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2024 London mayoral election
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Candidate Sadiq Khan TBD TBD
Party Labour Conservative Green
Mayor before election

Sadiq Khan
Labour

Elected Mayor

TBD

The 2024 London mayoral election will be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of London, England. The election will take place the same day as elections to the London Assembly, as well as local elections across England and Wales. Labour Party incumbent Sadiq Khan is running for re-election to a third term in office.[1][2]

Background

Political context

First elected in 2016, Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party won a second term in office in the 2021 election. As the previous contest was initially scheduled for 2020 before being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Khan's current term only covers a three-year period.[3] Khan has indicated that he plans to stand again for a third term in 2024.[1][2]

Polling in January 2022 found that 48% thought he was doing badly as mayor and 38% thought he was doing well. This gave him a net approval rating of -10%, the first time approval polling has been negative for Khan since he took office as mayor.[4]

Electoral system

Under the Elections Act 2022, in contrast to the supplementary vote system used in previous mayoral elections, the 2024 election will be held under a first past the post system: the candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be elected mayor, even if they do not receive an overall majority.[5] In January 2022, a report to the London Assembly also recommended that ballots be counted by hand, rather than electronically as at previous elections.[6]

Candidates

Labour Party

There was media speculation in 2021 as to whether Sadiq Khan would stand for a third term as mayor or instead stand for leader of the Labour Party in a future contest. Khan confirmed that he would stand again for a third term as mayor and had no interest in seeking the leadership of his party.[1][2] David Lammy, the MP for Tottenham and shadow foreign secretary, had been mentioned as a possible Labour candidate should Khan not seek another term. Lammy previously ran for mayor in the 2016 election.[7] John Bercow, a former speaker of the House of Commons, was also mentioned as a possible contender.[8] It was officially announced on 20 December 2022 that Khan had been reselected as Labour's mayoral candidate. This was following a vote of Labour members and Labour's affiliate unions to re-endorse him rather than to open up the selection process.[9][10]

Conservative Party

Declared

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

Green Party

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Zoë Garbett
Members of Parliament
Local officials
Benali Hamdache
Local officials

Independents

Potential

Notes

  1. ^ Corbyn was elected as a member of the Labour Party but currently sits as an independent MP, having had the whip withdrawn.

References

  1. ^ a b c Mortimer, Josiah (30 November 2021). "Sadiq Khan hints at third run for London mayor in 2024". MyLondon. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Talora, Joe (13 January 2022). "Sadiq Khan plots third mayoral term as he 'doesn't want' Starmer's job". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ Atkin, Elizabeth (9 May 2021). "When the next London mayoral election will be held". Metro. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ Bond, David (29 January 2022). "Sadiq poll: Mayor's approval rating firmly negative for first time". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Elections Act 2022: Section 13", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2022 c. 37 (s. 13)
  6. ^ Hill, Dave (7 January 2022). "Votes for next London Mayor and Assembly elections could be counted manually". OnLondon. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  7. ^ Mandrake (26 April 2022). "Lammy eyes Khan's City Hall role". The New European. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. ^ Hope, Christopher (4 March 2022). "Is London ready for Mayor John Bercow?". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  9. ^ Chappell, Elliot (20 December 2022). "Sadiq Khan confirmed as Labour Party's mayoral candidate for 2024 election". LabourList. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ^ Stefan, Boscia (20 December 2022). "Sadiq Khan to run for third term as London mayor in 2024 election". CityAM. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ "London Assembly's Andrew Boff will seek to be Conservative challenger to Sadiq Khan".
  12. ^ Holloway, Lester (1 November 2022). "London is the place for me". Voice Online. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Tory minister considering surprise bid to run for London mayor in 2024". 14 January 2023.
  14. ^ "London deserves a truly serious rival to Sadiq and it should be Sajid Javid". 6 January 2023.
  15. ^ "Scott Ainslie on his bid to be the Green Party's candidate for Mayor of London in 2024". Bright Green. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  16. ^ a b c Talora, Joe (9 November 2022). "'We need action': Dalston councillor announces bid to be Green Party's next candidate for London mayor". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Jarvis, Chris (21 December 2022). "Exclusive: Benali Hamdache is standing to be the Green Party's next London Mayoral candidate". Bright Green. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  18. ^ Rogers, Alexandra (22 July 2022). "Exclusive: Jeremy Corbyn Allies Urge Him To Run For London Mayor". Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Could Jeremy Corbyn be London's next mayor?". ITV News. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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