England · Constituency
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Covers Hoxton · Shoreditch
Photograph shows Shoreditch. The constituency reaches beyond the town itself.
Your member of parliament
Dame Meg Hillier
Labour (Co-op)Labour won Hackney South and Shoreditch at the 2024 general election with a majority of 14,737 votes, or 35.3 points. A swing of 17.6 points to Green Party would take it. That makes it safer than 598 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 52.
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How safe is this seat?
Very safe
A majority of 35.3 points, which is larger than 598 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Green Party by 14,737 votes.
Majority
14,737
35.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
53.3%
-6.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
41,701 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meg HillierElected | Labour | 24,724 | 59.3% | +25.6 |
| Laura-Louise Fairley | Green Party | 9,987 | 23.9% | +17.6 |
| Joanna Reeves | Conservative | 2,076 | 5.0% | -18.7 |
| Theo Roos | Liberal Democrat | 1,996 | 4.8% | -7.4 |
| Anil Bhatti | Reform UK | 1,601 | 3.8% | -10.5 |
| Shahed Hussain | Workers Party of Britain | 1,007 | 2.4% | +1.7 |
| Carol Small | Workers Revolutionary Party | 310 | 0.7% | +0.7 |
Very safe. Won by more than thirty points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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