Khan leads Hall 51-27 with six weeks before mayor vote

SUSAN HALL has failed to close the huge gap between her and Sadiq Khan with just six weeks to go to the May 2 mayoral election, a new poll reveals.

- Nichilas Cecil

The Savanta poll for the Centre for London put the Labour mayor on 51 per cent and the Tory contender 27 per cent, giving him a 24-point lead, similar to a series of previous polls.

He is ahead in both inner and outer London, on 51 per cent, while Ms Hall is more popular in the latter, which traditionally is a more Conservative area, on 30 per cent, compared to 20 per cent in the more central boroughs.

Liberal Democrat Rob Blackie is on 10 per cent capital-wide, the Greens’ Zoe Garbett eight per cent, and Reform UK’s Howard Cox two per cent.

Mr Khan has the big lead despite a majority of Londoners saying he has done badly or very badly on: