London mayoral election: Sadiq Khan 22 points ahead of Susan Hall in race for City Hall, new poll shows

Sadiq Khan is 22 points ahead of Susan Hall in the London mayoral contest, according to a new poll just days before the May 2 election day.

The YouGov survey put the Labour mayor on 47 per cent and the Tory candidate 25 per cent.

Green candidate Zoe Garbett is on seven per cent, Liberal Democrat Rob Blackie six per cent, and Reform UK’s Howard Cox also on six per cent.

Mr Khan is ahead of Ms Hall in Inner London by 54 per cent to 17 per cent, and in Outer London as well by 43 per cent to 30 per cent.

An earlier poll by YouGov, about ten days ago, put Mr Khan’s overall lead at 19 points.

So, the latest findings suggest the gap may have widened but three points is within the margin of error of a poll of 1,000 people.

However, another recent poll by Savanta for the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London, put the gap at just 13 points and showed the race tightening slightly.

Both Labour and Tory MPs also believe that the final results could be closer than any of the polls have shown so far, as happened three years ago.

In April 2021, Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey trailed Mr Khan by around 20 points and the gap in the final result was half this which is believed to have been partly down to “undecided” voters opting late to back the former and the low turnout.

The latest YouGov poll also showed Ms Hall has not cut through with a large chunk of Londoners.

Forty-four per cent of adults in the capital surveyed replied “don’t know” when asked if they had a favourable or unfavourable view of the Tory contender, with 22 per cent saying favourable, and 34 per cent unfavourable.

For Mr Khan, 46 per cent said unfavourable, 38 per cent favourable, and 15 per cent “don’t know”.

Forty-six per cent of Londoners say the mayor has done a bad job during his two terms in office, while 41 per cent believe he has performed well.

The findings came as all the candidates and their campaign teams were seeking to win over Londoners in the last few days ahead of the May 2 election day.

Despite Ms Hall's attempts to portray Mr Khan as a misogynist who "just can't stand women", he leads her by 45 per cent to 25 per cent among female voters in the YouGov poll. Among male voters, the margin was even wider in favour of the Mayor at 49-25 per cent.

Mr Khan’s campaign hit back that Ms Hall was “a hard-right Tory candidate, who has herself said she is not a feminist and who has suggested police misconduct against women should be dealt with behind closed doors”.

*YouGov interviewed 1,192 adults online in London between April 24 and 30. Data are weighted.