robb, the founder of organic food and juice products firm Nosh Detox, had been shortlisted as the Liberal Democrat candidate to take on Labour&rsquo;s Khan but was instead suspended from the party after a 1997 General Election footage revealed her making anti-Jewish remarks.
&ldquo;I apologise profusely for my actions in the 1997 General Election campaign. My behaviour caused offence and hurt and I am deeply sorry,&rdquo; said Sidhu Robb.
&ldquo;There is no room for any form of racism or antisemitism in society and as such I very much regret my conduct at that time. It is in no way an excuse, but the context was that I was on the receiving end of a consistent racist campaign and, wrongly, retaliated as I did,&rdquo; she said.
As a Conservative Party General Election candidate in Blackburn 23 years ago when she was contesting against incumbent Labour MP Jack Straw, Sidhu Robb was filmed saying: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t vote for a Jew, Jack Straw is a Jew.&rdquo; The London-based health food promoter, who came second behind Straw in that election, said she was &ldquo;deeply ashamed&rdquo; of the language she had used, which she is seen admitting in the footage was done in anger.
&ldquo;As shown in the footage, I instantly regretted my appalling behaviour, which I continue to do. And I am actively reaching out to the Jewish community to listen and learn,&rdquo; she said.
&ldquo;Two wrongs never make a right. I made a mistake and I take responsibility for my abhorrent actions 23 years ago, they were never repeated. I urge you to judge me on who I am today, a campaigner committed to eradicating inequality and discrimination in all its forms,&rdquo; she added, in a lengthy Twitter statement.
The London mayoral election was due to be held in May this year but has been postponed to May 2021 due to the coronavirus lockdown disruption.

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