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With the voting booths now closed and the count furiously being verified the race is on to be the next Mayor of London.
Sadiq Khan, who is seeking his third term, is currently the favourite to win against his Conservative challenger Susan Hall.
But the Tories have been buoyed by what they see as a low voter turnout with just two million Londoners out of a possible six million registered placing an X on their ballot on Thursday.
The Home Secretary accused Mr Khan of “falling asleep at the wheel” such was his initial lead but the race was “electrified” by a poll in the Standard which showed the gap between the pair narrowing to its smallest point just hours before the booths opened.
A Savanta survey for the Centre for London this week …