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

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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

[ornotna]

1. Talking on Ch 4 right now. n/t

https://www.youtube.com/live/fey2cmdOa-g

[T_i_B]

2. I'm surprised by how well many independents have done

Although an independent MP elected on a pro-Palestine platform might find it somewhat difficult to persuade the Israeli government all those miles away to stop what they are doing.