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Thomas Mackintosh Speculation about results for the remaining mayoral elections in England is causing some unease for Labour, more specifically within the capital, Eleanor Langford says.
Live reporter "There’s a lot of anxiety over the Mayoral race in London. Partly because of backlash to Labour’s response to the situation in Gaza but also changes to the electoral system," the political correspondent for the i Newspaper tells BBC's 5 Live this morning, highlighting how this is the first time the race has used the first past the post system.
We won't know the outcome of the Mayor of London race until later on this evening, but we know turnout for the election was 40.5% - slightly down compared to the last election in 2021. She adds that the "anxieties" for Labour stems from a fear that Tory candidate Susan Hall could win - but not because of her policies, "but more by accident because lots of these other issues have come up".
As always, votes were verified first, on Friday, and the count starts today with results expected later on. Langford believes that we're tucking in for a "very close" contest between the two candidates and says she's "sure Sadiq Kahn has been losing sleep over it".
Sadiq Khan is chasing an historic third term as mayor of London, having won previous elections in 2016 and 2021. He ran a campaign that promised to continue with free school lunches for older primary school children for four more years.
His Tory opponent, Susan Hall, has focused on issues affecting drivers, in particular promising to axe the extension of the ultra low emission zone (ULEZ) to outer London, which charges the most polluting vehicles to travel.
Other candidates include Zoe Garbett for the Green Party and Rob Blackie for the Liberal Democrats.
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