Labour’s Sadiq Khan reelected as London mayor as UK’s ruling Conservatives face more electoral pain

By PAN PYLAS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Sadiq Khan, the Labour Party’s mayor of London, has romped to victory, securing a record third straight term at City Hall, on another hugely disappointing day for the U.K.’s governing Conservatives ahead of a looming general election. Khan won a little more than a million votes, or nearly 44% of the vote, more than 11 percentage points ahead of his main challenger, the Conservative Party’s Susan Hall. The incumbent Labour mayors in Liverpool, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire were also reelected Saturday, while the party defeated the Conservative incumbent in the West Midlands, a key bellwether region.