UK general elections › 2010 › Islington South and Finsbury
Islington South and Finsbury — 2010
Emily Thornberry (Labour Party) was elected with 18,407 votes— 42.3% of 43,555 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,555
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emily Thornberry | Labour Party | 18,407 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bridget Fox | Liberal Democrats | 14,838 | 34.1% | — | |
| 3 | Antonia Cox | Conservative Party | 8,449 | 19.4% | — | |
| 4 | James Humphreys | Green Party | 710 | 1.6% | — | |
| 5 | Rose-Marie McDonald | UK Independence Party | 701 | 1.6% | — | |
| 6 | John Dodds | English Democrats | 301 | 0.7% | — | |
| 7 | Richard Deboo | Animal Welfare Party | 149 | 0.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.