Labour’s Sadiq Khan has officially won a second term as the Mayor of London.
For the next three years, he will serve in the role as it went to a second round of votes between his closest rival Shaun Bailey.
Sadiq got a total of 1,260,034 votes to Mr Bailey’s admirable 977,601 votes in a close-run election.
A victorious Sadiq Khan said he wanted to rebuild London after the “I promise to strain every sinew to build a better and brighter London after the dark days of the pandemic”.
He added: “I will always be a mayor for all Londoners. This city is in my blood.”
More to follow.
