Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Aman Khan SPk Hon FRIBA (/səˈdiːk ˈkɑːn/; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a social democrat.

The Right Honourable Sadiq Khan SPk Hon FRIBA
Khan in 2020
Mayor of London
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2016
Deputy	Joanne McCartney
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Shadow Cabinet posts Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor In office 8 October 2010 – 11 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Jack Straw Succeeded by The Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Minister for London In office 16 January 2013 – 11 May 2015 Leader Ed Miliband Preceded by Tessa Jowell Succeeded by Vacant Shadow Secretary of State for Transport In office 12 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 Leader Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband Preceded by Theresa Villiers Succeeded by Maria Eagle
Ministerial offices Minister of State for Transport In office 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by The Lord Adonis Succeeded by Theresa Villiers Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government In office 5 October 2008 – 9 June 2009 Prime Minister Gordon Brown Preceded by Parmjit Dhanda Succeeded by Shahid Malik
Member of Parliament for Tooting
In office 5 May 2005 – 9 May 2016
Preceded by	Tom Cox
Succeeded by	Rosena Allin-Khan
Personal details
Born	Sadiq Aman Khan (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 52) Tooting, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Saadiya Ahmed ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of North London University of Law
Awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2018)
Signature
Website	Official website

Born in Tooting, South London, to a British Pakistani family, Khan earned a law degree from the University of North London. He subsequently worked as a solicitor specialising in human rights issues and chaired the Liberty advocacy group for three years. Joining the Labour Party, Khan was a councillor for the London Borough of Wandsworth from 1994 to 2006 before being elected MP for Tooting at the 2005 general election. He was openly critical of several policies of Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, including the 2003 invasion of Iraq and new anti-terror legislation. Under Blair's successor Gordon Brown, Khan was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in 2008, later becoming Minister of State for Transport. A key ally of the next Labour leader, Ed Miliband, he served in Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Minister for London.

Khan was elected Mayor of London at the 2016 mayoral election, defeating the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, and resigned as an MP. As Mayor, he implemented the Hopper fare for unlimited bus and tram journeys for an hour, increased the cost and the area covered by the London congestion charge, and introduced new charges (the ULEZ and the T-Charge) for older and more polluting vehicles driving in the city. He also backed expansion at London City Airport and Gatwick Airport. He was a vocal supporter of the unsuccessful Britain Stronger in Europe and People's Vote campaigns for the UK to remain in the European Union, and attracted international attention for his Twitter arguments with United States President Donald Trump. Khan established the Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm following the 2020 George Floyd protests. Although Khan initially froze some Transport for London (TfL) fares, he has implemented transport fare rises since 2021 in return for a £1.6 billion bailout from the UK Government during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also lobbied the government to introduce public health restrictions on several occasions throughout the pandemic. He was re-elected as Mayor in May 2021.

He was included in the 2018 Time 100 list of most influential people in the world.[1] Although Khan has been praised for making London's transport more accessible and reducing the number of polluting vehicles in central London,[2][3] he has also been criticised for his plans to use the ULEZ camera network as a means to implement a pay-as-you-drive road user charging scheme.[4]