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Jeremy Corbyn marked election night in the most Jeremy Corbyn way possible - over a halloumi kebab and a glass of fizzy apple juice.

The Labour leader pulled off an electoral surge on Thursday evening with the party defying expectations by winning an extra 30 seats.

But the unassuming politician celebrated the end of the campaign in a typically low-key fashion by spending the evening with colleagues at home before grabbing a quick meal with his wife, Laura Alvarez, in a local restaurant.

Mr Corbyn said his team had come back to his home in Islington, north London to wait for the result after seven gruelling weeks of campaigning.

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He gave them all a blank sheet of paper and got them to write down their predictions for what they thought their share of the vote would be.

He said his aide Karie Murphy was closest - he came second - and won a glass of fizzy apple juice.

He said: “I’m a non-drinking vegetarian so celebrations are pretty low-key. As good as it gets is fizzy apple juice.”

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mirror, he said: "The exit poll framed everything straight away. But we were still unsure.

“And so we followed that very closely. Everyone was making calls.

“Everyone was enthusiastic, and pleased with how things unfolded.

“I wanted to get to my count much sooner, but we had to wait.

“When we got down there we had a great reception. The result locally was amazing and everyone was buoyed up by that.

“We then went home for an hour and a half. Slept and then we were back out again. TV interviews.”

Mr Corbyn’s wife Laura has been on the road with him for much of the campaign.

But the two haven’t had massive amounts of time together.

They managed to squeeze a quick meal in on Friday. Mr Corbyn said: “We went off to the Acoustic restaurant in Newington together.

“We said to each other: ‘This could be the last supper we’ll get of our own.

“Haloumi kebab. Very nice."