FROM: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2g4x97jpwo
by Harry Low on 5 July 2024
Jeremy Corbyn very nearly scooped up half of the vote in Islington North to win this seat for the 11th time - but it's his first victory as an independent candidate rather than Labour, the party he once led.
Labour’s Praful Nargund finished second, more than 7,000 votes behind the man who has held the constituency since 1983.
The former Labour leader is now London's longest-serving MP - and most of the people I speak to outside Finsbury Park Tube station have positive views on his victory.
Now the capital's only independent member of Parliament, Mr Corbyn was suspended as a Labour MP in 2020 for his response to a report into anti-Semitism in the party.
In his victory speech, Mr Corybn said his victory showed what "kinder, gentler and more sensible, more inclusive politics, can bring about".
Robbie Taylorhunt said Mr Corbyn's 49% vote share was an impressive feat.
He said: "It's great to see an independent get a vote and it be about the person supporting the area rather than necessarily being about party politics.
"It's been seen a lot of times that someone loses their party seat and goes as an independent and it doesn't work.
"It's pretty remarkable that it has been successful for him and shows that he has a huge groundswell of support, in this area at least."
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