RMT general secretary Mick Lynch urged residents of Islington North to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as an independent candidate at his campaign’s closing rally last night.

The union leader, who has otherwise encouraged people around the country to vote Labour, joined speakers backing the socialist former party leader at the event.

They included Guardian columnist Owen Jones and former senior members of the constituency’s Labour Party, who have resigned en masse to support Mr Corbyn as an independent candidate.