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2028 London mayoral election
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4 May 2028
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Incumbent Mayor

Sadiq Khan
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The 2028 London mayoral election is scheduled to be held on 4 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 including other mayoral elections. The incumbent Labour Party mayor, Sadiq Khan, won the previous three mayoral elections.

Electoral system

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The election is expected to use a supplementary vote system for the first time since the 2021 London mayoral election, in which voters express a first and a second preference for candidates.[1] This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two.[2] Whilst a reintroduction of the supplementary vote system for the election of the mayor of London is included in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026, an election would currently be held under first-past-the-post voting until the relevant secondary legislation is introduced.

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.[3]

Candidates

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Labour Party

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Incumbent mayor Sadiq Khan could stand for a fourth term. He is yet to announce whether he will stand,[4] and is considering running again.[5] However, it has been reported that he was expected to stand down,[6] and in June 2025, the New Statesman reported that Khan had privately indicated he did not wish to stand.[7] Despite these reports, in September 2025, Khan said that it was his "intention" to stand again in 2028,[8][9] and, in February 2026, said he had "already worked out" his campaign for the next election.[10]

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.[11][7] In 2025, she confirmed her intention to stand if Khan stood down.[12][13]

Other potential candidates include:

Conservative Party

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Potential candidates include:

Reform UK

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In January 2026, Reform announced that Laila Cunningham, a Westminster City Councillor and former CPS prosecutor, who defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK in June 2025,[17][18][19] would be their candidate.[20]

Boxer Derek Chisora was previously mentioned as a potential candidate.[21]

Other potential candidates

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Ant Middleton, a TV presenter and former soldier, had initially put himself forward to be a Reform candidate.[22] However, in August 2025, it was reported that he would instead stand as an independent.[23]

It has been reported that actor James Corden is considering standing for mayor. He is thought to be a Labour supporter.[24]

Thomas Skinner, a businessman and TV personality, is a potential candidate and was approached by three political parties, according to The Telegraph.[21]

Russell Brand, a comedian, said on The Tucker Carlson Show he "would like to run" for Mayor of London in 2028, and said he may be serving a jail sentence at the time of the election if he is found guilty in an ongoing rape trial.[25]

Opinion polls

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In the run-up to the election, polling organisations carried out public opinion polling on voting intentions.

With generic party candidates

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These polls were conducted before candidate details were finalised. Respondents were asked which party's candidate they would vote for.

Date(s)
conducted		 Pollster Client Sample
size		 Lab Con LD Grn Ref Others Lead
10–17 Jul 2026 Opinium[26] N/A 2,021 32% 17% 10% 18% 17% 5% 14
30 Jun – 8 Jul 2026 Savanta[27] QMUL 1,038 33% 18% 9% 17% 18% 6% 15
17–23 Dec 2025 Savanta[28] QMUL 1,006 32% 20% 11% 13% 19% 5% 12
29 Apr – 21 May 2025 Savanta[29] QMUL[30] 1,003 35% 23% 14% 11% 14% 3% 12
4–8 May 2025 Find Out Now[31] Alex Wilson 1,102 33% 20% 10% 13% 20% 4% 13
30 Oct – 11 Nov 2024 Savanta[32] QMUL[30] 1,004 35% 26% 11% 11% 13% 4% 9
2 May 2024 2024 mayoral election[33] – 43.8% 32.7% 5.8% 5.8% 3.2% 8.6% 11.1

References

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  1. ↑ "How to Vote". London Elects. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Elledge, Jonnk (2 May 2012). "London Elections: How The Voting System Works". The Londonist. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "London considers return to electronic ballot-counting for mayoral elections". PublicTechnology. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rogers, Alexandra (19 December 2024). "Who could be the next London mayor? Labour runners and riders begin to emerge". Sky News. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eaton, George (18 June 2025). "The race to succeed Sadiq Khan". New Statesman. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Lydall, Ross (26 September 2025). "Do a Burnham? No way! Sadiq Khan says he wants a fourth term as London mayor". The Standard. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Jaffer, Kumail (26 September 2025). "Sadiq Khan to run for 4th term as London Mayor as Labour MP eyes his role". My London. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Lydall, Ross; Cecil, Nicholas (15 February 2026). "Exclusive: Sadiq Khan signals he will stand for fourth term as London Mayor". The Standard. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Croft, Ethan (12 July 2025). "Labour changes mayoral vote system after Reform victories". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Dawn Butler to stand to be London Mayor if Khan stands down". LabourList. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Donaldson, Kitty (4 June 2025). "Robert Jenrick's rumoured mayoral ambitions are just a proxy Tory leadership war". The i. Retrieved 22 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  15. ↑ Holl-Allen, Genevieve (22 April 2026). "Cleverly considers running for London Mayor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  16. ↑ Burford, Rachael (24 March 2026). "Poll shows Tory Lord Coe could beat Sadiq Khan in London mayor race". The Standard. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
  17. ↑ Gutteridge, Nick (6 July 2025). "Reform's rising star: People are leaving London thanks to Khan". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 August 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  18. ↑ "Reform UK announces 2028 London mayoral candidate". BBC News. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  19. ↑ Zorzut, Adrian (23 June 2025). "Reform gains its first London council seat as Tory jumps ship". My London. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
  20. ↑ Penna, Dominic; Holl-Allen, Genevieve; Martin, Daniel (7 January 2026). "Farage unveils London mayoral candidate to take on Khan". The Daily Telegraph.
  21. 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.
  22. ↑ Ludlow, Mark (24 March 2025). "Ant Middleton banned as company director for failing to pay taxes". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  23. ↑ Jaffer, Kumail (12 August 2025). "Ant Middleton 'hasn't fallen out with Reform' in Mayor of London race". My London. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  24. ↑ Quadri, Sami (18 May 2025). "James Corden 'considering bid to become Mayor of London'". The Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  25. ↑ Yadav, Niva (23 April 2026). "Russell Brand announces plan to run for London mayor". The Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  26. ↑ "The exact strategy Tories have been told they must use to finally beat Sadiq Khan in 2028". MyLondon. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  27. ↑ "Polling London Wave 5 – Queen Mary University / Mile End Institute – 10 July 2026". Savanta. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  28. ↑ "Polling London Wave 4 – Queen Mary University / Mile End Institute – 9 January 2026". Savanta. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  29. ↑ "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.
  30. 1 2 "Polling London". Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  31. ↑ "London Polling" (xlsx). Find Out Now. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  32. ↑ "Polling London Data, November 2024 - conducted by Savanta (XLS 745KB), Table 16". Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  33. ↑ "London elections 2024" (xlsx). UK Parliament, House of Commons Library. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
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