Brent East MP Dawn Butler has announced her plans to stand to become the next Mayor of London should Sadiq Khan stand down.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Mirror, Butler said she would \u201clove to be mayor of London\u201d and said she would \u201cpop my hat in the ring\u2026 once there\u2019s a vacancy\u201d.<\/p>\n
She said: \u201cJust having London the way I have experienced it and seen it and just making London wonderful for everyone and everyone being proud of London and being a Londoner\u2026 yeah, I\u2019d love to be mayor of London.\u201d<\/p>\n
Butler has long been rumoured to be considering a bid for the job, with other contenders rumoured to include Stella Creasy, Florence Eshalomi, Emily Thornberry and Rosena Allin-Khan. Actor and knife crime campaigner Idris Elba is also said to be interested in a bid to become Labour\u2019s candidate for mayor.<\/p>\n
Recent polling for LabourList by Survation<\/a>, put Allin-Khan as the potential favourite among London Labour members, with a +18 approval rating, compared to Florence Eshalomi with +13, Idris Elba on +6, Emily Thornberry with +2 and Dawn Butler on -3.<\/p>\n Current mayor Sadiq Khan has not yet indicated whether he plans to run for a historic fourth term when Londoners go to the polls in 2028.<\/p>\n The election will see a return to the supplementary vote system after the 2024 vote was held under first-past-the-post.<\/p>\n Subscribe here to our daily newsletter<\/a> roundup of Labour news, analysis and comment\u2013 and follow us <\/strong>on <\/strong>Bluesky<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>X<\/a> and <\/strong>Facebook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Value our free and unique service?<\/p>\n LabourList has more readers than ever before – but we need your support. Our dedicated coverage of Labour’s policies and personalities, internal debates, selections and elections relies on donations from our readers.<\/p>\n\n