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UK elections: Sadiq Khan's confirmation as London mayor delayed - live updates
UK elections: Sadiq Khan's confirmation as London mayor delayed - live updates
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12.15am BST
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The mayoral announcement is due very soon, I’m told.
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According to the Sunday Times’s James Lyons, Sadiq Khan’s victory party is going well.
Labour activists at Sadiq Khan victory party now reaching levels of drunkenness only usually seen at weddings
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Here is the announcement of the London-wide assembly results:
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Robert Booth
The new Womens’ Equality party secured 91,772 votes in the poll for London-wide assembly members, more than double George Galloway’s Respect party.
“We knew [we would do well] because we’ve been out on the doorstep,” said party co-founder Sandi Toksvig of the party’s first election.
“We have proved this is the fastest growing political party in the country and thousands of men were man enough to vote for us too. This is just the beginning.”
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What has changed in the London assembly is that the Conservatives have lost one seat, the Lib Dems have lost one seat, and Ukip have gained two.
Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has been congratulating his candidates.
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The scene in the Chamber at City Hall. The waiting continues.... pic.twitter.com/9DXXlWefEo
11.53pm BST
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The two outgoing Green members of the London assembly have been tweeting about their departure.
Strictly I'm an Assembly Member til Sunday but have left the building without a backward glance after 16 yrs. Next challenge is the Lords.
It's been honour and privilege to serve Londoners for 16 years. Delighted to see Green agenda being taken forward by our two new Green AMs
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And here is a list of all the members elected to the London assembly:
Constituency members
Tony Arbour (C, South West) Jennette Arnold (Lab, North East) Gareth Bacon (C, Bexley & Bromley) Leonie Cooper (Lab, Merton & Wandsworth) Unmesh Desai (Lab, City & East) Tony Devenish (C, West Central) Andrew Dismore (Lab, Barnet & Camden) Len Duvall (Lab, Greenwich & Lewisham) Florence Eshalomi (Lab, Lambeth & Southwark) Joanne McCartney (Lab, Enfield & Haringey) Steve O’Connell (C, Croydon & Sutton) Keith Prince (C, Havering & Redbridge) Onkar Sahota (Lab, Ealing & Hillingdon) Navin Shah (Lab, Brent & Harrow)
London-wide members
Kemi Badenoch (C) Shaun Bailey (C) Sian Berry (Green) Andrew Boff (C) Tom Copley (Lab) Nicky Gavron (Lab) David Kurten (Ukip) Caroline Pidgeon (LD) Caroline Russell (Green) Fiona Twycross (Lab) Peter Whittle (Ukip)
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London assembly results
The full London assembly results are here.
And here is the full composition of the London assembly.
Labour - 12
Conservatives - 8
Greens - 2
Ukip - 2
Lib Dems - 1
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The Women’s Equality party says it got 3.5% of the vote in the London list.
The Women’s Equality party says it got 3.5% of the vote in the London list.
Results are in: 91,772 people voted for the Women's Equality Party in the London list - 3.5%! Thank you for your support London #WeAreWE
Results are in: 91,772 people voted for the Women's Equality Party in the London list - 3.5%! Thank you for your support London #WeAreWE
11.32pm BST
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Boris Johnson will remain as London mayor until the end of Sunday if the election result is delayed until Saturday, due to the need for there to be one full day between the transition, the Press Association reports.
If the result is announced on Friday evening, Johnson’s successor, Sadiq Khan, will officially take control of the role on Sunday.
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My colleague Jon Henley has written an interesting article looking at how Sadiq Khan’s election (or imminent election - at least, we hope it’s imminent) is viewed around the world. Here is how it starts:
In London, the religion of the Labour candidate for the city’s mayor became an issue only when his Conservative opponent made it one, by attempting to link his rival to Islamist extremism in a campaign criticised as divisive and racist.
Abroad, however, it seems the faith and family background of Sadiq Khan is seen through a somewhat different prism: in much foreign media coverage of the elections, it was more important than his politics.
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Labour MPs are also arguing about who is to blame for the plight of the party in Scotland.
Richard Burgon, a pro-Corbyn MP, claimed on Twitter that New Labour was the culprit.
People should be honest: @jeremycorbyn inherited a disastrous electoral legacy in Scotland that is the product of 20 years of 'New Labour'.
But Jamie Reed, who is on the right of the parliamentary party, mocked this argument.
Dear, dear, dear. https://t.co/OxAnE7lM3R
As did the Blairite Ben Bradshaw.
@jreedmp would that be the New Labour under Tony Blair that won record number of seats in, er, Scotland?
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There is a debate going on within Labour as to whether Sadiq Khan has won in London because of Jeremy Corbyn, or in spite of Corbyn.
On Thursday Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary, said Corbyn was a positive factor. She said that in the capital “more people have heard of Jeremy than have heard of Sadiq. In London, it’s all about Jeremy.”
But on Newsnight just now, Lord Falconer, the shadow justice secretary, played down Corbyn’s influence. He said that in mayoral contests in London have always been won by strong characters who are seen as relatively independent. On top of that, London is now a predominantly Labour city, he argued. He said that it was those two factors that explained Khan’s success, more than enthusiasm for Corbyn.
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With the 2016 elections almost (but, of course, not quite) over, attention is focusing again on the other great electoral battle: the EU referendum. The Telegraph has got an interview with the pro-Brexit justice secretary, Michael Gove, and he is using it to say that David Cameron should remain as prime minister if the UK votes to leave the EU, but that he would have to “instantly” enact new laws to stop the influence of “rogue” European courts and allow the immediate deportation of terrorists.
Gove also rules out ever standing for the Conservative leadership himself:
I don’t want to do it and there are people who are far better equipped than me to do it.
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The Greens are so bored, they are playing cards at City Hall#LondonMayor2016 @BBCRadioLondon pic.twitter.com/BPlVa1gGeh
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London is not the only place where the election counting isn’t over. Here, from the Press Association, is the latest summary of the state of play from Northern Ireland.
With 54 seats filled out of 108 in the Northern Ireland election, the party seats are:
DUP 24
SF 15
UUP 7
Alliance 4
SDLP 2
People 1
TUV 1
10.33pm BST
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Ashcroft says Goldsmith's campaign was 'awful'
Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative deputy chairman, has also criticised Zac Goldsmith’s campaign.
The Zac Goldsmith campaign was awful. What more can be said....
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According to Huffington Post’s Owen Bennett, there is no sign of Jeremy Corbyn yet at Sadiq Khan’s victory party.
At Sadiq Khan's celebration party. No sign of @jeremycorbyn yet. Told he might come depends how late it gets
It was reported earlier this week that Khan did not want Corbyn there, but Khan said on Wednesday that that was not true.
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Here is the Guardian’s splash:
Saturday's Guardian front page:Khan’s landmark victory gives Corbyn reason to be cheerful#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/IQY79DZpi0
