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Handful of Tories select rich toff for mayor’s job
Labour candidate Sadiq Khan already has more votes than multimillionaire

MILLIONAIRE MP Zac Goldsmith was was crowned yesterday as the Tories’ London mayoral candidate, after a contest marred by very low turnout.

Mr Goldsmith beat three other male candidates to win in the first round of voting, with 70 per cent support.

But the public shunned Tory efforts to boost turnout in the ballot by offering non-members the chance to vote for £1.

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