“This city is in my blood” Labour’s Sadiq Khan, re-elected as London mayor, calls on the government to “work together to build a brighter, greener and more equal future for London” BBCElections
Labour's Sadiq Khan has won a second term as London's mayor, beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey.
The former MP became the first Muslim mayor of an EU capital city when he was elected to the role in 2016.The Lib Dems lost their deposit, as Ms Porritt failed to win more than 5% of the vote. The 51-year-old failed to reach his record-setting vote total of 2016, but won with a 228,000-vote majority. "The results of the elections around the UK shows our country, and even our city, remains deeply divided.image copyrightMr Khan said he would use his next term to "build bridges" with the government"As we seek to confront the enormity of the challenge ahead, and as we endeavour to rebuild from this pandemic, we must use this moment of national recovery to heal those damaging divisions."Shaun Bailey increased the Conservative Party's share of the vote by 1.
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