Labour’s Sadiq Khan wins record 3rd term as London mayor

LONDON — London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has won a record third term after easily defeating Conservative challenger Susan Hall, UK media says after all the capital’s districts reported their results.

The son of Pakistani migrants and the first Muslim mayor of a Western capital when first elected in 2016, Khan, 53, becomes London’s first leader to secure three terms since the post was created in 2000.

Khan, who replaced Boris Johnson as London mayor, has been an increasingly divisive figure in the past few years.

While his supporters say he has multiple achievements to his name, such as expanding housebuilding, free school meals for young children, keeping transport costs in check and generally backing London’s minority groups, his critics say he has overseen a crime surge, been anti-car and has unnecessarily allowed pro-Palestinian marches against Israel to become a regular feature at weekends.