Sadık Khan, the Muslim candidate of the Labor Party, who has been mayor of London for two terms, was elected for the third time in the local elections in England.
The results of the mayor, council member, police and crime commissioner elections held for 107 municipalities across the country on May 2 have started to be announced.
Khan, of Pakistani origin, who has ruled London, the capital of England, for two terms, was entitled to rule the megacity for the third time by receiving 43.7 percent of the valid votes.
While Khan received over 1 million 88 thousand votes, he was followed by Conservative Party candidate Susan Hall with 812 thousand votes.
In London, where there are 6.2 million registered voters in total and the election participation rate was announced as 40.5 percent, Hall received 32.2 percent of the valid votes.
Comedian Jonathan David Harvey, known for running against former Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson, has also joined the London Mayoral race.
Harvey, who was nominated using a garbage can on his head, a superhero outfit and the nickname “Count Binface”, received approximately 24 thousand votes, leaving 5 candidates behind.
THE GOVERNING PARTY PLACED THIRD
In the 106 electoral districts whose results were announced, the Labor Party increased the number of municipalities it holds from 42 to 50 and the number of municipal council members from 955 to 1140.
The Conservative Party, which is in power in the country, lost 10 of the 16 municipalities it held. The Conservatives lost 473 of 986 city council seats to their rivals.
The party that came second in the election, beating the Conservative Party, was the Liberal Democrats (LibDem). LibDem became the leading party in 12 of the 106 constituencies whose results were announced, and increased the number of municipal council members from 417 to 521.
While Labor Party member Andy Burnham was running for mayor in Manchester Municipality, Steve Rotheram was on the ballot in Liverpool.
Source: AA