Age UK London recently hosted a London Mayoral Hustings for Older People and have also released ‘Making London a Great Place to Grow Older‘ a manifesto for older Londoners. We asked the four candidates who attended our Hustings if they would write a blog post for older Londoners. Here, we have the third of these pieces, from Sadiq Khan, Labour MP for Tooting. Sadiq Khan: Listening to older people and making London a great place to grow older It was great to take part in the Age UK London Mayoral hustings recently. It was a really lively discussion, and one I thoroughly […]
Author: Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan, Labour MP for Tooting: Sadiq Khan was elected Labour MP for Tooting in London in 2005 and re-elected in 2010 and 2015 with an increased share of the vote on both occasions.
Sadiq led the London Labour 2014 election campaign, which saw Labour achieve its best election result in London in more than 40 years. Under Sadiq’s campaign leadership, the 2015 general election saw Labour’s gain seven additional seats.
He was Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Justice Secretary until May 2015 when he announced his bid to become Labour’s London Mayoral candidate. Over 90,000 Londoners took part in the primary selection which saw Sadiq win a decisive 58.9% share of the vote.
Sadiq has been a governor of the primary school he attended as a child for more than 20 years, and is married with two daughters.