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Emily Thornberry

Emily Thornberry was a Labour Party candidate in Islington South and Finsbury constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election. They were elected with 22,946 votes.

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Statement to voters

Emily is the Labour MP for Islington South and Finsbury, first elected in 2005.

Full statement

She is Labour's Shadow Attorney General and is one of the longest continually serving members of the shadow cabinet.

In her almost two decades representing Islington South in parliament, Emily has helped thousands of individual constituents and fought for community assets like the Whittington Hospital. She has campaigned tirelessly on national issues of importance to the Islington community, including the housing and climate crises.

As Shadow Attorney General she is working to reform the law on stalking, cohabitation and whistleblowing, to tackle fraud, and to fix charging rates to get justice for victims of crime.

She joined the Labour Party at 17, motivated by her experience being raised on a council estate on benefits by her single parent mother. Before her election she worked as a barrister for twenty years, representing amongst others striking miners, Wapping print-workers and P&O seafarers.

This statement was last updated on July 11, 2024.

This statement was added by Emily Thornberry, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

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Emily Thornberry's elections
Date Election Party Results Position
2024 Islington South and Finsbury: UK Parliamentary general election Labour Party 22,946 votes (elected) 1st / 9 candidates
2019 Islington South and Finsbury: UK Parliamentary general election Labour Party 26,897 votes (elected) 1st / 6 candidates
2017 Islington South and Finsbury: UK Parliamentary general election Labour Party 30,188 votes (elected) 1st / 5 candidates
2015 Islington South and Finsbury: UK Parliamentary general election Labour Party 22,547 votes (elected) 1st / 6 candidates
2010 Islington South and Finsbury: UK Parliamentary general election Labour Party 18,407 votes (elected) 1st / 7 candidates
Please note our local elections database only goes back to 2016.

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