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Islington South and Finsbury — 2015

Emily Thornberry (Labour Party) was elected with 22,547 votes— 50.9% of 44,270 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,270

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Emily Thornberry Labour Party 22,547+0.9 ptsElected
2Mark Lim Conservative Party 9,839—
3Terry Stacy Liberal Democrats 4,829—
4Pete Muswell UK Independence Party 3,375—
5Charlie Kiss Green Party 3,371—
6Jay Kirton Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 309—

Electorate 68,127 · Turnout 65.0% · Majority 12,708 · Back to 2015 overview

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.