Post by sevenofnine on May 4, 2024 11:37:24 GMT -5
I don't know how popular this dude is to win another election
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party's mayor of London, won a third straight term on Saturday, dealing yet another blow to the UK's ruling Conservative Party.
Khan won a little over a million votes, or nearly 44% of the vote, more than 11 percentage points ahead of his main challenger, the Conservative Party's Susan Hall. He did particularly well in inner London but struggled in several outer boroughs.
Results by midday Saturday showed that the Tories had suffered heavy losses in local elections. They lost more than 450 councilors and 10 councils.
This means by late afternoon Saturday, with most of the 2,661 seats up for grabs in the local elections counted, the Tories had lost around a half of the 1,000 seats they were defending.
In contrast, Labour won councils that the party hasn't held for decades, regional mayorships, and a special election for the Blackpool South seat in parliament.
www.dw.com/en/sadiq-khan-wins-historic-3rd-term-as-london-mayor/a-68995635
Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party's mayor of London, won a third straight term on Saturday, dealing yet another blow to the UK's ruling Conservative Party.
Khan won a little over a million votes, or nearly 44% of the vote, more than 11 percentage points ahead of his main challenger, the Conservative Party's Susan Hall. He did particularly well in inner London but struggled in several outer boroughs.
Results by midday Saturday showed that the Tories had suffered heavy losses in local elections. They lost more than 450 councilors and 10 councils.
This means by late afternoon Saturday, with most of the 2,661 seats up for grabs in the local elections counted, the Tories had lost around a half of the 1,000 seats they were defending.
In contrast, Labour won councils that the party hasn't held for decades, regional mayorships, and a special election for the Blackpool South seat in parliament.
www.dw.com/en/sadiq-khan-wins-historic-3rd-term-as-london-mayor/a-68995635
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