Labor Sadiq Khan was re-elected Mayor of London. In the ballot he beat the conservative Shaun Bailey (977,601 votes) with 55.2% of the votes (1,206,034 votes). “Thanks London. It is the absolute honor of my life to still serve the city I love – wrote Khan on Twitter after the news of his confirmation -. I will leave no stone unturned to get our city back on its feet. A brighter future is possible and we will achieve it together ».
The victory of the Labor party
Khan – the first Muslim mayor of a major western city, following the 2016 election, when he took over from Boris Johnson at the helm of the British capital – was given a large advantage. During the election campaign, he focused on job creation and the revitalization of tourism “to build a better and brighter future for London after the dark days of the pandemic”, while he was heavily attacked on the issue of security and violent crimes, especially among young people. His victory is good news for Labor at a very difficult time; the party, after the blow to the 2019 vote, recorded several defeats in local elections. The success of London, for analysts, is due to a younger, more open and pro-EU electorate that had already emerged in the Brexit vote.
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