Hall 'closes gap' in race to be Mayor

POLL SHOWS KHAN’S LEAD AT 10 PER CENT, THE SMALLEST SINCE CAMPAIGN BEGAN

- Nicholas Cecil

LONDON’S mayoral race was electrified in its last 48 hours by a final poll showing Sadiq Khan’s lead over Susan Hall closing to the smallest since their campaigns started.

The Savanta survey for the Centre for London put the Labour Mayor on 42 per cent and Tory candidate 32 per cent.

The gap of 10 percentage points is down from 13 points in a Savanta poll last week. Chris Hopkins, political research director at Savanta, said: “There remains a high level of uncertainty around this election, with changes to the electoral system and voter ID laws making cast-iron predictions challenging, but the findings still suggest a closer race than many are bargaining for.”

He added: “While we still predict a broadly comfortable victory for Khan over Hall, our research has consistently suggested that the current Mayor has serious challenges as a candidate.”