2016 London mayoral election

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Event.png 2016 London mayoral election  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Date2016/05/05
Type election
DescriptionThe "big first test" for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party

The 2016 London mayoral election will be held on 5 May 2016 to elect the successor to Boris Johnson as Mayor of London. Twelve candidates are expected to contest the election:

  1. Siân Berry, Green Party
  2. David Furness, British National Party
  3. George Galloway, Respect Party
  4. Paul Golding, Britain First
  5. Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Party, MP for Richmond Park
  6. Sadiq Khan, Labour Party, MP for Tooting
  7. Winston McKenzie, English Democrats
  8. Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrats
  9. Rosalind Redhead, Independent
  10. Sandi Toksvig, Women's Equality Party
  11. Peter Whittle, UK Independence Party
  12. John (Janek) Zylinski, Independent

While many Blairites have joined the commercially-controlled media in talking up the London mayoral, Scottish, Welsh and English local elections in May as the "big first test" for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party,[1] an early January 2016 poll gave Sadiq Khan a 10-point lead over Zac Goldsmith,[2] with bookmakers and pundits all favouring a Khan victory.[3]

References

  1. "Tessa Jowell questions chances of a Corbyn government"
  2. "Sadiq Khan Winning Race To Be London Mayor: Poll". LBC. Retrieved 12 January 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  3. Hill, Dave (10 January 2016). "London mayor race: can Zac Goldsmith catch Sadiq Khan?". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2016.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").


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