Dawn Butler will launch campaign to become Mayor of London this week
Labour MP Dawn Butler is expected to launch a campaign to become the Mayor of London for the 2028 mayoral […]
Labour MP Dawn Butler is expected to launch a campaign to become the Mayor of London for the 2028 mayoral election this week.
Although the incumbent Sadiq Khan, who has won three terms, is yet to declare whether he will stand again, Butler is expected to announce her bid at a Labour Women’s fundraising event this coming Wednesday in Central London, Politics Joe reports.
The site reports that Butler has secured the backing of the GMB union as well as a significant sum of donations for any potential campaign.
Butler has previously made no secret of her desire to stand as the candidate for London Mayor, telling the Mirror last year that she would “love to be mayor of London” and said she would “pop my hat in the ring… once there’s a vacancy”.
She said: “Just having London the way I have experienced it and seen it and just making London wonderful for everyone and everyone being proud of London and being a Londoner… yeah, I’d love to be mayor of London.”
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Forward
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