Sadiq Khan wins
Sadiq Khan wins
Labour incumbent beat Tory candidate Susan Hall, despite inaccurate claims by ‘excited Tories’ that she could win
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They tried to rig it, and it didn't work. Let's hope Labour restores STV when/if they get on power.
Why would they? They’re expecting to be the dominant party of power with the Tories having shat the bed for a generation (see also: 1997), and damned if they’re going to share any of it with any lefty troublemakers.
Op means the Tories
Tried to rig it in what way?
by abolishing STV and putting it back to first past the post, they hoped the outer boroughs' vote would be enough to swing it in the Tories' favour. Fortunately, Susan Hall was so bad a candidate even large chunks of outer London went "nah, mate, not having that."
Back to? I don't think London mayoral elections were ever FPTP?
You're right. I should have said something like "changing it to FPTP like other elections."