A by-election will be held in Sadiq Khan’s Tooting constituency on June 2 or 9, Labour sources said today.
Party leader Jeremy Corbyn plans to rush forward the contest in a bid to benefit from any honeymoon effect of the new Mayor’s victory.
Mr Khan plans to formally resign his parliamentary seat — where he had a majority of just 2,842 in 2015 — this afternoon, triggering what could be a close contest.
Left-winger George Galloway has hinted he may stand, potentially peeling voters from Labour.
Sadiq Khan's first official day as London Mayor
Dan Watkins, who stood for the Conservatives last year, is expected to run again.
Possible Labour candidates include Wandsworth group leader Rex Osborn, his deputy Simon Hogg and Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, a junior doctor at St George’s Hospital and Wandsworth councillor.
