London elections: Sadiq Khan wins second term as mayor
Labour's Sadiq Khan has won another term as London's mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.
He won 55.2% of the favorite vote, after entering a run-off with Mr Bailey when neither were able to secure a majority in the first round of voting.
The former MP became the first Muslim mayor of an EU capital city when he was initially elected to the role in 2016.
The Green Party's Sian Berry came third, as the Liberal Democrats' Luisa Porritt was fourth.
The Lib Dems lost their deposit, as Ms Porritt didn't win more than 5% of the vote.
Mr Khan was seen as the favourite throughout the campaign, with some pollsters predicting he would win over fifty percent of the first-round votes.
The 51-year-old didn't reach his record-setting vote total of 2016, but won with a 228,000-vote majority.
Speaking after the results were announced, Mr Khan said: "I will always be a mayor for all Londoners, working to improve the lives of every single person in this city.
"The results of the elections around the UK shows our country, and even our city, remains deeply divided.
"The scars of Brexit have yet to heal. A crude culture war is pushing us further apart.
"Economic inequality gets worse both within London and in different elements of our country.
"As we seek to confront the enormity of the task ahead, and as we endeavour to rebuild out of this pandemic, we must use this moment of national recovery to heal those damaging divisions."
Source: www.daily-sun.com
