Hackney South and Shoreditch
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About the Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Dame Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in May 2005. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 59.3% to 23.9% for the Greens, a majority of 14,737 votes on a 53.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 49.0% and the Greens on 31.3%, a margin of 17.7 points.
Who lives in Hackney South and Shoreditch? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Hackney South and Shoreditch vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Hackney South and Shoreditch
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Hackney South and Shoreditch within Hackney
Hackney South and Shoreditch sits entirely within Hackney Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Hackney | 100% | View projection › |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2026 | Dalston | Grn HOLD | Grn 58% Lab 36% Ref 3% |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Hackney Central | Grn HOLD | Grn 45% Lab 42% LD 6% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalston | Labour 50.2%vs Green 36.0% | May 2026 Green 62.8%vs Labour 29.5% | Labour→Green +23.8pp | 40.5% |
| Hackney Central | Labour 62.0%vs Green 22.4% | May 2026 Green 50.7%vs Labour 33.8% | Labour→Green +28.3pp | 39.5% |
| Hackney Wick | Labour 61.7%vs Green 22.1% | May 2026 Green 49.1%vs Labour 38.5% | Labour→Green +25.1pp | 37.6% |
| Haggerston | Labour 59.8%vs Green 22.9% | May 2026 Green 48.6%vs Labour 37.9% | Labour→Green +23.8pp | 36.6% |
| Homerton | Labour 60.6%vs Green 22.9% | May 2026 Labour 45.9%vs Green 22.6% | Labour share -14.7pp | 40.0% |
| Hoxton East & Shoreditch | Labour 59.8%vs Green 22.9% | May 2026 Labour 43.5%vs Green 41.9% | Labour share -16.3pp | 33.6% |
| Hoxton West | Labour 57.6%vs Green 21.1% | May 2026 Green 41.0%vs Labour 39.9% | Labour→Green +18.8pp | 31.8% |
| London Fields | Labour 59.8%vs Green 23.5% | May 2026 Labour 41.9%vs Green 33.8% | Labour share -17.9pp | 43.4% |
| Victoria | Labour 61.0%vs Green 23.0% | May 2026 Labour 45.1%vs Green 20.3% | Labour share -15.8pp | 42.3% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Hackney South and Shoreditch at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Hackney South and Shoreditch at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Meg Hillier | 55.7% | 13.5% | 22.4% | 14,288 | 58.8% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Meg Hillier | 64.4% | 13.5% | 4.6% | 24,213 | 56.0%-2.8 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Meg Hillier | 79.4% | 10.9% | 5.7% | 37,931 | 66.6%+10.6 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Meg Hillier 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 73.4% | 10.4% | 8.2% | 30,141 | 63.6%-3.0 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Meg Hillier | 59.3% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 14,737 | 53.3%-10.3 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Hackney South and Shoreditch
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hackney South and Shoreditch. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied20.8 / 23.6vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent44.9 / 44.7vs 16.8
- ↓Leave22.8 / 26.6vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied20.8 / 23.8vs 61.9
- ↓Leave22.8 / 26.1vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate54.4 / 56.9vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied20.8 / 29.0vs 61.9
- ↓Leave22.8 / 20.5vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent44.9 / 37.1vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied20.8 / 24.6vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent44.9 / 41.9vs 16.8
- ↓Leave22.8 / 28.3vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied20.8 / 24.1vs 61.9
- ↑Social rent44.9 / 47.8vs 16.8
- ↓Leave22.8 / 28.8vs 53.2
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
Show full source list
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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