Jeremy Corbyn re-elected in Islington North after expulsion from Labour

Jeremy Corbyn has won Islington North, the constituency he has represented since 1983 – but for the first time elected as an independent MP.

The former leader of the opposition beat Praful Nargund, a local Labour councillor selected by the party’s executive committee as their candidate in May. Corbyn won 24,120 votes, with Nargund winning 16,873 votes. Turnout for the election was 67.5%, down from 2019’s 71.6%.

Corbyn, 75, was blocked from standing as a Labour candidate in March 2023 by Keir Starmer, but announced soon after the election was called that he would be standing as an independent, leading to his expulsion from Labour.

At: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/05/jeremy-corbyn-re-elected-in-islington-north-for-first-time-as-independent-mp