Historic victory: Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London for the third time

Sadiq Khan, who belongs to the Labor Party of Great Britain, has been elected the Mayor of London for the third time after defeating the candidate of the Conservative Party, Susan Hall, on Saturday.

According to The Independent, Pakistani origin Sadiq Khan received more than 1 million 88 thousand votes for this historic victory.

Sadiq Khan got a lead of 275 thousand votes over Susan Hall.

While Hall got less than 813,000 votes.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sonak faced a very difficult situation on the first day of the council election results.

They are now anxiously awaiting the results of mayoral contests in the capital and the West Midlands.

102 of the 107 councils in the elections held on Thursday declared their full results on Friday night.

More than four hundred Conservative Party councilors were defeated. The party was defeated in 10 councils.

South Yorkshire and Liverpool voted for Labor mayors, while a victory for Tory candidate Andy Street in the West Midlands could help fend off rebel MPs.

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Before the victory announcements began, Labor Party leader Sir Keir Starmer signaled confidence in Sadiq Khan’s victory.

He cited his party’s mayoral victories in Liverpool, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester where Andy Burnham returned to power.

Earlier in May 2021, Sadiq Khan was elected Mayor of London for the second time.

Before that Independent was given to Urdu In an exclusive interview, Sadiq Khan said that he plans to run for the London Mayor for the third time next year.

‘I love London. I often say it’s a great city in the world and I think being mayor of London is a big responsibility in the world, so I’m running for mayor again next year in May 2024.’

Even before he was elected Mayor of London, he was in the field of politics. He was also a member of the British Parliament, a minister and part of the shadow cabinet.

Sadiq Khan began his professional career as a human rights lawyer before becoming a member of the UK House of Commons in 2005.

According to the British news agency Reuters, Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani family who defected and was elected for the first time in 2016, is the first Muslim mayor of the capital of a Western country. Khan, 53, has become the first London leader to serve as mayor three times since the post of London mayor was created in 2000.