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| Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London | Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London |
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| Sadiq Khan, the former shadow justice secretary, has won the Labour nomination for the London mayoralty, underlining the extent to which the party has shifted to the left in recent months. | |
| Khan, who comfortably beat off the challenge of Tessa Jowell, said he was overwhelmed, adding that he had never dreamed he would be standing him as Labour candidate for mayor. “Like so many Londoners, I owe London everything,” he said. | |
| Khan picked up 59% of the vote, and it was clear he had won as soon as the first results showed that the votes of Khan and Diane Abbott combined would outnumber those for Jowell. The results suggest Jeremy Corbyn is going to sweep to victory in the national leadership ballot on Saturday. | |
| Jowell had hoped her consensual style and reputation for bringing the Olympics to London in 2012 would be enough for her to see off the organisation of Khan and the leftward surge in the party. Khan will be relieved that in the final ballot he did not just win in the registered supporters and affiliated section, but also in the members section, giving him a solid mandate. | |
| Jowell had argued that opinion polls showed she was best placed with the wider electorate to defeat the likely Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, the wealthy environmentalist and MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston, next year. | |
| Related: Labour selects Sadiq Khan as candidate for London mayor - Politics live | |
| The result was announced at an event at the Royal Festival Hall in south-east London. | The result was announced at an event at the Royal Festival Hall in south-east London. |
| It was thought that the surge in new members to the party since the election benefited Khan, who was endorsed by Ken Livingstone, the former London mayor, who supports Corbyn in the national leadership vote. | It was thought that the surge in new members to the party since the election benefited Khan, who was endorsed by Ken Livingstone, the former London mayor, who supports Corbyn in the national leadership vote. |
| Khan also beat David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, Abbott, the leftwing MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Christian Wolmar, the transport writer and activist, and Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow West, who wanted to devolve more economic powers to London. | |
| Central issues in the election next spring will be airport expansion in the south-east, housing and the powers of the mayor, but the personalities of the candidates will also play a critical role. | Central issues in the election next spring will be airport expansion in the south-east, housing and the powers of the mayor, but the personalities of the candidates will also play a critical role. |
| Goldsmith prizes his independence from Downing Street, so both candidates are likely to make a virtue of their differences with their national leadership. | Goldsmith prizes his independence from Downing Street, so both candidates are likely to make a virtue of their differences with their national leadership. |
| In previous London mayoral elections, the efficient Labour machine got the vote in inner London but was unable to overcome strong Conservative support in the suburbs. | In previous London mayoral elections, the efficient Labour machine got the vote in inner London but was unable to overcome strong Conservative support in the suburbs. |