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| Sadiq Khan wins Labour London mayoral selection | |
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| Sadiq Khan has decisively won the contest to become Labour's candidate for the 2016 London mayoral election. | |
| He won 48,152 votes, a 58.9% share, in the fifth round of voting after four other candidates had been eliminated. | |
| Ex-minister Tessa Jowell, regarded as the frontrunner going into the contest, came second with 41.1% of the vote ahead of Diane Abbott in third place. | |
| Mr Khan, the MP for Tooting, said he was "overwhelmed" and "deeply honoured" after the results were announced. | |
| A total of 87,954 votes were cast in the ballot, in which the other candidates were former ministers David Lammy and Gareth Thomas, veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott and transport expert Christian Wolmar. | |
| 'Wind of change' | |
| Commentators reacted by saying Mr Khan's victory, allied to the strong showing of Ms Abbott, increased the likelihood of Jeremy Corbyn being elected party leader on Saturday. | |
| BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said he suspected even Mr Khan - who nominated Mr Corbyn to be Labour leader - would be surprised by scale of his victory, adding that the "winds of change are sweeping though Labour". | |
| Speaking after the results were announced, Mr Khan said he was determined to "make a real difference to Londoners' lives". | |
| Growing up on a council estate in South London, City Hall had seemed "a million miles away", he said. | |
| He later said he would stand down as MP for Tooting if he was elected Mayor. | |
| The Conservatives have yet to choose their candidate, with Richmond Park MP Zac Goldsmith seen as the frontrunner. |