Mayor of London the winner hours earlier. Mr Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour party, is the first Muslim to be elected Mayor of London. Incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson did not run for re-election for a third term in office, as he had been elected the Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party in Uxbridge and South Ruislip in the 2015 General Election. Most powers are derived from the Greater London Authority Act 1999, with additional functions coming from the Greater London Authority Act 2007, the Localism Act 2011 and Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The main functions are: The
2020 London mayoral election the Liberal Democrat candidate on 21 November 2018. Benita ran as an independent candidate in the 2012 Mayor of London Election, coming fifth with 3.8% of the first preference votes, behind fourth-placed Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick, who received 4.2%. Benita criticised Khan's response to knife crime in London. Former UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage announced in August 2018 that he was considering running, claiming that he would be more successful than the Conservatives. Incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan became Labour's candidate after more than half of local parties and party affiliates in London voted to automatically reselect him. Comedian