[115], Count Binface, the satirical candidate for the Count Binface Party, pledged to rename London Bridge the Phoebe Waller Bridge. Counting of the votes started on Friday 7 May at 7am. Laurence Fox . Berry's vote share was up 2.0%. He had caused a stir when he had announced that he would be participating in the 2021 London mayoral elections. No constituencies changed hands. The BBC is not allowed to report details of campaigning while the polls are open. Incumbent Labour mayor Sadiq Khan won re-election . Sadiq Khan has been elected as London Mayor for the second time as the race for London mayor official ended in the late hours of Saturday 8 th of May. Download. [100] Rose, a podcaster who has actively promoted misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, stood for the London Real Party. Almost a month later, Niko Omilana also revealed that he will take part in the election as well. Because the Lib Dems failed to pass the 5% threshold, the party lost the deposit they put down to field a candidate. [114] His policy platform includes a pledge to prevent extension of London's Ultra Low Emission Zone. Niko Omilana comes in fifth & is most voted independent candidate as Sadiq Khan is reelected as Mayor of London. Livingstone announced his retirement from politics in his concession speech. Read our Elections 2021 live blog for the very latest updates. He earned 55.2% of the popular vote - despite early results indicating that his support has been lower than anticipated. Luisa Porritt (Liberal Democrat): 111,716, Count Binface (Count Binface for Mayor of London): 24,775, Mandu Reid (Women's Equality Party): 21,182. The creeping TikTok bans. Initially, the party had selected Siobhan Benita, a former senior civil servant and 2012 independent candidate for London mayor. [112] He is sceptical of climate change and is an anti-vaxxer. Mr Khan, the current mayor, has 40% of first-preference votes while Mr Bailey has 36% with all constituencies declared. Omilana: 'The system is broken for young people' Video, 00:00:57, Omilana: 'The system is broken for young people', At least 17 dead in Jakarta fuel storage depot fire. The results of the list-member elections and the mayoral election are expected later tonight. [10][11], Due to measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the count was not completed until Sunday 9 May. [35], On 13 March 2020, the election was delayed to May 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The full results for all candidates for London Mayor were: The minor party and independent candidates were as follows: The Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey now makes his speech. The former MP will serve for another three years after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey. Niko Omilana, 23, who has 3.4 million YouTube subscribers, is the . Sidhu-Robb had previously worked as a lawyer, and was the founder and chief executive of the health company Nosh Detox. Although Omilana also lost his deposit, securing just 2% of the vote, it was an impressive feat for theYouTuber. [16], The Conservative Party selected Shaun Bailey as its candidate in September 2018. [122] The comedian Eddie Izzard and Tottenham MP David Lammy had been suggested as potential candidates for the party. Niko Omilana seen in London in the run up to the London Mayoral race (Picture: SplashNews.com) Prankster Niko, 23, is one of three candidates, along with Max Fosh and Count Binface, who did not . The revised date was confirmed last year on the UK Parliament website. This would include making London carbon neutral by 2030 and opposing building a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Video, 00:01:37, Thanks, but no big speech, in Ken Bruce's sign off, Tear gas fired at Greece train crash protesters. Addressing those Londoners who didn't vote for him he says: "I will never ignore your voice, your concerns or your worries.". While Omilana was not elected as mayor, he did come fifth, beating out some much bigger names in politics, like Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn. Incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan, 50, has been re-elected for a second term as the Mayor of London. View more on twitter View more on twitter. [166] Sidhu-Robb apologised for the comments and said she had regretted making them at the time. OMILANA Niko - Independent. That means in 2024, Londoners will once again hit the polling stations to vote for their next leader of the city. The only other party that stood a candidate in 2016 and 2021 were the Women's Equality Party, who saw their vote share fall by 1.2%. [17][18] In the weeks after his selection, Bailey was criticised for sharing an Islamophobic tweet attacking Sadiq Khan. Niko Omilana is running against such luminaries of the political world as current London mayor Sadiq Khan, loud-mouthed actor Lawrence Fox, and Count Binface. Read our Elections 2021 live blog for the very latest updates. He also increased the area and cost of thecongestion zone, brought in new charges (theULEZand the T-Charge) for older and more polluting vehicles driving in the city and has also been a strong supporter of remaining in the European Union. [36] Stewart withdrew from the campaign in May 2020, saying the delay in the election meant it was impractical to sustain a campaign as an independent. [84] She said the next mayor should take direct control of Oxford Street and Kensington High Street to stop local councils blocking cycling schemes and part-pedestrianisation. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. The pay-as-you-go scheme would work by charging drivers based on "the number of journeys you make, the distance travelled, the type of vehicle you have, the level of emissions that produces", and its proceeds would go towards TfL's funding. [124][125], The party had started the process for selecting their candidate in June 2018. [2] The results were announced on 7 May at 00:30, despite British television news channel Sky News announcing Sadiq Khan as the winner hours earlier. [20] He will be the first Conservative mayoral candidate to also stand in the London Assembly election at the same time. He earned 55.2% of the popular vote - despite early results indicating that his support has been lower than anticipated. The chart below shows opinion polls conducted for the 2021 London mayoral election. [63] He also promised to expand the availability of 4G on the London Underground. Laurence Fox has lost his 10,000 deposit for his bid to be London Mayor after getting 1.8 per cent of the vote.. This speculation followed disagreements about the "direction of the party" between Khan and Jeremy Corbyn, who was the leader of the party nationally at the time. There has been a lively mood outside London's City Hall as the mayoral candidates gathered ahead of the results announcement. Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. [106] He pledged that if elected he would build 50,000 new homes on TfL land by Christmas 2021. London Mayor Election 2021. In a field of 20 candidates they used their campaigns to create a series of YouTube videos, which they monetised using adverts. Political Candidate. [76] She promised to "gold plate" the green belt to prevent development, and instead plant new woodlands and increase food production on green belt land. Video caption: Sadiq Khan says he's "humbled" by his re-election as Mayor London. . The results, announced at 11pm on Saturday evening, saw Khan achieve 40% (1,013,721 votes) of first preference ballots, while Bailey won 35% (893,051 votes). Luisa Porritt: 200/1. [43] Later in 2020, the housing minister Robert Jenrick sent a letter to Khan which said that the council housing programme and the balloting of council housing estates on any estate changes put into the new 2020 London plan should be dropped. The trend lines are local regressions (LOESS). The triumphant Labour leader pledged to build a "better and brighter future" for London following the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Bailey congratulates Mr Khan but adds that he hopes the re-elected mayor won't "blame everything on the government". Unlike incumbents in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and Tees Valley, Khan saw his victory margin cut, and Bailey received the largest number of first preference votes in Ealing and Hillingdon, and Brent and Harrow, two constituencies where Khan won the most votes in the previous election.[203][204]. After last-placed Lucy Salek was eliminated and second preferences among her voters tallied, Benita had a majority of the votes cast and was chosen as the party's candidate. While Sadiq Khan won the London mayoral election, the highlight of the day was YouTube prankster Niko Omilana who secured nearly 50,000 votes. Beta Squad. This would reduce levels of knife crime, she said, by removing power and money from gangs and freeing up police time. The BBC's polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice projects that Labour will remain the largest party on the London Assembly, with 11 seats once - gaining two from the list system. [65], On housing, he set a target of 10,000 new council homes and said he would build more on TfL land. [76] She also supported the introduction of supervised injection sites. . Khan beat his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, 49, after the pair entered a run-off when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting. Next to promises to shush Boris Johnson and removing the teeth of racists, Niko also promised free school meals, free public transport for under 18s and over 69s, and raising minimum wage by 6.9%. Video, 00:01:23, Watch: Matt Hancock message row in 83 seconds, Isabel Oakeshott: Why I leaked Hancock's messages. Pastor and the chief executive of knife-crime awareness organisation The Peace Alliance. But the 50-year-old managed to beat the likes of Shaun Bailey, the Greens' co-leaderSian Berry, 45, and LuisaPorritt, 33, leader of the CamdenLib Dems to the punch. [87][88] She said that violence could be reduced by reallocating police resources away from minor drug offences and large presences at protests. [72] His manifesto proposed an annual festival in the city based on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Born on March 4, 1998, he became popular for posting prank videos to his YouTube channel, which has 5.98 million subscribers. "We must use this moment of national recovery to heal those divisions. After a four-year break, the Sidemen are due to play the YouTube Allstars team in a charity match on September 24, 2022. 