Per Cent Of Londoners Would Be Happy If London Mayor Was Gay

Khan’s team objected to the way LBC reported the findings at one point on its website on Thursday, when it wrongly said the poll showed half of Londoners said they would be uncomfortable with a Muslim mayor.

Dame Tessa is now beating the Tory multi-millionaire in the polls, with 53% for Labour leading candidate while 47% prefer Conservative. A total of 1,153 adults took part in the poll between February 10 and August 12.

“It is important that all Muslims throughout London actively participate in these primaries so that the best candidates are selected and the best Mayor of London is elected to benefit not only the Muslim community but all the people of London”.

Dame Tessa also has a clear lead over Khan among Labour supporters – 37% back her bid compared to 25% for Khan – and enjoys the backing of 58% of Conservative voters, 48% of Liberal Democrat supporters and 58% of UKIP voters.

Today’s poll comes a year before Londoners vote on who they want to represent them as their next Mayor with Mr Johnson stepping down in May.

“The Mayor of London plays a crucial role in making sure we can fight issues such as inequality, Islamophobia and the housing crisis in our capital,” the group’s Secretary General, Dr Shuja Shafi, said in late July. This figure accounts for 40 percent of all Muslims throughout the UK.

Also, ideas like this might not only discourage people to vote for muslims but also discourage capable muslim mayoral candidates, today and in the future, to take up prestigious positions like being in charge of the capital.

The poll confirmed that Jowell, the former culture minister, is the most popular of the six candidates seeking the Labour nomination for the contest. Kamall is widely viewed as the more Thatcherite contender for the Tory nomination against moderniser Zac Goldsmith, whilst Khan likewise not his party’s most centrist option.

Indeed, the fastest remedy for London’s apparent hesitancy at the prospect of a Muslim Mayor may well be exposure to the campaign of one or more credible Muslim candidates.