In an unprecedented electoral breakthrough, five pro-Palestine independent candidates have won seats in the UK parliament following Thursday's general election. This included former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who won re-election to parliament. Corbyn, who has represented the London constituency of Islington North for more than 40 years, won the seat comfortably -- but for the first time without Labour affiliation. Meanwhile, Jonathan Ashworth, who had been expected to serve in Keir Starmer's Labour government, lost his Leicester South seat to independent candidate Shockat Adam. In areas with large concentrations of Muslim voters, many of those independents had been running on a pro-Palestinian platform. Keir Starmer's Labour has faced criticism for only gradually shifting towards calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Labour has committed to recognising a Palestinian state but has not set out a definitive timetable for doing so.
