2016 London mayoral election
| Date | 2016/05/05 |
|---|---|
| Type | election |
| Description | The "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:
- Siân Berry, Green Party
- David Furness, British National Party
- George Galloway, Respect Party
- Paul Golding, Britain First
- Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Party, MP for Richmond Park
- Sadiq Khan, Labour Party, MP for Tooting
- Winston McKenzie, English Democrats
- Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrats
- Rosalind Redhead, Independent
- Sandi Toksvig, Women's Equality Party
- Peter Whittle, UK Independence Party
- 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
- ↑ "Tessa Jowell questions chances of a Corbyn government"
- ↑ "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").
- ↑ 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").
