UK general elections2015 › Islington South and Finsbury

Islington South and Finsbury — 2015

Emily Thornberry (Labour Party) was elected with 22,547 votes50.9% 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 22,54750.9%+0.9 ptsElected
2Mark Lim Conservative Party 9,83922.2%
3Terry Stacy Liberal Democrats 4,82910.9%
4Pete Muswell UK Independence Party 3,3757.6%
5Charlie Kiss Green Party 3,3717.6%
6Jay Kirton Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 3090.7%

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.