Labour candidate Jennette Arnold has retained her seat in the London Assembly for North East.
Labour candidate Jennette Arnold has retained her seat in the London Assembly for North East.
Conservative Party candidate Naomi Abigail Newstead followed her in second place, with the Green Party candidate Caroline Allen taking third.
“When I stand up at City Hall I am going to be demanding Boris Johnson’s respect because I will be bringing the message from the electorate,” Arnold said.
“I am thrilled – it has been fabulous. It is a celebration of people committed to Labour values.”
She added: “Young people will not forgive the Conservatives for abolishing EMA and will never forgive the Lib Dems for supporting it.
“Without this support our young people can’t progress through their education.”
It is the fifth constituency in which the Green Party has finished ahead of the Liberal Democrats, along with City and East, Greenwich and Lewisham, Lambeth and Southwark and West Central.
So far Labour has retained all of its seats which have been announced and taken the Ealing and Hillingdon seat from the Conservatives.
The North East vote for London Mayor was also largely in favour of the Labour candidate Ken Livingstone.
Arnold said: “Boris has come to the table with nothing.
“It is so awful he has been allowed to get away with it, Londoners will lose out and they do not deserve to.
“Everyone is saying he is looking for a return to parliament – words fail me.
“The cat is out of the bag it is now clear to everyone that this was his ulterior motive.
Conservative candidate Naomi Abigail Newstead expressed her disappointment at losing out on the seat.
“I would rather be finishing first, I don’t think a Labour north London is good for London,” she said.
“The campaign has gone well; our main objective was to help Boris so if he wins I will be happy.
“He resonates with a much wider range of people than Ken.”
Arnold was elected to Islington Council in 1994; she went on to serve a term as Deputy Mayor.
She became a London-wide member of the Assembly in May 2000 and was elected constituency member for North East London in 2004.
In 2007 she was listed as one of Britain’s 50 most influential Black Women.
Reporting team: Nicholas Bonfield, Sophie Exton, Lydia Morton & Tom Sweetman
