Catherine West has been elected Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green with a majority of more than 11,000.

She received 29,417 votes, beating Liberal Democrat minister Lynne Featherstone, who has held the seat since 2005 and who received 18,359 votes.

Suhail Rahuja came third with 5,347 votes for the Conservative Party, and Gordon Peters for the Green Party fourth with 3,146 votes.

UKIP’s Clive Morrison received 1,271 votes, Helen Spiby-Vann took 118 for the Christian Peoples Alliance, Frank Sweeney of the Workers' Revolutionary Party polled 82 and Geoff Moseley received 45 votes for Hoi Polloi.

Speaking to the crowd at Alexandra Palace, where the Haringey count took place, Ms West said: “We will not give up, we will continue the fight to protect our NHS and defend people with disabilities. We will fight to scrap the bedroom tax and we will fight for a fairer future for our young people.

“I have put my heart and soul into it. I want to say thank you.”

Hornsey and Wood Green saw a 73.15 per cent turnout, up from 68.9 per cent in 2010.

Labour also emerged victorious in Tottenham, with David Lammy re-elected MP with 28,654 votes.

Speaking afterwards, Ms West said Labour won because they had "won the arguments" on the doorstep about affordable housing, public services and the living wage.

Ms West said: "People agreed with us in the end. We want a fairer society."

She said Labour was also helped by the high turnout, particularly in the east of the constituency.

Ms West, a former leader of Islington Council, said: "The way we have campaigned has really cut through. Having lots of young people on the campaign, it’s felt as though we have managed to maintain that pace.”

She said the Lib Dems lost of a lot of their volunteers after entering the coalition with the Conservatives in 2010, which affected their campaign.

“When you go into coalition with the Tories, you lose the essence of your volunteer base, and therefore that was a very big problem for the Lib Dems in Hornsey and Wood Green. You need people motivated enough to get up on a cold, rainy day.”

Asked about what she wanted to achieve in Parliament, she said: “I would like to pursue my interest in housing. I suspect a lot of case work I will receive will centre around housing. I would like to get to know how Parliament works.”

Lynne Featherstone said: “I want to say thank you to the people of Hornsey and Wood Green. It was an absolute privilege and honour to serve. You were always my priority.”