Labour's Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London mayor
Above: Sadiq Khan thanked all those who voted for him - in a speech which began with an interruption from a heckler
Sadiq Khan has won an historic third term as London mayor after beating his closest challenger Conservative Susan Hall in the race for City Hall.
The Labour candidate was confirmed as mayor on Saturday afternoon after all 14 London constituencies declared their results.
The way votes were counted changed this year in a first past the post system. It meant Mr Khan needed to win a simple majority of ballots cast.
Speaking at City Hall, Sadiq Khan said: “We faced a campaign of non-stop negativity, but I couldn’t be more proud that we answered the fearmongering with facts, hate with hope, and attempts to divide with efforts to unite.
“We ran a campaign that was in keeping with the spirit and values of this great city, a city that regards our diversity not as a weakness, but as an almighty strength – and one that rejects right hard-wing populism and looks forward, not back.
“It’s truly an honour to be re-elected for a third term, and do so with a record level of support from Londoners, with an increased margin of victory.”
Sadiq Khan secured just over 1,088,000 votes to be re-elected London Mayor, a majority of some 275,000 over Conservative rival Susan Hall, who secured just under 813,000 votes.
Mr Khan also thanked his family for their support, but apologised for them facing “protests by our home” and “threats” after securing a third term as Mayor of London.
Mr Khan said: “A special thank you goes to my mum, everything she’s done for me. I love you. And to my amazing wife, Saadiya, and our daughters Anisah and Ammarah, for their strength and support throughout all these years.
“I know there have been times when this job has taken a toll on you. But that’s not right, or fair.
“Some of the stuff on social media, the protests by our home, the threats. It’s upsetting, it’s frightening and it’s wrong. I’m truly sorry for putting you through this.
“But I also know, you share my belief as hard as it can be sometimes, this work is worth doing because it means being able to give to other families the same life-changing opportunities that this wonderful city has extended to ours. I love you all so much.”
It is the first time any candidate for London mayor has won a third term of office, with Mr Khan’s predecessors Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone both having served two terms.
Mr Khan fought a re-election campaign on promises to end rough sleeping in the capital by 2030, and to take further steps to curtail air pollution and climate change.
Runner-up Susan Hall’s key pledge was to roll back the ULEZ expansion which the Labour mayor began last August, a measure she said was part of a “war on motorists”.
Above: Defeated Conservative candidate said voters should continue to hold Sadiq Khan to account
Susan Hall has said Sadiq Khan should stop “patronising” people who care about London.
Speaking at City Hall after the election results came in, she said: “I’d like to congratulate all my fellow mayoral candidates and congratulate Sadiq on his victory.
“Spending a year campaigning for this election has been an honour and a privilege. I have loved speaking to Londoners about the things that matter to them.
“The thing that matters the most, and to me, is reforming the Met and making London safe again. I hope Sadiq makes this his top priority.
“He owes it to the families of those thousands of people who have lost lives to knife crime under his mayoralty.
“And I hope too that he stops patronising people, like me, who care. This isn’t an episode of The Wire, this is real life on his watch.”
Full results of the London mayoral election 2024:
Labour's Sadiq Khan got a majority of 275,828 (11.1%) and 43.8% of the votes as he was re-elected as London Mayor. 1,088,225 people voted for him
Conservative rival Susan Hall was second with 812,397 votes (32.7%)
Rob Blackie (Lib Dem) got 145,184 votes (5.84%)
Zoe Garbett (Green Party) got 145,114 votes (5.84%)
Howard Cox (Reform) got 78,865 votes (3.17%)
Natalie Campbell (Independent) got 47,815 votes (1.92%)
Amy Gallagher (Social Democratic Party) got 34,449 votes (1.39%)
Femy Amin (Animal Welfare Party) got 29,280 votes (1.18%)
Andreas Michli (Independent) got 26,121 votes (1.05%)
Tarun Ghulati (Independent) got 24,702 votes (0.99%)
Count Binface got 24,260 votes (0.98%)
Nick Scanlon (Britain First) got 20,519 votes (0.83%)
Brian Rose (London Real Party) was last with 7,501 votes (0.3%)
Full results for Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall's votes from each of the 14 London constituencies:
Barnet and Camden - Sadiq Khan won 70,984 and Susan Hall won 57,465 votes
Bexley and Bromley - Susan Hall won 111,216 votes and Sadiq Khan won 48,952 votes
Brent and Harrow - Susan Hall won 66,151 votes and Sadiq Khan 58,743 votes
City and East (Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Newham, Tower Hamlets) - Sadiq Khan won 108,977 votes and Susan Hall 38,626 votes
Croydon and Sutton - Susan Hall won 78,790 votes and Sadiq Khan won 59,482 votes
Ealing and Hillingdon - Susan Hall won 75,396 votes and Sadiq Khan won 73,257 votes
Enfield and Haringey - Sadiq Khan won 82,725 votes and Susan Hall 41,389 votes
Greenwich and Lewisham - Sadiq Khan won 83,792 votes and Susan Hall 36,822 votes
Havering and Redbridge - Susan Hall won 82,859 votes Sadiq Khan won 50,780
Lambeth and Southwark - Sadiq Khan won 106,861 and Susan Hall won 26,347 votes
Merton and Wandsworth - Sadiq Khan won 84,725 votes and Susan Hall 50,976 votes
North East (Hackney, Islington, Waltham Forest) - Sadiq Khan won 127,455 votes and Susan Hall 34,099 votes
South West (Hounslow, Kingston Upon Thames, Richmond Upon Thames) - Sadiq Khan won 77,011 votes and Susan Hall 68,856 votes
West Central (Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster) - Sadiq Khan won 54,481 votes and Susan Hall 43,405 votes
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