Sadiq Khan has won an historic third term in City Hall as he secured a resounding victory in the London mayoral election.The Labour incumbent outscored his main rival, Conservative Susan Hall, in nine of the 14 constituencies that declared their results on Saturday.Mr Khan secured 1,088,225 votes to 812,397 for Ms Hall - some 275,828 more.Ms Hall outpolled Mr Khan in Bexley and Bromley, Havering and Redbridge, Croydon and Sutton, Ealing and Hillingdon and her home turf of Brent and Harrow.
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00:00Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you London. It's the honour
00:07of my life to serve the city that I love and I'm beyond humbled right now. I want
00:16to express my deep gratitude to my fellow Londoners and make this pledge to
00:22you. I promise to repay the trust you've placed in me by working tirelessly to
00:29deliver the fairer, safer and greener London you deserve. It's been a difficult
00:37few months. We faced a campaign of non-stop negativity but I couldn't be
00:44more proud that we answered fear-mongering with facts, hate with hope
00:51and attempts to divide with efforts to unite. We ran a campaign that was in
00:58keeping with the spirit and values of this great city. A city that regards our
01:05diversity not as a weakness but an almighty strength and one that rejects
01:12right-hard-wing populism and looks forward not back. It's truly an honour to
01:20be re-elected for a third term and to do so with record levels of
01:29support from Londoners with an increased margin of victory. But today's not about
01:35making history. It's about shaping our future. A future where our children can
01:42be nourished with free school meals and breathe cleaner air. Where all Londoners
01:49are given the support and help in hand they need to fulfil their potential and
01:55where our social fabric is strengthened and our diverse communities cherished
02:01and celebrated. My determination to ensure London leads from the front with
02:09world-leading green action remains as strong as ever. We've already made great
02:16strides cleaning up our air and we'll continue to tackle pollution whether it's
02:20found on our streets or in our rivers. At the same time I pledge to have a
02:27constant focus on all the other issues that Londoners also care about. The
02:32rising cost of living, crime on our streets, homelessness, affordable housing.
02:38For the last eight years London has been swimming against the tide of a Tory
02:44government. And now with a Labour Party that's ready to govern again under Keir
02:50Starmer it's time for Rishi Sunak to give the public a choice. A general
02:56election will not just pave the path to a new direction for our country. It will make
03:02bold action Londoners want to see a reality. I also have a message to those
03:09Londoners who didn't vote for me this week. I promise I'll always be a mayor
03:15for all Londoners and want to take very seriously the duty I have to represent
03:21the interests of every community. I mustn't forget to say a massive thank you to my
03:28campaign team for their hard work and dedication. You've all been brilliant. I
03:36also want to thank Keir and the Shadow Cabinet for all their support. Our
03:41Assembly members and candidates, our council leaders and councillors across
03:46this great city, our volunteers, our trade unionists and Labour Party members.