London mayoral election 2016 Articles

Autumn began with a bang for Sadiq Khan. Londoner of the Year in the Evening Standard annual 1,000 top Londoners awards, GQ magazine’s politician of the year, the successful rollout of ‘hopper’ bus tickets. It all looks and sounds as though the result was preordained....

Sadiq Khan’s victory reminds us that demographics are only partly destiny  No British politician has ever received as many votes against their name as Sadiq Khan – 1.3 million Londoners chose him to be their mayor. Headlines around the world have emphasised Khan’s...

In terms of expectation management there was a clear winner in the 2016 local elections: the Labour party. Faced with predictions of 150 losses in council seats, to come out with fewer than 20 encouraged many of us to breathe a sigh of relief that things could have...

Several people since last Friday have said ‘third time lucky’ about winning the Merton and Wandsworth assembly seat – while it is true that I did stand in 2008 and 2012, luck is not why we achieved the only geographical assembly seat Labour gain in London. The main...