Constituency profile

Luton North

East of England · Borough constituency · Luton borough

Sarah Owen MP
Sitting MP

Sarah Owen

Labour

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East of England
Borough constituency, Luton council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
59.1% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +7.2pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +10.1pp
vs Reform UK 22.7%
SouthernLeave-leaningDiverse

About the Luton North constituency

Luton North is a borough constituency in the East of England. The sitting MP is Sarah Owen (Labour), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 37.9% to 21.7% for other parties, a majority of 7,510 votes on a 51.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 32.8% and Reform UK on 22.7%, a margin of 10.1 points.

Who lives in Luton North? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
59.1%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
29.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.9%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
64.0%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
35.3%
UK average ~36%
Median age
36.4
UK median ~40
Age 65+
18.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
33.3%
UK average ~28%

How did Luton 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

Lab hold · majority 7,510 votes (16.2pp) · turnout 51.8%

Current projection

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

Map of Luton 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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Luton North within Luton

Luton North sits entirely within Luton Council. Luton was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Luton
66 LSOAs
100%

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
4 Sep 2025Stopsley
Luton
LD HOLDLD 41% Ref 36% Lab 11%
27 Sep 2024Barnfield
Luton
LD HOLD—

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
BarnfieldLabour 38.4%vs Others 20.7%2023 Lib Dem 54.4%vs Labour 34.2%-34.1%
Beech HillOthers 40.8%vs Labour 30.1%2023 Labour 70.2%vs Lib Dem 29.8%-34.9%
BraminghamLabour 37.1%vs Conservative 21.4%2023 Conservative 55.3%vs Labour 44.7%-30.0%
ChallneyLabour 39.7%vs Others 22.9%2023 Labour 71.8%vs Lib Dem 28.1%-24.0%
LeagraveLabour 39.4%vs Conservative 19.2%2023 Labour 57.4%vs Conservative 35.7%-25.6%
LewseyLabour 39.5%vs Conservative 19.4%2023 Labour 82.3%vs Conservative 11.7%-21.3%
NorthwellLabour 39.6%vs Conservative 19.2%2023 Labour 66.0%vs Conservative 26.8%-27.3%
PoetsLabour 38.5%vs Conservative 20.4%2023 Labour 55.3%vs Lib Dem 44.7%-28.7%
SaintsLabour 40.6%vs Others 22.5%2023 Labour 57.8%vs Lib Dem 42.2%-32.9%
StopsleyOthers 54.1%vs Labour 19.9%2023 Lib Dem 78.0%vs Labour 21.9%-30.7%
Sundon ParkLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 19.6%2023 Lib Dem 59.3%vs Labour 40.7%-30.1%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Luton North at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Luton 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdKelvin Hopkins49.3%31.8%11.1%3.6% UKIP1.1%3.1%7,52065.5%
2015Lab holdKelvin Hopkins52.2%29.9%3.1%12.5% UKIP2.3%-9,50463.2%-2.3
2017Lab holdKelvin Hopkins63.8%33.0%1.7%-1.4%-14,36469.8%+6.6
2019notionalLabour winnerSarah Owen 2019 MP, pre-review boundary53.9%34.3%4.6%-1.9%5.3%8,74060.9%-8.9
2024Lab holdSarah Owen37.9%18.5%4.9%12.0% Ref5.0%21.7%7,51051.8%-9.1

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

Constituencies most like Luton North

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Luton North. 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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