Labour’s Tulip Siddiq won a nailbiting general election victory in Hampstead and Kilburn, the most marginal seat in mainland Britain in 2010, and Sir Keir Starmer increased Labour’s majority in Holborn and St Pancras by a stunning 7,000 votes.
Ms Siddiq beat Tory candidate Simon Marcus by 1,138 votes to be elected Hampstead and Kilburn MP in place of retired Glenda Jackson.
It was a marked increase in the gap between Labour and the Tories in 2010 when just 42 votes separated them.
Ms Siddiq was elected with 44 per cent of the vote (23,977 votes) while Mr Marcus finished second with 42 per cent of votes (22,839).
Maajid Nawaz finished third for the Liberal Democrats with 3,039 votes.
In Holborn and St Pancras, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer held onto the seat vacated by retired veteran Frank Dobson and enhanced his party’s majority from 2010 by 7,000 votes by polling 29,062 votes.
Conservative candidate Will Blair came second with 12,014 votes and Green Party leader Natalie Bennett (7,013 votes) beat the Liberal Democrat candidate Jill Fraser (3,555) to third.
The results for Hampstead and Kilburn in full:
Tulip Siddiq (elected)
Labour Party
23,977
Simon Marcus
Conservative Party
22,839
Maajid Nawaz
Liberal Democrats
3,039
Rebecca Johnson
Green Party
2,387
Magnus Nielsen
UK Independence Party
1,532
Ronnie Carroll
Euro-Visionary
113
Robin Ellison
U Party
77
The Holborn and St Pancras results in full:
Sir Keir Starmer
Labour Party
29,062
Will Blair
The Conservative Party
12,014
Natalie Bennett
Green Party
7,013
Jill Fraser
Liberal Democrats
3,555
Maxine Spencer
UK Independence Party
2,740
Shane O’Donnell
Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol
252
Vanessa Hudson
Animal Welfare Party
173
David O’Sullivan
For socialism, Against austerity and war
108
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