Sadiq Khan

The Right Honourable

The Lord Khan of Tooting
The Right Honourable; The Lord Khan of Tooting
	Khan in 2024
Mayor of London
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 May 2016
Deputy	Joanne McCartney
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Leader
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	Charlie Falconer
Shadow Minister for London
	In office; 16 January 2013 – 11 May 2015
Leader	Ed Miliband
Preceded by	Tessa Jowell
Succeeded by	Gareth Bacon (2024)
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
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Minister of State for Transport
	In office; 9 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Andrew 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 the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage ; 20 August 2026
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; 8 October 1970 (age 56); Tooting, London, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Saadiya Ahmed (m. 1994)
Children	2
Education	University of North London (LLB); University of Law (LPC);
Signature	File:Sadiq Khan signature.svg
Website	sadiq.london
	Sadiq Khan's voice Khan's opening speech at The 7th Asian Awards; Recorded 5 May 2017

Sadiq Aman Khan, Baron Khan of Tooting (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician. He is the Mayor of London since 8 May 2016. He was the Shadow Justice Secretary in Ed Miliband's and Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet. He was the Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Tooting.

Early life

Khan was born at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, London, to Pakistani parents on 8 October 1970. He grew up in Earlsfield, London.

Political career

Khan worked as a human rights solicitor until the 2005 General Election when he was elected as an MP. He became the Minister of State for Transport from June 2009 to May 2010 and when Ed Miliband became leader of the Labour Party, he was made the Shadow Justice Secretary.

Mayor of London

Khan was chosen to be the Labour Party candidate in the 2016 London mayoral election. On 6 May 2016, Khan was elected to the office of mayor by winning 57% of the vote. He became the first Muslim to be elected mayor of a British capital city. He became mayor on 8 May.

Khan was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2025 New Year Honours for political and public service. He is the first and only mayor of Greater London to be knighted. Khan was nominated for a life peerage in July 2026 by outgoing prime minister Keir Starmer. Khan was created as Baron Khan of Tooting of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth on 20 August 2026.

References

↑ "London mayor Sadiq Khan granted Honorary Fellowship by St George's, University of London". St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
↑ "Alan Johnson is shadow chancellor". BBC News. 8 October 2010.
↑ Wintour, Patrick (11 September 2015). "Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
1 2 "Labour's Khan Wins London Mayoral Election". Sky News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
↑ "No. 64607". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2024. p. N2.
↑ Sabbagh, Dan (24 March 2021). "Ex-Johnson aide running 'smear campaign' against Sadiq Khan, says Labour". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
↑ "Political Peerages July 2026". GOV.UK.
↑ "No. 65161". The London Gazette. 26 August 2026. p. 16670.

[1] "London mayor Sadiq Khan granted Honorary Fellowship by St George's, University of London". St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Retrieved 2020-04-14.

[2] "Alan Johnson is shadow chancellor". BBC News. 8 October 2010.

[Lab_elects-3] Wintour, Patrick (11 September 2015). "Sadiq Khan elected as Labour's candidate for mayor of London". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[Selection1-4] 1 2 "Labour's Khan Wins London Mayoral Election". Sky News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[:13-5] "No. 64607". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2024. p. N2.

[6] Sabbagh, Dan (24 March 2021). "Ex-Johnson aide running 'smear campaign' against Sadiq Khan, says Labour". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[7] "Political Peerages July 2026". GOV.UK.

[8] "No. 65161". The London Gazette. 26 August 2026. p. 16670.