The 42-year-old actor, whose Reclaim Party campaigned on an anti-lockdown platform, lost his £10,000 deposit after winning just 1.8 per cent of the vote, compared with Sadiq Khan s 55 per cent.
Sadiq Khan was today relishing his election victory as he retweeted congratulations from from left-wing mayors across the world.
Out for a walk with dog Luna this afternoon, the newly re-elected London Mayor was taking his more than 200,000-vote majority in his stride.
Mr Khan polled 1,206,034 votes to Conservative challenger Shaun Bailey s 977, 601, after failing to win in first preference votes alone.
But despite seeing his majority cut from 2016 s result there was an outpouring of congratulatory messages with several coming from left-wing mayors around the globe which Mr Khan was happy to retweet.
Sadiq Khan was today relishing his election victory as he retweeted congratulations from from left-wing mayors across the world
“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.
“I am proud to have won an overwhelming mandate today.”
The result will be a glimmer of hope for the Labour Party, after it received a drubbing in local elections in England, losing control of a host of councils and a humiliating defeat in the Hartlepool by-election.
The Conservatives Shaun Bailey speaks after Labour s Sadiq Khan was declared as the next mayor of London
A Labour supporter campaigning for Sadiq Khan to become Mayor of London appeared to break strict Electoral Commission rules - after handing out leaflets outside a polling station.
The activist was captured on film at Overland Children s Centre in Bow, London where members of the public were queuing to cast their votes.
Leaflets clearly showing Mr Khan s face were given to people at the end of the long line as they waited to get their ballot papers.
A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission told MailOnline this afternoon: Parties and candidates are allowed to campaign on polling day, but not within the perimeters of a polling station.
London mayor election 2021 results: Who won?
Updated: 9 May 2021, 18:12
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THE London mayoral election had the city on a knife-edge awaiting the results after flocking to polling stations on Thursday, May 6.
And with twenty candidates battling it out to get control of carving up the capital’s eye-watering £19billion budget, this year s race proved a nail-biting finish.
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Who won the London Mayor elections 2021?
He earned 55.2% of the popular vote - despite early results indicating that his support has been lower than anticipated.
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.