Khan defeated his Conservative rival Susan Corridor by greater than 276,000 votes and gained 9 of the 14 constituencies together with two beneficial properties from the Tories.
Sir Keir Starmer’s get together continued to rely beneficial properties after Khan’s landslide victory towards his nearest rival, in a contest dominated by criticisms of his choice to increase London’s extremely low emission zone.
Keir had signalled he was assured of Khan’s victory earlier than declarations commenced, as he counted mayoral victories for his get together in Liverpool, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and in Larger Manchester the place Andy Burnham returned to energy.
In a recent problem to the prime minister to name an election, Sir Keir mentioned: “Fourteen years and, I’m sorry, I don’t care which political get together you assist, for those who go away your nation in a worse state than while you discovered it 14 years later, you don’t need to be in authorities for a second longer.”
Khan wanted to win a easy majority of ballots forged, as the foundations for the mayoral race had been modified to a first-past-the-post voting system forward of the newest election.
Khan’s victory, his third in a row, was extensively anticipated regardless of some public anger over knife crime and the Extremely Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which prices drivers of older, extra polluting automobiles a day by day price.
London is the newest of dozens of English councils and mayoralties that Labour has gained within the native elections that came about on Thursday, inflicting heavy losses on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.
“It has been a troublesome few months, we confronted a marketing campaign of continuous negativity,” Khan mentioned in a speech after the outcomes confirmed he had gained 43.8% of the vote towards 33% for the Conservatives’ candidate, Susan Corridor.
“For the final eight years, London has been swimming towards the tide of a Tory (Conservative) authorities and now with a Labour Occasion that is prepared to control once more below Keir Starmer, it is time for Rishi Sunak to offer the general public a selection.”
Opinion polls predict that Labour will win the subsequent nationwide election, propelling Starmer to energy and ending 14 years of Conservative authorities in Britain.
Khan, 53, who turned the primary Muslim mayor of the British capital in 2016, has pledged to construct extra social housing and work with a future nationwide Labour authorities to spice up police capability.
Talking at Metropolis Corridor, Mr Khan mentioned: “We confronted a marketing campaign of continuous negativity, however I could not be extra proud that we answered the fear-mongering with info, hate with hope, and makes an attempt to divide with efforts to unite.
“We ran a marketing campaign that was in line with the spirit and values of this nice metropolis, a metropolis that regards our variety not as a weak point, however as an almighty power – and one which rejects proper hard-wing populism and appears ahead, not again.”
The Mayor of London mentioned: “For the final eight years London has been swimming towards the tide of a Tory authorities and now with a Labour get together that is able to govern once more below Keir Starmer it’s time for Rishi Sunak to offer the general public a selection.
“A basic election wouldn’t simply pave the trail for a brand new course for our nation, it can make daring motion Londoners need to see a actuality.”
Sadiq Khan mentioned his “willpower to make sure London leads from the entrance with world-leading inexperienced motion stays as sturdy as ever”.
He added: “At the moment’s not about making historical past, it’s about shaping our future.
“A future the place kids may be nourished with free college meals and breathe cleaner air, the place all Londoners are given the assist and serving to hand they should fulfil their potential, and the place our social cloth is strengthened and our numerous communities cherished and celebrated.
“My willpower to make sure London leads from the entrance with world-leading inexperienced motion stays as sturdy as ever.
“We’ve already made nice strides cleansing up our air and can proceed to deal with air pollution, whether or not it’s discovered on our streets or in our rivers.”
Khan additionally thanked his mum, spouse and two daughters for his or her power and assist.
He apologised for placing them by the protests and threats he has confronted throughout his tenure.
“A particular thanks goes to my mum, every thing she’s achieved for me. I really like you. And to my wonderful spouse, Saadiya, and our daughters Anisah and Ammarah, for his or her power and assist all through all these years.
“I do know there have been instances when this job has taken a toll on you. However that’s not proper, or honest.
“A number of the stuff on social media, the protests by our house, the threats. It’s upsetting, it’s scary and it’s improper. I’m actually sorry for placing you thru this.
“However I additionally know you share my perception, as exhausting as it may be generally, this work is price doing as a result of it means with the ability to give to different households the identical life-changing alternatives that this glorious metropolis has prolonged to ours. I really like you all a lot.”
Khan mentioned: “Its been a troublesome few months. We confronted a marketing campaign of continuous negativity.”
Khan added he and his group responded to fear-mongering with info, hate with hope and makes an attempt to divide with unity.
In his victory speech, the newly re-elected mayor says he had “confronted a marketing campaign of continuous negativity”, whereas his defeated Tory opponent advised him to cease “patronising” folks and that knife crime “is not an episode of The Wire”.
It adopted “wild rumours” the incumbent may have suffered a shock defeat, though each side subsequently mentioned they believed Mr Khan would win.
Whereas congratulating Mr Khan on his victory, Ms Corridor mentioned he ought to cease “patronising” individuals who care about London.
When she had beforehand challenged him in a mayoral debate about “gangs operating round with machetes” within the capital, he had mentioned she ought to “cease watching The Wire” – a gritty US-based crime drama.
In her concession speech, she mentioned: “The factor that issues essentially the most, and to me, is reforming the Met and making London protected once more. I hope Sadiq makes this his prime precedence.
“He owes it to the households of these hundreds of people that have misplaced lives to knife crime below his mayoralty.
“And I hope too that he stops patronising folks, like me, who care. This is not an episode of The Wire, that is actual life on his watch.”
The pair had repeatedly clashed throughout the marketing campaign, fought out amid issues about knife crime and the dealing with of pro-Palestinian marches within the capital.
Only in the near past, Mr Khan had described his Conservative rival because the “most harmful candidate I’ve fought towards” over her previous social media exercise.
