Day: May 6, 2016

    Sadiq Khan has secured victory as London mayor, with Labour winning in more constituencies than the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith. Khan had 44 per cent of first preference votes, with Goldsmith trailing on 35 per cent. Green candidate Sian Berry looks likely to come in third place with six per cent of the vote. London wide turnout looks set to reach as high as 45.6 per cent, up 7.6 per cent on 2012. Goldsmith got off to a good start as the Conservatives secured an early win in Bexley and Bromley, but went on to win just five more constituencies to Khan's eight. The Tory candidate also won in Barnet and Camden, Croydon and Sutton, Havering and Redbridge, South West and West Central. However, Khan took the rest (and some by quite a large margin): Brent and Harrow, Cit...

    The party's candidate has consistently held a solid lead over Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, who is perceived to have suffered from running a negative campaign that controversially sought to link Mr Khan to extremism. And shadow chancellor John McDonnell set the Labour Party on the right path for success in the General Election in four years time. Labour has fought a strong campaign, working hard for every vote, standing up for working people who have been let down by the Tory party," he said. "If we can narrow that gap, we will demonstrate steady progress. "What we are looking to do is build over the next four years so that we steadily, steadily build our support and then we are ready for 2020." Shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott said a win for Mr ...