London Mayor Khan wins 3rd term as ruling Tories see big losses across Britain

1 of 3 | London Mayor Sadiq Khan officially secured a 3rd word successful agency aft section predetermination results crossed Britain were finalized Saturday. File Photo by Hugo Philpott/UPI | License Photo

May 4 (UPI) -- London Mayor Sadiq Khan officially secured a 3rd word arsenic section predetermination results were finalized crossed Britain successful Saturday successful which nan ruling Conservative Party suffered dense losses crossed nan board.

Khan, a personnel of nan country's center-left Labor Party, won 43.7% of nan vote, easy retired dueling Conservative challenger Susan Hall by astir 11 percent points aliases astir 276,707 votes.

Voting took spot Thursday crossed Britain.

"It's been a difficult fewer months. We faced a run of non extremity negativity," Khan said during his triumph speech Saturday aft nan votes were tallied.

"Thank you, London. It's nan grant of my life to service nan metropolis I love," Khan later said connected X, alongside pictures of supporters.

"Today is not astir making history, it's astir shaping our future. And I'll activity relentlessly to style a fairer, safer, greener metropolis for each Londoner."

Khan's statement besides enjoyed broader occurrence crossed Britain successful nan section elections, which are seen arsenic an parameter of nationalist sentiment arsenic nan state moves person to a wide predetermination adjacent January that could spot nan extremity of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's word successful agency and 14 consecutive years of governments led by nan Tories.

Sunak's statement saw its worst section predetermination results successful 30 years pinch speculation mounting he could look an soul activity challenge.

"I americium sorry, I don't attraction which governmental statement you support, if you time off your state successful a worse authorities than erstwhile you recovered it 14 years later, you do not merit to beryllium successful Government for a infinitesimal longer," Labor leader Keir Starmer told reporters Saturday.

Khan is nan third-ever politician of London, nan main executive of nan Greater London Authority which was created successful 2000. The agency is abstracted from nan longstanding Lord Mayor of London, which is elected annually.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson preceded Khan successful nan role.

Khan is now nan first personification successful nan domiciled to service a 3rd term.

The 53-year-old lawyer antecedently served arsenic Member of Parliament from 2005 until he was elected politician successful 2016.