UK general elections › 2017 › Islington South and Finsbury
Islington South and Finsbury — 2017
Emily Thornberry (Labour Party) was elected with 30,188 votes— 62.8% of 48,049 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 62.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +12.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,049
| 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 | 30,188 | 62.8% | +12.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jason Charalambous | Conservative Party | 9,925 | 20.7% | — | |
| 3 | Alain Desmier | Liberal Democrats | 5,809 | 12.1% | — | |
| 4 | Benali Hamdache | Green Party | 1,198 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Pete Muswell | UK Independence Party | 929 | 1.9% | — |
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.