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Who succeeded Jowell as the Labour candidate for London Mayor 2016?

  • Jeremy Corbyn

  • Ed Miliband

  • Sadiq Khan

  • Ken Livingstone

Answer

The Labour Party nominated Sadiq Khan as its candidate for Mayor of London in 2016, succeeding Diane Abbott. Khan went on to win the mayoral election, becoming the first Muslim mayor of a major Western city. Prior to his mayoral victory, Khan served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 to 2016, and as the Shadow Minister of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
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