2016 London mayoral election

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

The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 and Sadiq Khan was elected to succeed Boris Johnson as Mayor of London. Twelve candidates contested 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. Lee Harris, CISTA
  7. Sadiq Khan, Labour Party, MP for Tooting
  8. Ankit Love, One Love
  9. Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrats
  10. Sophie Walker, Women's Equality Party
  11. Peter Whittle, UK Independence Party
  12. John (Janek) Zylinski, Independent

While many Blairites 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]

In a desperate attempt to avoid defeat, Zac Goldsmith wrote in the Mail on Sunday:

“Are we really going to hand the world’s greatest city to a Labour Party that thinks terrorists are its friends?”[4]

To which, Sadiq Khan tweeted in response:

@ZacGoldsmith's campaign is getting more desperate and divisive by the day.[5]

Sadiq Khan was sworn in as Mayor of London on 7 May 2016.[6]

 

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