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An election took place in the north London constituency of Islington North on 4 July 2024,[1] as part of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the Labour Party, won the seat by standing as an independent against the official Labour Party candidate.
Corbyn was not allowed to stand for re-election as a Labour candidate by new Labour leader Keir Starmer. Labour's National Executive Committee said the decision was made due to Corbyn claiming that antisemitism in the party under his leadership was overstated by the media. Corbyn has repeatedly condemned antisemitism and denied he holds any racist views.[2][3][4] After announcing he would stand as an independent candidate at the election, Corbyn was fully expelled from the Labour Party.[5][6] The Islington Tribune, a local newspaper, described the Islington North election as something we "have not seen before in our lives".[7]
On election day, Corbyn won the election comfortably, with a majority of over 7,000.
- ^ "General elections". parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
The maximum term of a Parliament is five years from the day on which it first met. The current Parliament first met on Tuesday 17 December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on Tuesday 17 December 2024, unless it has been dissolved sooner by the King.
- ^ "Jeremy Corbyn: It's 'offensive' to call me anti-Semitic". POLITICO. 23 September 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Corbyn decries anti-Semitism as 'vile and wrong' following chief rabbi's rebuke". The Times of Israel. Jerusalem. 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's anti-Semitism row explained". 27 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Adu, Aletha (24 May 2024). "Jeremy Corbyn to stand as independent at general election". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Loubser, Isabel (14 June 2024). "Polling appeal in election like we 'have not seen before in our lives'". Islington Tribune. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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