Constituency profile

Hayes and Harlington

London · Borough constituency · Hillingdon borough

John McDonnell MP
Sitting MP

John McDonnell

Labour

First elected May 1997

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency, Hillingdon council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
58.2% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +6.3pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +21.4pp
vs Conservative 21.4%
LondonLeave-leaningDiverse

About the Hayes and Harlington constituency

Hayes and Harlington is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is John McDonnell (Labour), first elected in May 1997. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 53.3% to 21.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 12,031 votes on a 51.5% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 42.8% and the Conservatives on 21.4%, a margin of 21.4 points.

Who lives in Hayes and Harlington? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
58.2%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
32.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
22.7%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
46.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
51.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
35.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
13.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
36.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Hayes and Harlington 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 12,031 votes (31.4pp) · turnout 51.5%

Current projection

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

Map of Hayes and Harlington

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)

Hayes and Harlington within Hillingdon

Hayes and Harlington sits entirely within Hillingdon Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Hillingdon
67 LSOAs
100%View projection ›

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
BelmoreLabour 58.8%vs Conservative 20.9%May 2026 Labour 40.5%vs Conservative 23.6%
Labour share
-18.2pp
34.1%
CharvilleLabour 46.3%vs Conservative 28.5%May 2026 Conservative 42.6%vs Labour 26.9%
Labour→Conservative
+16.8pp
43.5%
Hayes TownLabour 55.2%vs Conservative 18.7%May 2026 Labour 31.3%vs Conservative 19.4%
Labour share
-23.8pp
30.8%
Heathrow VillagesLabour 51.6%vs Conservative 23.3%May 2026 Labour 26.7%vs Reform 23.6%
Labour share
-24.9pp
33.9%
PinkwellLabour 54.2%vs Conservative 19.4%May 2026 Labour 41.0%vs Conservative 21.1%
Labour share
-13.2pp
34.1%
West DraytonLabour 53.1%vs Conservative 23.3%May 2026 Reform 27.3%vs Labour 25.9%
Labour→Reform
+21.7pp
38.6%
Wood EndLabour 52.6%vs Conservative 21.3%May 2026 Labour 34.5%vs Green 22.5%
Labour share
-18.2pp
33.4%
YeadingLabour 51.4%vs Conservative 20.4%May 2026 Labour 31.7%vs Reform 21.3%
Labour share
-19.7pp
34.4%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Hayes and Harlington at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Hayes and Harlington 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 holdJohn McDonnell54.8%29.4%8.7%-0.8%6.2%10,82460.7%
2015Lab holdJohn McDonnell59.6%24.7%2.0%12.0% UKIP1.8%-15,70060.2%-0.5
2017Lab holdJohn McDonnell66.5%28.6%1.3%2.4% UKIP1.2%-18,11565.2%+5.0
2019notionalLabour winnerJohn McDonnell 2019 MP, pre-review boundary55.8%34.7%4.4%-1.7%3.4%9,26160.4%-4.8
2024Lab holdJohn McDonnell53.3%21.9%3.4%10.7% Ref5.6%5.2%12,03151.5%-8.9

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

Constituencies most like Hayes and Harlington

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hayes and Harlington. Politics shown for context.

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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