Constituency profile

Hackney South and Shoreditch

London · Borough constituency · Hackney borough

Dame Meg Hillier MP
Sitting MP

Dame Meg Hillier

Labour (Co-op)

First elected May 2005

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Hackney council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
22.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -29.1pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +17.7pp
vs Green 31.3%
LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

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.

Leave vote 2016
22.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
54.4%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
15.3%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
20.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
76.0%
UK average ~36%
Median age
33.1
UK median ~40
Age 65+
8.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
47.3%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab hold · majority 14,737 votes (35.4pp) · turnout 53.3%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Hackney
63 LSOAs
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.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
25 Jun 2026Dalston
Hackney
Grn HOLDGrn 58% Lab 36% Ref 3%
25 Jun 2026Hackney Central
Hackney
Grn HOLDGrn 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
DalstonLabour 50.2%vs Green 36.0%May 2026 Green 62.8%vs Labour 29.5%
Labour→Green
+23.8pp
40.5%
Hackney CentralLabour 62.0%vs Green 22.4%May 2026 Green 50.7%vs Labour 33.8%
Labour→Green
+28.3pp
39.5%
Hackney WickLabour 61.7%vs Green 22.1%May 2026 Green 49.1%vs Labour 38.5%
Labour→Green
+25.1pp
37.6%
HaggerstonLabour 59.8%vs Green 22.9%May 2026 Green 48.6%vs Labour 37.9%
Labour→Green
+23.8pp
36.6%
HomertonLabour 60.6%vs Green 22.9%May 2026 Labour 45.9%vs Green 22.6%
Labour share
-14.7pp
40.0%
Hoxton East & ShoreditchLabour 59.8%vs Green 22.9%May 2026 Labour 43.5%vs Green 41.9%
Labour share
-16.3pp
33.6%
Hoxton WestLabour 57.6%vs Green 21.1%May 2026 Green 41.0%vs Labour 39.9%
Labour→Green
+18.8pp
31.8%
London FieldsLabour 59.8%vs Green 23.5%May 2026 Labour 41.9%vs Green 33.8%
Labour share
-17.9pp
43.4%
VictoriaLabour 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdMeg Hillier55.7%13.5%22.4%1.5% UKIP3.5%3.3%14,28858.8%
2015Lab holdMeg Hillier64.4%13.5%4.6%3.8% UKIP11.6%2.1%24,21356.0%-2.8
2017Lab holdMeg Hillier79.4%10.9%5.7%-2.7%1.2%37,93166.6%+10.6
2019notionalLabour winnerMeg Hillier 2019 MP, pre-review boundary73.4%10.4%8.2%-6.4%1.6%30,14163.6%-3.0
2024Lab holdMeg Hillier59.3%5.0%4.8%3.8% Ref23.9%3.2%14,73753.3%-10.3

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

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Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hackney South and Shoreditch. Politics shown for context.

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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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