2016 London mayoral election

London mayoral election, 2016

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Turnout	45.3% 7.2 pp
Candidate Sadiq Khan Zac Goldsmith Party Labour Conservative 1st Round vote 1,148,716 909,755 Percentage 44.2% 35.0% 2nd Round vote 1,310,143 994,614 Percentage 56.8% 43.2%
Result of voting by London borough. Red boroughs are those with a plurality of (first-preference) votes for Sadiq Khan and blue are those with a plurality for Zac Goldsmith.
Mayor before election Boris Johnson Conservative Elected Mayor Sadiq Khan Labour

The 2016 London mayoral election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect the next Mayor of London. It was the fifth London mayoral election. The sitting mayor of London Boris Johnson did not stand for re-election. The Conservative Party candidate was Zac Goldsmith^[1] and the Labour Party candidate was Sadiq Khan.^[2] In the election, Khan was elected mayor.

1. ↑ Donovan, Tim (17 September 2015). "Tory London mayoral selection process 'chaotic compared to Labour'". BBC News. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
2. ↑ Wintour, Patrick. "Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of Londo". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2015.