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Sadiq Khan, a son of Pakistani Britain, a lawyer from London, won the Mayor Election of London in second consecutive term with an overwhelmingly majority.

On his Twitter Sadiq thanked everybody saying, “Thank you London. It’s the absolute honour of my life to serve the city I love for another three years. I’ll leave no stone unturned to get our city back on its feet. A brighter future is possible, and we’ll deliver it together”.

Sadiq has an amazing relationship with London, he says, “London is in my blood – it’s the absolute honour of my life to serve the city I love for another three years. My mission over the next three years is to put the dark days of the pandemic behind us and deliver a brighter future for all Londoners”.

Labour incumbent Mr Khan polled 1,206,034 votes – the second highest total in the history of the London mayoralty – compared with 977,601 for his Tory challenger.

This gave Mr Khan a majority of 228,433, again the second highest on record. Mr Khan holds the records for most votes (1,310,143) and biggest winning majority (315,529) from his inaugural victory in 2016 against Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith.

Mr Bailey congratulated all the candidates for their campaigns and made a point of generously congratulating Mr Khan. “Well done, Sadiq,” he said. “I’m genuine in that.”

He said he had felt “written off” by journalists, pollsters and politicians during the campaign but thanked Londoners for giving him a chance.

His 977,601 votes total was 17,013 fewer than Mr Goldsmith achieved in 2016, though he managed to trim the size of Mr Khan’s winning majority by 87,096, though a lower turnout will also have played a part.

Turnout was 42 per cent, down from 46 per cent.