2028 London mayoral election

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2028 London Mayoral Election
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Incumbent Mayor

Sadiq Khan
Labour



The 2028 London mayoral election is scheduled to be held in May 2028 to elect the Mayor of London. The election will take place the same day alongside the elections to the London Assembly, as well as local elections across England and Wales. The incumbent Labour Party mayor, Sadiq Khan, won the previous three mayoral elections.

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Electoral system

As the law currently stands, the election will use the first past the post system, which was introduced for the 2024 election following the Elections Act 2022. However a reintroduction of the supplementary vote is planned in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. [1]

The 2024 election also saw the ballots counted by hand for the first time, after previous mayoral elections had used a technological solution where ballots were scanned. The Greater London Authority are considering returning to a scanning system for 2028. [2]

Candidates

Labour Party

Incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan could run for his fourth term. He has not announced whether he will stand, [3] and is considering running again. [4] However, he is expected to stand down, [5] and in June 2025, the New Statesman reported that Khan had privately indicated he did not wish to stand. [6]

Dawn Butler, the MP for Brent East, said in an interview with The Guardian in 2023 that she would put her name forwards if Khan were not to stand. [7] [6] In 2025, she confirmed her intention to stand if Khan stood down. [8] [9]

Other potential candidates include:

Conservative Party

Potential candidates include:

Reform UK

Potential candidates include:

Independents

Ant Middleton, a TV presenter and former soldier, had initially put himself forward to be a Reform candidate. [14] However, in August it was reported that he would instead stand as an independent. [15]

Other potential candidates

It has been reported that actor James Corden is considering running for mayor. He is thought to be a Labour supporter. [16]

Thomas Skinner, a businessman and TV personality, is a potential candidate and was approached by three political parties, according to The Telegraph . [12]

Having run in two previous elections, Count Binface is also expected to run for mayor.[ citation needed ] He previously took part in the 2021 and 2024 elections. [17]

Opinion polls

Dates
conducted		PollsterClientSample
size		 Lab Con LD Grn Ref OthersLead
29 Apr – 21 May 2025Savanta [18] [a] QMUL 1,00335%23%14%11%14%4%12
4–8 May 2025Find Out Now [19] [a] Alex Wilson 1,10233%20%10%13%20%4%13
30 Oct – 11 Nov 2024Savanta [20] [a] QMUL 1,00435%26%11%11%13%4%9
2 May 2024 2024 mayoral election –43.8%32.7%5.8%5.8%3.1%8.7%11.1
  1. 1 2 3 Generic party vote, with no candidate names mentioned.

References

  1. ↑ "Government decision to restore Supplementary Vote system elections is a big win for voters". electoral-reform.org.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "London considers return to electronic ballot-counting for mayoral elections". PublicTechnology. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Who could be the next London mayor? Labour runners and riders begin to emerge". Sky News. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 O'Reilly, Luke; Belger, Tom; Green, Daniel (16 June 2025). "Labour London mayor candidate: Should Khan stand again – and who else might?". LabourList. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Mata, William (30 March 2025). "Idris Elba 'emerges as Labour's top choice to replace Sadiq Khan as London Mayor'". The Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eaton, George (18 June 2025). "The race to succeed Sadiq Khan". New Statesman. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Mohdin, Aamna (14 August 2023). "Dawn Butler: 'It is shocking, the disrespect for Black women in the Commons'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Croft, Ethan (12 July 2025). "Labour changes mayoral vote system after Reform victories". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Dawn Butler to stand to be London Mayor if Khan stands down". LabourList. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Donaldson, Kitty (4 June 2025). "Robert Jenrick's rumoured mayoral ambitions are just a proxy Tory leadership war". The i. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Burford, Rachael (9 September 2024). "Former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi refuses to rule out running for Mayor of London". The Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  12. 1 2 Croft, Ethan (21 June 2025). "Green grocer and former commando hoping to kick Sadiq Khan out of office". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  13. ↑ Gutteridge, Nick (6 July 2025). "Reform's rising star: People are leaving London thanks to Khan". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235. Archived from the original on 6 July 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Ludlow, Mark (24 March 2025). "Ant Middleton banned as company director for failing to pay taxes". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Jaffer, Kumail (12 August 2025). "Ant Middleton 'hasn't fallen out with Reform' in Mayor of London race". My London. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  16. ↑ Quadri, Sami (18 May 2025). "James Corden 'considering bid to become Mayor of London'". The Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "The mayoral election results in full". Sky News. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Polling London Data, June 2025 - conducted by Savanta (XLS 930KB)", Table 16, Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London, June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "London Polling". Find Out Now, 12 May 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  20. ↑ "Polling London Data, November 2024 - conducted by Savanta (XLS 745KB)", Table 16, Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Dec 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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