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Highbury, in the Islington North constituency

England · Constituency

Islington North

Covers Highbury

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Photograph shows Highbury, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Islington North.

Your member of parliament

Jeremy Corbyn

Your Party

Independent won Islington North at the 2024 general election with a majority of 7,247 votes, or 14.8 points. A swing of 7.4 points to Labour would take it. That makes it safer than 335 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 315.

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How safe is this seat?

Competitive

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 14.8 points, which is larger than 335 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Independent finished ahead of Labour by 7,247 votes.

Majority

7,247

14.8% of votes cast.

Turnout

67.3%

+7.6 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

7

49,006 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Jeremy CorbynElectedIndependent24,12049.2%+47.2
Praful NargundLabour16,87334.4%+0.7
Sheridan KatesGreen Party2,6605.4%-1.0
Karen HarriesConservative1,9504.0%-19.7
Martyn NelsonReform UK1,7103.5%-10.8
Vikas AggarwalLiberal Democrat1,6613.4%-8.8
Paul JoslingIndependent320.1%-2.0

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. 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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