Anne Clarke delivers a victory speech at Alexandra Palace

BARNET AND CAMDEN CONSTITUENCY VOTE
ANNE CLARKE (Labour) ELECTED 70,749
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JULIE REDMOND (Conservatives) 51,606
KATE TOKLEY (Green Party) 18,405
SCOTT EMERY (Lib Dems) 12,335
RAJ FORHAD (Reform) 7,703
BILL  MARTIN (The Socialist Party) 1,639

Total electorate: 413,809
Number of votes counted: 163,825
Turnout: 39.55%

LABOUR candidate Anne Clarke was re-elected as the London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden today (Saturday)– with an increased lead over the Conservatives and a result which followed the pattern that helped Sadiq Khan secure a third term as London Mayor.

From the stage at Alexandra Palace, she said in her winners’ speech that “Londoners have rejected the politics of fear and division”, adding: “Barnet and Camden represents the best part of our city and our country, it’s our diversity, it’s our businesses, it’s our jobs, it’s our culture – and this vote is a huge endorsement of that.”

She said she was “so proud” of her victory and that of Mr Khan. “Providing free school meals in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis is transformative,” she said. “Improving our bus services, an extension to the 210, and another superloop. It’s incredible.

“Politics is about choices: the choice to improve our air quality against a bitter Conservative campaign, standing up for our values, the values of our city and hearing the values of our electorate.”

She thanked Labour campaigners in both boroughs and added: “I also want to thank my family for putting up with far too many late nights, far too many early mornings, lots of emails and my phone never stopping. It’s huge ask of our families when we stand for office.”

Ms Clarke heads back to City Hall after winning votes from around 17 per cent of the electorate in the twin-borough constituency., Nearly two-thirds of eligible voters did not bother to take part; in comparison, around 70 per cent use their vote in the Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary constituency at a general election.

Of those who did vote, Ms Clarke won support from around 43 per cent of participants.

In comparison to the last London elections, Labour extended its lead over the Tories here, having been around 13,000 votes ahead of their nearest rival in 2001 but this time opening up a gap of 19,143.