With Labour’s basic election victory within the rearview mirror, eyes are turning to the subsequent battle: who would be the occasion’s subsequent candidate for London mayor.
Sadiq Khan has not stated whether or not he’ll search a historic fourth time period as London mayor, however already inside Labour names are starting to emerge as potential successors ought to he determine to not stand once more.
Those that have been tipped as potential runners within the race embody Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow, Florence Eshalomi, Labour MP for Vauxhall and Camberwell Inexperienced, and Daybreak Butler, Labour MP for Brent East and former shadow minister.
Dr Rosena Allin Khan, who represents Mr Khan’s former seat of Tooting and is a former shadow minister for psychological well being, has additionally been tipped as a possible candidate.
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“Rosena is focused on her job standing up for the residents of Tooting, tackling crime, addressing the cost-of-living crisis and working shifts in A&E.”
Through the native elections in Could, Mr Khan secured a historic third time period as London mayor, seeing off Tory challenger Susan Corridor by a majority of practically 276,000 votes.
This 12 months’s mayoral election was the primary to be carried out utilizing a “first past the post” system – the place every voter chooses a single candidate and the winner is decided by a easy majority.
Earlier than a authorities rule change, the London mayoral elections used the supplementary vote system, the place every voter chooses a primary and second choice candidate, with the bottom supported particular person being eradicated till somebody takes 50% of the vote.
Sources say there’s a rising consensus inside Labour that the subsequent mayor of London must be a lady.
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Sadiq Khan re-elected as London mayor
Mete Coban, Mr Khan’s deputy mayor of London for atmosphere and vitality, can be being tipped as a attainable candidate, as is David Lammy, the overseas secretary who is thought to have lengthy harboured ambitions for the function.
His place on Gaza as overseas secretary might nonetheless undermine any marketing campaign he runs for the capital, owing to the left-leaning Labour membership.
“His sole focus is on continuing to build a fairer, safer and greener London for everyone.”
The subsequent London mayoral contest is because of be held in 2028 and different candidates might emerge.
Earlier than then, there can be native elections in London in 2026, 4 years on from the final set of native elections within the capital the place the totemic councils of Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet all fell from the Conservatives to Labour.
