
Despite facing criticism for calling moderate Muslims “Uncle Toms”, Khan has ensured that London’s City Hall will be run by a Labour candidate after eight years of the Conservatives and Boris Johnson.
Khan has been Labour MP for Totting since 2005 and has formerly served as minister of state for transport, shadow lord chancellor and, mort recently, shadow minister for London. As outlined in our pre-vote article looking at the business pledges of the six leading candidates, Khan pledged to be the “most pro-business mayor yet”. After the final count, it was revealed 45.6 per cent of registered voters turned out to give their preference. This gave Khan some 1.3m votes – 57 per cent of the total – compared to Goldsmith’s 994,614. He has said: “From day one, my approach will be to form a true partnership with business. I will take an active role in helping to break down the obstacles holding London’s firms back and affecting their competitiveness. “As someone who helped to run and grow a business before becoming a MP, I know the challenges many in the business community face and the importance of politicians working closely with business.”- Creating a Business Advisory Board to discover growth challenges of companies, while including them within policy planning
- Acknowledging the skills gap with a Skills for Londoners scheme to work closely with businesses, enabling each to posses the skills required for scaling
- Prevent business space losses by working with local authorities, while he will also make a case for London industry to push overseas for overseas growth
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Breakdown of the vote First round: Sadiq Khan (Labour) 44.2 per centZac Goldsmith (Conservatives) 35 per cent
Sian Berry (Green) 5.8 per cent
Caroline Pidgeon (Liberal Democrats) 4.6 per cent
Peter Whittle (UKIP) 3.6 per cent
Sophie Walker (Women) 2 per cent
George Galloway (Respect Party) 1.4 per cent
Paul Golding (Britain first) 1.2 per cent
Lee Harris (CISTA) 0.8 per cent
David Furness (BNP) 0.5 per cent
Prince Zylinski (Independent) 0.5 per cent
Ankit Love (Love) 0.2 per cent
Second round: Sadiq Khan (Labour) 50.4 per cent
ConZac Goldsmith (Conservatives) 38.3 per cent
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