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So despite the Mayor of London typically serving a four-year term, this time around it will only be three years. The actor, 42, who set up the Reclaim Party for his election race, won 47,634 . Let's get to know him. There's quite a lot I can get behind tbh. If any candidate had received more than 50% of the first preferences they would have won the election outright. Sian Berry: 100/1. In June 2004, the second election was held. [76], On 30 March 2021, Laurence Fox said he had made an agreement with Reform UK leader Richard Tice that Reform UK wouldn't field a candidate in the mayoral election. 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Niko is an English influencer, born and raised in Staffordshire. [14] Khan announced in early 2020 that part of his election platform would be to deliver a "green new deal for the city". [74] He said he would require large employers to subject their staff to drug tests and publish league tables of companies with the most and least drug use. . Mayoral 2021 - 2nd Choices Final Calculation: 24 . A handful of results from the bumper set of elections held last week are still to be declared. [76], On transport and the environment, Porritt said she would make the city's rental bicycles free on Sundays for a year, and increase the area covered by rental bicycles to Lewisham and Greenwich. London Mayor full results. Born in Staffordshire, England #1. London mayor election LIVE: Latest results and scoreboard for Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey (Image: GETTY Images) . She pledged to diversify high streets away from shops and towards services and start a "London Housing Company" to convert empty buildings and build new housing. Sadiq Khan: 1/50. Image source, Getty Images. 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Labour's Sadiq Khan will face Tory rival Shaun Bailey in a run-off to be mayor of London, after neither won a majority in the first round of voting. Video, 00:01:37Thanks, but no big speech, in Ken Bruce's sign off, Tear gas fired at Greece train crash protesters. Reels. By putting ex-Pros against Creators on a Go-Kart track of course! "I promise to strain every sinew, help build a better and brighter future for London, after the dark days of the pandemic and to create a greener, fairer and safer city for all Londoners, to get the opportunities they need to fulfil their potential. Video from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjwQzJuHG4IMy twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/miniminterMy insta: https://www.instagram.com/miniminter/My tiktok: h. Niko Omilana is one of 20 candidates running in the 2021 London Mayoral Election, but who is he? Administrations of regionally devolved areas are omitted. He is a YouTuber who has gained popularity for his parody videos, original comedic sketches, pranks and various vlog entries. [84] She also promised to end the use of incineration and landfill, making London a zero waste city by 2030. He said he had spent more than a million pounds on billboards and that he was "going to pull off the biggest upset in British political history". Niko Omilana - Independent - 49,628 votes - 1%; Laurence Fox - Reclaim Party - 47,634 votes . Sadiq Khan's five years as London Mayor are coming to an end, and the . [163][39], Environmental campaigner Rosalind Readhead intended to stand,[193] but withdrew from the race 30 March 2021 to help stop the environmental vote being split. www.shopndl.com. There is no greater leader in this country than me so please my friends, vote Niko for Mayor of London or your breath stinks.. In fifth place, however, was runaway star and tongue-in-cheek candidate Niko Omilana who . Counting is currently underway for the London Mayoral Election. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. This led to the government giving Transport for London (TfL) a bailout of 1.6 billion. High/Low, Precipitation Chances, Sunrise/Sunset, and today's Temperature History. Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan is campaigning for Londoners to keep him on as mayor for a second term as the capital heads to the polls tomorrow. He chose not to endorse any other candidate. . Niko Omilana is an English YouTuber who gained popularity for his parody videos and pranks. Qualifying bet cannot be placed in-play or cashed out early. [115] Omilana's manager said "its an investment for him" as more brands would be interested in working with him after the campaign. THE London mayoral election had the city on a knife-edge awaiting the results after flocking to polling stations on Thursday, May 6. Khan beat his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, 49, after the pair entered a run-off when neither managed to secure a majority in the first round of voting. [82] She would also implement a pay-as-you-go road pricing scheme. . He was then expelled from their Parliamentary group due to his opposition to a "no deal" Brexit. Nikolas "Niko" Omilana is one of the youngest candidates, aged just 23. A YouTube prankster could help to deny Sadiq Khan a first-round landslide in the mayoral elections, a new poll suggested today.. Niko Omilana, 23, who has 3.4 million YouTube subscribers, is the first choice for City Hall for five per cent of Londoners, according to an ITV London News poll.. Sian Berry, Green Party. Nah man ain't got time for any ironing "he's running mayor" . In fifth place, however, was runaway star and tongue-in-cheek candidate Niko Omilana who managed to net 49,638 votes, making him the highest-placed independent candidate, beating out other popular . In fifth place, however, was runaway star and tongue-in-cheek candidate NikoOmilanawho managed to net49,638 votes, making him the highest-placed independent candidate, beating out other popular independents Piers Corbyn, Laurence Fox and Count Binface. But here's the thing that seems to have slipped under the radar: two YouTubers are running and one's social following eclipses all the other candidates'. THE London mayoral election had the city on a knife-edge awaiting the results after flocking to polling stations on Thursday, May 6. [93] She proposed a road pricing policy to replace the ULEZ, congestion charged and proposed boundary charge. Brian Rose: 50/1. The Conservative Party failed to get a single MEP elected in London for the first time in the party's history. Ranking as the highest independent candidate with almost 50,000 votes (three times the votes of Hartlepool's new MP Jill Mortimer), Omilana successfully beat several popular independent rivals including Laurence Fox and Piers Corbyn purely on "vibes". "I am proud to have won an overwhelming mandate today.". The 2000 campaign was incident filled. [201] Turnout at the election was 42%[202], The result was closer than expected, with Bailey receiving a greater than expected share of the vote compared to polling and despite receiving few resources from Conservative Campaign HQ. The Conservative Party candidate, Jeffrey Archer, was replaced by Steven Norris after Archer was charged with perjury. Niko Omilana and Max Fosh are two prominent YouTubers who stood to be mayor of London in the 2021 election. Sadiq Khan is also predicted to be elected mayor of London, putting Labour in charge of both parts of the Greater London Authority. And with twenty candidates battling it out to get control of carving up the capitals eye-watering 19billion budget, this year's race proved a nail-biting finish. The candidates are currently waiting around at London's City Hall. Niko Omilana was born in March 1998 in Staffordshire. [86] On crime, Berry pledged to reduce the number of murders in the city to zero in ten years by investing in preventative measures. [113] He has been fined and arrested during the campaign for breaches of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, including an arrest on suspicion of malicious communications and public nuisance over his distributing a leaflet comparing COVID-19 vaccination programme with the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. However, there is no information regarding his parents and siblings. London mayor election results 2021: When we'll know who won the mayoral vote - and who the candidates were Sadiq Khan is facing an anxious wait to discover whether he has been re-elected as . Show More Posts from niko. After a record-breaking 20 candidates decided to compete for the position of London mayor, Khan had quite a few competitors to be cautious of. "[109], Mandu Reid, the Women's Equality Party candidate, said that if elected she would offer an extension of the national government's programme of 30 days free childcare to eligible London residents who were retraining after losing their jobs. Declan Rice endorses joke London Mayor candidate . We're still waiting for the London mayor result which BBC London's Political Editor Tim Donovan says will not arrive before 10pm now. As you can see, Im taking this extremely seriously, everything up and to this moment has been a warm up, a light jog, a walk in the park but now were about to take over the nations biggest city. Niko Omilana, Independent. Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). "I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart," he said. She said she wants to legalise cannabis in London. YouTube Star Born in England #38. A longlist of ten was published in July 2018. . 5 May 2021. "As a poor boy, you learn that Londoners are generous of spirit and will give you a hearing.". Elections take place in May. [25][26] Benita had run as an independent candidate in the 2012 London mayoral election. At the start of September 2022, Omilana was announced as the newest member of the YouTube Allstars football team. [38] The Liberal Democrats selected Luisa Porritt as their new candidate on 13 October 2020. [73], On transport and the environment, Bailey said he would seek corporate sponsors for London Underground stations to raise money, and start a new bank to finance transport projects, including 4G access on the London Underground. 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Fosh told the BBC that he made about 4,500 from YouTube videos of his campaign, a net loss of 5500 taking into account his lost deposit, but that he also gained followers. YOUTUBER Niko Omilana managed to finish fifth in 2021's London Mayoral election. [75] He also pledged to plant half a million new trees. Niko Omilana and Max Fosh are two prominent YouTubers who entered the race to become mayor of London in the 2021 election. [70][71] During a debate on 20 April, he said he would ban Quds Day marches in London. What have we learned after a bumper crop of elections? Not sure the Mayor of London can enforce the death penalty but "Londoff" is a SUPERB idea. Download. Facebook; . [76], On housing, he said he would start a Greater London Authority-owned company called Housing for London to build houses. At this point, Siobhan Benita had withdrawn and Luisa Porritt had not yet been selected, so the question asked about "a Liberal Democrat candidate". The results are in and YouTube's very own Niko Omilana placed fifth in 2021's London Mayoral Election. [14][129], Bailey had been endorsed in the party's selection process by the Evening Standard, as well as Conservative police and crime commissioners Anthony Stansfeld, David Lloyd, Matthew Scott and Roger Hirst. [13] Later that year, he received enough nominations from local party groups and trade unions affiliated to the Labour Party that he was automatically re-selected to be the party's candidate. "Vote Niko for mayor of London on May . But after closely following Khan in the results, he confidently told the crowd: "it's no surprise to me that Londoners didn't write me off.". Contributing Editor | Twitter: @JamesMBKeith. [117] He said that he wasn't going to win, but that the supplementary vote system meant that voters could give him their first preference and vote for or against Khan with their second preference. [116], On 21 April, an opinion poll showed that the independent candidate Niko Omilana, a YouTuber who makes prank videos, on 5% of the vote, ahead of all candidates other than Khan, Bailey, Berry and Porritt. ", "Exclusive: Mayor candidate faces calls to pull out over antisemitic video", "London mayoral candidate drinks his own urine: 'It's really not bad', "Childcare crisis leaves women stuck in 1940s, Mayor warned", "Piers Corbyn: 'I will end lockdown on day one as mayor', "Piers Corbyn tells crowd of unmasked protesters 'covid is a hoax', "Piers Corbyn arrested over vaccine 'Auschwitz leaflet', "Who are the candidates standing for mayor of London this year? Posts. [77] On 19 April, Bailey said that, if elected, he would "visibly make a difference" to crime in the first hundred days by increasing police patrols and "boost" usage of stop-and-search. London Mayor Elections: Sadiq Khan Re-Elected; YouTube Prankster Niko Omilana Stands 5th With 50,000 Votes For 'Vibes' Niko Omilana, best known for comedy videos and pranks on YouTube, stood as the highest-ranking independent candidate, coming in fifth overall at the polls. May 8, 2021. The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference for candidates. Video, 00:00:36Tears of relief after man found in Amazon jungle, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. A record-breaking 20 candidates ran to become the next mayor of London. The Liberal Democrats were down 0.2%. 2. 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As with most elected posts in the United Kingdom, a candidate must pay a deposit to run in the election. [109], Valerie Brown, the Burning Pink candidate, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday 8 May, between the election and the announcement of the results. On April 2, 2021, Omilana shared a video on Instagram urging his (then) 1.1 million followers to vote for him in the 2021 London Mayoral Election. The mayor of London has responsibilities covering policing, transport, housing, planning, economic development, arts, culture and the environment.