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London

INCUMBENT
	Party	Labour
	Name	Sadiq Khan
	Won	05/05/2016
	Votes	1,310,143 (46.08%)
	Margin	315,529 (+11.10%)
	Term	05/08/2016 - 07/03/2020

Parliament
	London	Labour Party	0	17	+21.41%
Borough
	Barking and Dagenham
	Barnet
	Bexley
	Brent
	Bromley
	Camden
	City of London
	Croydon
	Ealing
	Enfield
	Greenwich
	Hackney
	Hammersmith and Fulham
	Haringey
	Harrow
	Havering
	Hillingdon
	Hounslow
	Islington
	Kensington & Chelsea
	Kingston upon Thames
	Lambeth
	Lewisham
	Merton
	Newham
	Redbridge
	Richmond upon Thames
	Southwark
	Sutton
	Tower Hamlets
	Waltham Forest
	Wandsworth
	Westminster
City Council
	Greater London Assembly	Labour Party	0	16	+16.00%
European Union
	European Parliament	Labour Party	0	14	+14.15%
Initiatives and Referenda
	Creation of Greater London Authority	Yes	156	98	+43.35%

Sub-Races
% Of Total Votes	Office	London Winner	Yr	London Votes	% of Sub	% Vs. Full Race
11.26%	(2016) European Union Membership	Remain	16	2,263,519	59.93%	+11.82%

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Gerald Farinas

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Gerald Farinas May 04, 2004 04:18pm

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City of London
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

London is the capital city, seat of government and seat of the Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. London was built on the remains of a Roman settlement, believed to have been established in AD43. In AD60, the original Roman city was burnt to the ground by the warrior Queen Boudicca of the Iceni tribe. The Procurator, Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus, rebuilt London after Boudicca's rebellion and promoted London trade. London continued to grow as generations passed. The Dark Ages eventually put an end to growth of London which fell into ruin. This was the time, in the late 5th Century, that the legend of King Arthur was begun.

In the 450s, Anglo-Saxon settlers moved to England and divided it into small petty kingdoms. London fell within the Kingdom of the East Saxons. However, London's importance was often taken under direct control by Essex overlords, the Kings of Kent, Mercia or Wessex. In 597, Christianity came to London when King Aethelbert of Kent built the first St. Paul's Cathedral. Pope Gregory I sent St. Augustine to see the creation of two archdioceses in both London and York. St. Augustine settled instead to create the archdioceses in Canterbury and Kent.

In the 830s, Viking raiders invaded London. By 878 though, King Alfred the Great had become King of all the English and forced the Viking leaders to sue for peace. Alfred re-established London. In 911, London came under the direct control of the English Kings and ushered in London's prosperity.

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