I Lindsay Robertson being the acting
returning officer at the election of a
member of parliament for the Islington
North constituency held on Thursday the
12th of December 2019 to hereby give
notice but the number of votes recorded
for each candidate at the said election
is as follows
Nicholas Charles Ellsworth the elves
known as Nick the incredible Flying
Brick the official the official monster
raving loony party 236 James Clark
conservative and unionist party 5000 483
Jeremy Bernard Corbin Labour Party
34,000 603
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yosef hyeme david brexit party 742
Caroline Russell Green Party 4326
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Nicholas Richard way chling known as
Nick weakling Liberal Democrats eight
thousand four hundred and fifteen the
total number of ballots rejected is as
follows want of an official mark zero
voting for more candidates than a voter
is entitled 37 right so there we have
the results rumor is linked to north and
a thumping wind therefore jeremy corbyn
two thirty four thousand six hundred and
three
a majority of twenty six thousand to
turn out of seventy two percent and will
just stay with these images because I'm
sure that mr. Corbyn will have something
to say you'll thank all the returning
officers and the police and all the
others who've helped the count but we
are of course waiting to see what he
says about the result about Labour's
performance under his leadership at this
general election so let's join mr.
Colvin now
thank you could I start by saying a huge
thank you to the returning officer and
all the staff and the police that have
ensured a fair and democratic election
has taken place today and also to
congratulate and thank my fellow
candidates for their participation in
this election and also a very heartfelt
thanks to the people of Islington Norse
for electing me again for the tenth time
to represent hissing to North in
Parliament I'm very very proud to do so
and I've learnt so much from the people
are visiting to North and it's my pride
in my pleasure to continue to be their
representative in Parliament I also want
to thank Ruth Hayes our agent for this
election and all of the wonderful
friends comrades and supporters in
hissing to North Labor Party for the
huge effort they put in in this election
campaign and they put in all the time
to carry a message of hope and justice
all over our constituency and through me
I hope to a wider world the pressure on
those surrounding politicians is often
very very high indeed the media
intrusion on people's lives is very high
indeed and the attacks that take place
against family and loved ones of
politicians continue and their
disgraceful and frankly they are
disgusting I want to take this
opportunity to thank my family my close
friends and those that have been close
by and been very supportive during this
and every other election campaign I want
to thank my three sons for the huge
support they give me and thank my wife
Lara Alvarez for all that she puts up
with because of the way in which the
media behaved towards me towards her and
indeed towards my party during this
election campaign and
this
this is obviously a very disappointing
night for the Labour Party with the
result that we've got but I want to say
this in the election campaign we put
forward a manifesto of hope a manifesto
of unity and a manifesto that would help
to right the wrongs and the in justices
and inequalities that exist in this
country for those who need housing those
who need an effective health service
that will deliver for them and those
children that need a school that is
properly funded and they're not being
taught in oversized classes and a
manifesto that gave hope in dealing with
the environmental crisis that world
faces by investing for the future
through a green Industrial Revolution
all of those policies were extremely
popular during the election campaign and
remain policies that have huge popular
support all across this country
however brexit has so polarized and and
divided debate as in this country it has
overridden so much of a normal political
debate and I recognize that has
contributed to the results that the
Labour Party has received this evening
all across this country the issues of
social justice and the issues of needs
of people will not go away just because
brexit is dealt with in the way in which
Boris Johnson presumably plans to deal
with it at the moment all those issues
will come back center stage in the
debate and the fundamental labour
message about justice and equality
within our society is going to be one
that is there for all time because it's
the very core of what my party believes
in and what I will always advocate on
behalf of my constituency and on behalf
of my party I want to also make it clear
that I will not lead the party in any
future general
election campaign I will discuss with
our party to ensure there is a process
now of reflection on this result and on
the policies that the party will take
going forward and I will lead the party
during that period to ensure that
discussion takes place and we move on
into the future
because I'm very proud of the trust that
our half-million members put in me to
lead this party and I'm very proud of
the way that we fought this election
campaign we did not descend into the
gutter we did not undertake personal
abuse we undertook the task of getting a
message of hope and justice to every
part of this country and I'm very
grateful to the Labour Party in
Islington North for being very tolerant
of the fact that I didn't spend as much
time in this election campaign in
Islington as obviously I would want to
do because I've been traveling around
the whole country to ensure that Labour
message is put there but I want to say
this I will remain the MP for Islington
North and I'm proud to represent the
people of Islington North and I'm proud
in Parliament and outside that we will
forever continue the cause for socialism
for social justice and for society based
on the needs of all rather than the
greed of a few that is what makes our
party what it is and I'm very proud of
the achievements of our party in the
development of its manifesto and its
ideas and I tell you what those ideas
and those principles are eternal and
they will be there for all time I thank
the people of Islington North once again
for putting their faith and trust in me
I will work as I always have just to
represent and defend the people of my
constituency because they're very
special and I owe them so much and they
have all taught me so much thank you
very much
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