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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

Sadiq Khan [wikipedia.org] of the Labour Party has been elected as mayor of London. He is to replace the Conservative Boris Johnson [wikipedia.org], who has served since 2008. Mr. Khan won with 56.8% of the votes as against 43.2% for his Conservative opponent Zac Goldsmith [wikipedia.org]. Sian Berry of the Greens came in third; Caroline Pidgeon of the Liberal Democrats, fourth; and Peter Whittle of the UKIP, fifth.

coverage:

• BBC News [bbc.co.uk] (results only)
• BBC News [bbc.co.uk]
• BBC News [bbc.com] (biography of Khan)
• The Guardian [theguardian.com]
• The Guardian [theguardian.com]
• The Guardian [theguardian.com] (editorial)
• The Independent [independent.co.uk]
• Washington Post [washingtonpost.com]
• CNN [cnn.com]
• USA Today [usatoday.com]

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