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| UK elections: Sadiq Khan confirmed as London mayor - live updates | UK elections: Sadiq Khan confirmed as London mayor - live updates |
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| Summary | |
| This election was not without controversy and I’m so proud that London has today chosen hope over fear and unity over division. I hope that we will never be offered such a stark choice again. Fear does not make us safer, it only makes us weaker, and the politics of fear is simply not welcome in our city. | |
| Khan has now become arguably the most powerful Muslim to hold elected office in Europe and his victory has made the headlines all around the world. It is also given Labour a strong victory to celebrate at the end of an election that has seen the party suffer dire defeat in Scotland, and make only the most modest progress (in share of the vote terms) in England. | |
| That’s all from me. | |
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| 12.51am BST | |
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| The Greens’ mayoral candidate, Sian Berry, came third, with 150,673 votes, ahead of the Lib Dems’ Caroline Pidgeon, who got 120,005. The Greens say it is the best result they have had in London. Berry said: | |
| Today is a victory for the politics of bringing Londoners together not dividing them. I’m proud that Londoners have voted for good, positive ideas in such numbers. In every vote Greens have cemented our position as the number three party in London, coming third in the vote for mayor, on the Londonwide list and in a majority of constituencies. The immediate priority for Greens on the London assembly now will be to push the new mayor to make the right decisions on road-building and estate demolitions and to clean up our city’s filthy air. | |
| 12.46am BST | 12.46am BST |
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| This is from the Times’s Patrick Kidd. | This is from the Times’s Patrick Kidd. |
| He's only 5ft 6in but Sadiq Khan made Zac Goldsmith look like the smaller man with that acceptance speech, one of his better ones | He's only 5ft 6in but Sadiq Khan made Zac Goldsmith look like the smaller man with that acceptance speech, one of his better ones |
| 12.36am BST | 12.36am BST |
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| This is from YouGov’s Joe Twyman. | This is from YouGov’s Joe Twyman. |
| I make that 57% for Sadiq Kahn, 43% for Zac Goldsmith after second preferences. In line with YouGov's prediction of 57% 43%. | I make that 57% for Sadiq Kahn, 43% for Zac Goldsmith after second preferences. In line with YouGov's prediction of 57% 43%. |
| And this is from the Economist’s Jeremy Cliffe. | And this is from the Economist’s Jeremy Cliffe. |
| 1.3m votes for Sadiq. Biggest individual mandate in British history. | 1.3m votes for Sadiq. Biggest individual mandate in British history. |
| 12.31am BST | 12.31am BST |
| 00:31 | 00:31 |
| Here is a Guardian video profile of the new London mayor. | Here is a Guardian video profile of the new London mayor. |
| 12.30am BST | 12.30am BST |
| 00:30 | 00:30 |
| Zac Goldsmith is speaking now. | Zac Goldsmith is speaking now. |
| He thanks his campaign team, everyone who contributed to the election and Londoners who voted for him. | He thanks his campaign team, everyone who contributed to the election and Londoners who voted for him. |
| He congratulates Khan and wishes him well. | He congratulates Khan and wishes him well. |
| 12.29am BST | 12.29am BST |
| 00:29 | 00:29 |
| Khan says he is proud London chose 'hope over fear' | Khan says he is proud London chose 'hope over fear' |
| Sadiq Khan is speaking now. | Sadiq Khan is speaking now. |
| He says thank you, London. It is the greatest city in the world. He feels humbled. | He says thank you, London. It is the greatest city in the world. He feels humbled. |
| When he grew up he never thought he could be mayor. | When he grew up he never thought he could be mayor. |
| He says he wants every Londoner to have the opportunities London gave to him, not just to survive, but to thrive. | He says he wants every Londoner to have the opportunities London gave to him, not just to survive, but to thrive. |
| He wants to give Londoners the chance to have a home, and better jobs, and cleaner air. | He wants to give Londoners the chance to have a home, and better jobs, and cleaner air. |
| He says he has been thinking a lot about his late father. He would have been so proud, he says. | He says he has been thinking a lot about his late father. He would have been so proud, he says. |
| He thanks his “amazing mum”, his wife, his daughters, and everyone who worked on his campaign. | He thanks his “amazing mum”, his wife, his daughters, and everyone who worked on his campaign. |
| And he wants to thank the other campaigns and candidates too. | And he wants to thank the other campaigns and candidates too. |
| He says this election was not without controversy. But he is so proud London has chosen “hope over fear, and unity over division”. | He says this election was not without controversy. But he is so proud London has chosen “hope over fear, and unity over division”. |
| He says he hopes London never sees a campaign like this again. | He says he hopes London never sees a campaign like this again. |
| 12.25am BST | 12.25am BST |
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| And here are the final votes, once second preferences from the minor candidates were taken into account. | And here are the final votes, once second preferences from the minor candidates were taken into account. |
| Sadiq Khan - 1,310,143 | Sadiq Khan - 1,310,143 |
| Zac Goldsmith - 994,614 | Zac Goldsmith - 994,614 |
| 12.23am BST | 12.23am BST |
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| Here are the votes for Goldsmith and Khan in the first round. | Here are the votes for Goldsmith and Khan in the first round. |
| Zac Goldsmith - 909,755 | Zac Goldsmith - 909,755 |
| Sadiq Khan - 1,148,716 | Sadiq Khan - 1,148,716 |
| 12.19am BST | 12.19am BST |
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| London mayoral results announcement | London mayoral results announcement |
| It’s finally happening. | It’s finally happening. |
| The mayoral candidates are filing out and onto the stage #LondonElects | The mayoral candidates are filing out and onto the stage #LondonElects |
| 12.16am BST | 12.16am BST |
| 00:16 | 00:16 |
| Face off! Sadiq's daughters whip out phone cameras when bank of photographers turn their lenses in their direction pic.twitter.com/KhHzvhM6Of | Face off! Sadiq's daughters whip out phone cameras when bank of photographers turn their lenses in their direction pic.twitter.com/KhHzvhM6Of |