2016 London mayoral election

London mayoral election, 2016
Turnout	45.3% 7.2 pp
	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.

Candidates

Results

Sadiq Khan - 1,310,143
Zack Goldsmith - 994,614
Siân Berry - 150,673
Caroline Pidgeon - 120,005
Peter Whittle - 94,373
George Galloway- 37,007

The election election used the supplementary vote system, which is where the voters choose a first and a second choice of candidates. After two rounds Khan was elected as Mayor.^[3]

2016 London Mayoral Election Media

Official portrait of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park* * 3×4 portrait of Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Siân Berry, in 2018.
Results by assembly constituency
London Mayoral Election, 2016 by electoral wards.*As a derivative of
Greater London UK ward map (blank).svg, the file is licensed as CC-BY-SA-3.0
The outgoing mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The 2016 mayoral election was the first in which the incumbent mayor did not stand for re-election.
Zac Goldsmith, Conservative candidate
Sadiq Khan, Labour candidate
Green Party candidate Siân Berry in 2005
Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat candidate