Jeremy Corbyn has held on to the seat of Islington North in the 2024 General Election. Mr Corbyn, a former Labour Party leader, has been MP of the constituency since 1983. This is the first time he has won the seat as an independent candidate. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, commonly known as Jeremy Corbyn, Independent, 24,000...
00:08APPLAUSE
00:26That's 24,120.
00:30That's 2-4-1-2-0.
00:34Praful Nagan, Labour Party, 16,873...
00:43APPLAUSE
00:48And I do hereby declare that the said Jeremy Corbyn is duly elected to serve as a Member of Parliament for the Islington North constituents.
00:57APPLAUSE
01:04CHEERING
01:16Madam Mayor, thank you very much for the declaration.
01:21And can I first of all thank you and the returning officer and all the staff that have arranged this election for the very hard work and very efficient way in which it's been run.
01:31It is a credit to Islington. Thank you very much for the great work you've done in those respects.