Sadiq Khan was declared the winner of London’s mayoral election on Saturday, becoming the first person to be elected to the office for the third time.
“Thank you, London,” Khan wrote in a post on X. “It’s the honour of my life to serve the city I love. Today is not about making history, it’s about shaping our future. And I’ll work relentlessly to shape a fairer, safer, greener city for every Londoner.”
Khan, the incumbent running with the center-left Labour Party, secured nearly 44% of the vote, about 11 percentage points better than Conservative and Unionist Party nominee Susan Hall. Liberal Democrat Rob Blackie and Zoe Garbett of the Green Party each garnered 5.8%.
Speaking at City Hall and standing feet away from Khan, Hall, a member of the Harrow London Borough Council, congratulated the mayor on his victory before calling on him to “try harder to make [London] better — for all our sakes.”
“I will continue to hold Sadiq to account, to stand up for the hardworking families, to motorists, and to women,” Hall said.
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The mayor is known by some for his online feuds with former President Donald Trump. Before both men were elected to their respective positions, Khan said “I hope Trump loses — badly.” During his presidency, Trump directed several tweets at Khan, whom he called a “stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me.”
Khan, 53, is just the third mayor of London, and he became the first Muslim to hold the office upon his election in 2016. The position was established in 2000 and first held by independent Ken Livingstone, who lost his reelection bid in 2008 to eventual British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
