Islington North
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About the Islington North constituency
Islington North is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party), first elected in June 1983. At the 2024 general election, other parties won with 49.3% to 34.4% for Labour, a majority of 7,247 votes on a 67.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has other parties on 69.9% and the Greens on 16.3%, a margin of 53.7 points.
Who lives in Islington North? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Islington North 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 Islington North
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 ›
Islington North within Islington
Islington North sits entirely within Islington Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Islington | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Labour 42.0%vs Others 36.6% | May 2026 Green 41.7%vs Labour 40.6% | Labour→Green +18.3pp | 46.1% |
| Finsbury Park | Others 45.0%vs Labour 39.2% | May 2026 Green 34.0%vs Labour 32.7% | Others→Green +36.9pp | 42.3% |
| Highbury | Others 48.1%vs Labour 31.5% | May 2026 Green 45.6%vs Labour 33.4% | Others→Green +42.9pp | 49.6% |
| Hillrise | Others 49.9%vs Labour 34.4% | May 2026 Labour 38.7%vs Green 31.2% | Others→Labour +27.1pp | 44.5% |
| Junction | Others 53.5%vs Labour 32.5% | May 2026 Labour 40.1%vs Green 32.1% | Others→Labour +30.6pp | 42.4% |
| Mildmay | Others 54.5%vs Labour 31.1% | May 2026 Green 45.1%vs Labour 37.5% | Others→Green +47.6pp | 43.3% |
| Tollington | Others 54.1%vs Labour 32.0% | May 2026 Green 49.4%vs Labour 37.0% | Others→Green +49.4pp | 48.5% |
| Tufnell Park | Others 49.4%vs Labour 34.6% | May 2026 Green 49.5%vs Labour 36.5% | Others→Green +46.2pp | 49.9% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Islington North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Islington North 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 | Jeremy Corbyn | 54.5% | 14.2% | 26.7% | 12,401 | 65.4% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Jeremy Corbyn | 60.2% | 17.2% | 8.1% | 21,194 | 67.1%+1.7 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Jeremy Corbyn | 73.0% | 12.5% | 9.0% | 33,215 | 73.4%+6.3 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Jeremy Corbyn 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 64.3% | 10.2% | 15.6% | 26,188 | 72.7%-0.7 |
| 2024 | Ind gain from Lab | Jeremy Corbyn | 34.4% | 4.0% | 3.4% | 7,247 | 67.3%-5.4 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Islington North
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Islington North. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied29.1 / 24.6vs 61.9
- ↓Leave21.6 / 28.3vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.5 / 56.3vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied29.1 / 29.0vs 61.9
- ↓Leave21.6 / 20.5vs 53.2
- ↑Social rent37.7 / 37.1vs 16.8
- ↓Leave21.6 / 21.5vs 53.2
- ↓Owner-occupied29.1 / 31.8vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate57.5 / 60.3vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied29.1 / 23.8vs 61.9
- ↓Leave21.6 / 26.1vs 53.2
- ↑Graduate57.5 / 56.9vs 33.7
- ↓Owner-occupied29.1 / 34.0vs 61.9
- ↑Graduate57.5 / 55.4vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent37.7 / 32.2vs 16.8
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 ›
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- 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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