{"id":2237413,"date":"2024-05-04T22:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sadiq-khan-becomes-first-london-mayor-to-win-a-third-term\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T22:31:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T02:31:36","slug":"sadiq-khan-becomes-first-london-mayor-to-win-a-third-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sadiq-khan-becomes-first-london-mayor-to-win-a-third-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan re-elected for third term as London mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsadiq-khan-becomes-first-london-mayor-to-win-a-third-term%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2237413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u2062 is\u200c about Sadiq Khan winning \u200dLondon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-de-blasio-establishes-racial-justice-commission-stocked-with-aides-and-allies\/\" title=\"Bill De Blasio Establishes \u2018Racial Justice\u2019 Commission Stocked With Aides And Allies\">mayoral election<\/a> for the third time. Khan expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve London in a post on \u200cX and emphasized his commitment to shaping a better future for the city&#8217;s residents. He secured the victory with nearly \u206244% of the\u200b votes as a candidate for the center-left Labour Party. \u2064Sadiq Khan secures third term as London mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-upcoming-hurdles-biden-touts-advancement-of-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill\/\" title=\"Amid Upcoming Hurdles, Biden Touts Advancement Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill\">expressing gratitude<\/a> for\u200c the chance\u200d to serve the city in a heartfelt post. He emphasizes shaping a brighter future for residents. Khan clinched \u200dthe victory with almost 44% of the votes, representing the center-left Labour Party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sadiq-khan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sadiq Khan<\/a> was declared the winner of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>London<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mayoral<\/a> election on Saturday, becoming the first person to be elected to the office for the third time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, London,\u201d Khan wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadiqKhan\/status\/1391152806883639297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> on X. \u201cIt\u2019s the honour of my life to serve the city I love. Today is not about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-pm-first-uae-ambassador-meet-for-first-time-discuss-projects\/\" title=\"Israeli PM, first UAE ambassador meet for first time, discuss projects\">making history<\/a>, it\u2019s about shaping our future. And I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gives-unclear-response-on-whether-he-will-visit-texas\/\" title=\"Biden gives unclear response on whether he will visit Texas\">\u2019ll work relentlessly<\/a> to shape a fairer, safer, greener city for every Londoner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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%.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at City Hall and standing feet away from Khan, Hall, a member of the\u00a0 Harrow London Borough Council, congratulated the mayor on his victory before calling on him to \u201ctry harder to make [London] better \u2014 for all our sakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to hold Sadiq to account, to stand up for the hardworking families, to motorists, and to women,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/uk-politics-35061953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>I hope Trump loses \u2014 badly<\/a>.\u201d During his presidency, Trump directed several tweets at Khan, whom he called a \u201cstone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2026.Kahn reminds me very much of our very dumb and incompetent Mayor of NYC, de Blasio, who has also done a terrible job \u2013 only half his height. In any event, I look forward to being a great friend to the United Kingdom, and am looking very much forward to my visit. Landing now!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1135453895277203458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadiq Khan secured his third term as London&#8217;s mayor, marking a historic victory. In a heartfelt message, Khan expressed gratitude to the city, emphasizing his dedication to serving London. This milestone reflects his commitment to the community he deeply cares for, prioritizing service over personal accolades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2700,"featured_media":2237414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125591797188.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2237413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125591797188.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2237413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2237413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2237413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2237413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2237413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}