Meg Hillier, representative for Hackney South and Shoreditch, during a photocall for Labour MP\'s at The House of Commons, Westminster. (Image: PA Archive/Press Association Images)
Labour’s Meg Hilier has retained her Hackney South and Shoreditch seat with an enormous majority.
Like her counterpart Diane Abbott in the neighbouring Hackney constituency, Mrs Hillier took home more than 30,000 votes – outstripping any rivals by nearly 25,000 votes.
The MP was first elected in 2005.
The full results for Hackney South and Shoreditch are: Meg Hillier, Labour – 30,633 Jack Tinley, Conservative – 6,420 Charlotte George, Green – 5,519 Angus Small, UKIP – 1,818 Ben Mathis, Liberal Democrat – 2,186 Brian Debus, TUSC - 302 Paul Birch, CSA - 297 Taiwo Adewuyi, CPA - 236 Brian Debus, TUSC - 302 Russell Higgs, IND - 78 Bill Rogers, WRP - 63 Gordon Shrigley, CAM - 28
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