Labour MP Wes Streeting held onto his Ilford North seat - but only just (Image: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)
Here are the full results for the Ilford North constituency.
Labour's Wes Streeting was elected as MP for Ilford North, with a 33.4 per cent share of the vote.
The shadow health secretary - who may get a cabinet post in Sir Keir Starmer's government - held onto the seat for Labour, but only just.
Independent candidate Leanne Mohamad, who is the granddaughter of Palestinian refugees, was 528 votes behind.
Guardian columnist Owen Jones said on X that Wes Streeting "very very nearly lost" in a seat that Labour presumed was a "walkover".
Ilford North had a turnout of 60 per cent - down 9.1 per cent since 2019.
Full general election results for the Ilford North constituency:
Turnout: 60%
- Wes Streeting - Labour - 15,647
- Leanne Mohamad - Independent - 15,119
- Kaz Rizvi - Conservative - 9,619
- Alex Wilson - Reform UK - 3,621
- Rachel Collinson - Green - 1,794
- Fraser Coppin - Liberal Democrat - 1,088
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