Islington South & Finsbury

Election of a Member of Parliament for the Islington South & Finsbury constituency. Declaration of Result of Poll.

I, the undersigned, being the Returning Officer at the Election of a Member of Parliament for the Islington South & Finsbury constituency, held on the 6th day of May 2010, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the said election is as follows:

Candidate's Surname	Other Name(s)	Description	Number of votes
COX	Antonia Mary	The Conservative Party Candidate	8449
DEBOO	Richard James	Animals Count	149
DODDS	John	English Democrats - "Putting England First!"	301
FOX	Bridget Caroline	Liberal Democrats	14,838
HUMPHREYS	James William	Green Party	710
MCDONALD	Rose-Marie	UK Independence Party	701
THORNBERRY	Emily	The Labour Party Candidate	18,407

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

• Want of an official mark: 0
• voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to: 72
• writing or mark by which voter could be identified: 0
• unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty: 98
• Total: 43,725

The total number of votes recorded represented 64.62%. of the registered electors.

And I do hereby declare that the said: Emily Thornberry is duly elected Member of Parliament for the said constituency.

Dated: 7 May 2010

Signed: John Foster (Returning Officer)