Labour's Jonathan Ashworth has lost his Leicester South seat to an independent candidate, in a surprise result.
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth has lost his Leicester South seat to an independent candidate, in a surprise result. Shockat Adam, an independent candidate who has focused his campaigning on Gaza, won 14,739 votes to Mr Ashworth's 13,760 - a margin of just 979 votes.The result bucks the nationwide trend for Labour, with Sir Keir Starmer's party on course for a landslide victory overall.
The projection shows a Labour landslide with 410 seats, with the party having a majority of 170 seats.Having won his own London seat of Holborn and St Pancras, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer thanked those who voted for him and "put their trust in a changed Labour Party"."To everyone who has campaigned for Labour in this election, to everyone who voted for us and put their trust in our changed Labour Party - thank you," he said.
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