Sadiq Khan is London Mayor |
Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver, was on declared the new London mayor after he beat his nearest rival in what is being described as a landslide, marking the return of Labour rule to the UK capital after eight years.The 45-year-old Opposition candidate takes charge as the first Muslim head of City Hall in London . Khan’s win seemed inevitable as all first preference votes were counted, giving him a 46 per cent vote share, nine points ahead of rival Zac Goldsmith. Khan’s personal triumph was in stark contrast of his party’s poor showing in the country-wide local elections. The party registered major losses in Scotland, where it was pushed into third place by a resurgent Scottish Conservative party.But it managed to hold most of its ground in the Welsh Assembly and English council elections.
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