Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard urged Labour supporters to “get out there and fight hard” during a campaign visit to North Finchley.

The comedian joined a campaign rally at The Bohemia pub in High Road to support Sarah Sackman, Labour’s candidate for Finchley and Golders Green, and to encourage voters to register.

Mr Izzard, who plans to run for Mayor of London or for Parliament in five years' time, told the crowd “the only way to change things is by getting involved.”

He said: “Get out there on the seventh of May. Get out there and fight hard. We can win this seat with Sarah Sackman. Go out there and do it.”

Speaking afterwards, he said: “I believe in fairness, I believe in wealth creation and a safety net. I think you get a fairer society under Labour. If we fight like crazy, and we put forward our ideas that it’s going to be a fairer Britain under the Labour Party, then hopefully people will say, yes, that could work.”

The comedian said that although nationally Labour and Conservatives were “neck and neck”, there was “still everything to play for”, and that the Labour message was “very positive”.

Asked about voter registration, he said: “I heard about a million people came off the electoral register. I would encourage people to register. People should use their vote because people are fighting and dying round the world for democracy.

"I want young people to be involved and engaged in politics. Some people say don’t vote, I say do vote.”

The comedian also pointed out that, if elected, Sarah Sackman would be the first female MP in Finchley since Margaret Thatcher, “a woman I didn’t agree with”.

On the issue of housing in London, Mr Izzard said: “If we are not careful then we will have just the super rich in the centre of London. We have got to have affordable and social housing.”

The pair also refused to talk about potential coalitions after the election, and said they were fighting for an outright majority.

Ms Sackman said: “It’s going to be one of the closest races anywhere in the country. Over the past five years we have seen a shift towards Labour. I think that puts us within spitting distance of it. I believe it can be Labour again.”