Islington North — UK General Election Results

Islington North was won by Independent at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 7,247 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Islington North from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 3,545 54.4% Samuel Danks Waddy (Liberal) 573 (8.8 pts) 83.8%
1886 George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 3,456 63.6% Peter William Clayden (Liberal) 1,480 (27.3 pts) 69.9%
1892 George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 4,456 55.0% James Hill (Liberal) 810 (10.0 pts) 75.1%
1895 George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 4,626 58.2% Thomas Bateman Napier (Liberal) 1,309 (16.5 pts) 73.5%
1900 George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 4,881 65.5% Edmund Charles Rawlings (Liberal) 2,314 (31.1 pts) 62.3%
1906 David Sydney Waterlow (Liberal) 5,284 54.5% George Christopher Trout Bartley (Conservative) 866 (8.9 pts) 80.3%
Jan 1910 David Sydney Waterlow (Liberal) 5,543 50.1% George Alexander Touche (Conservative) 31 (0.3 pts) 87.2%
Dec 1910 George Alexander Touche (Conservative) 5,428 51.9% David Sydney Waterlow (Liberal) 406 (3.9 pts) 82.4%
1918 Newton James Moore (Unionist) 14,183 68.5% John Arnall (British Socialist) 10,183 (49.2 pts) 49.6%
1922 Newton James Moore (Unionist) 13,520 47.0% Edith Picton-Turbervill (Labour) 5,527 (19.2 pts) 61.1%
1923 William Henry Cowan (Unionist) 10,802 36.5% Norman Thomas Carr Sargant (Liberal) 583 (2.0 pts) 61.6%
1924 William Henry Cowan (Unionist) 15,562 44.4% Ewart Gladstone Culpin (Labour) 3,186 (9.1 pts) 72.2%
1929 Reginald Stanley Young (Labour) 18,272 41.8% Gordon Cosmo Touche (Unionist) 3,065 (7.0 pts) 68.0%
1931 Albert William Goodman (Conservative) 28,790 66.1% Reginald Stanley Young (Labour) 14,007 (32.1 pts) 66.5%
1935 Albert William Goodman (Conservative) 20,744 54.4% Reginald Stanley Young (Labour) 3,385 (8.9 pts) 59.7%
1945 Leslie Haden-Guest (Labour) 22,234 66.4% Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys (Conservative) 10,994 (32.8 pts) 65.2%
1950 Ronw Moelwyn Hughes (Labour) 26,354 57.9% Rodney Graham Page (Conservative) 9,419 (20.7 pts) 76.9%
1951 Wilfred Fienburgh (Labour) 27,406 59.6% Graham Page (Conservative) 8,865 (19.3 pts) 77.8%
1955 Wilfred Fienburgh (Labour) 22,100 60.3% Euan Mackinnon (Conservative) 7,578 (20.7 pts) 64.7%
1959 Gerald William Reynolds (Labour) 18,718 55.8% Ronald Bartle (Conservative) 3,898 (11.6 pts) 62.0%
1964 Gerald William Reynolds (Labour) 15,525 55.3% Victor Lyon (Conservative) 6,613 (23.6 pts) 54.7%
1966 Gerald Reynolds (Labour) 16,188 59.5% Michael Morris (Conservative) 7,831 (28.8 pts) 54.2%
1970 Michael O'Halloran (Labour) 13,010 58.9% D Andrew Pearce (Conservative) 5,148 (23.3 pts) 49.0%
Feb 1974 Michael O'Halloran (Labour) 13,332 51.3% Mark Wolfson (Conservative) 6,628 (25.5 pts) 63.1%
Oct 1974 Michael O'Halloran (Labour) 12,973 57.9% Marquess of Douro (Conservative) 6,818 (30.4 pts) 54.2%
1979 Michael O'Halloran (Labour) 12,317 52.6% Neil David Kerr (Conservative) 4,456 (19.0 pts) 61.2%
1983 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 14,951 40.4% David Coleman (Conservative) 5,607 (15.2 pts) 61.6%
1987 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 19,577 50.0% Ernest Noad (Conservative) 9,657 (24.6 pts) 66.5%
1992 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 21,742 57.4% Lurline Champagnie (Conservative) 12,784 (33.8 pts) 67.3%
1997 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 24,834 69.3% James Kempton (Liberal Democrat) 19,955 (55.6 pts) 62.5%
2001 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 18,699 61.9% Laura Willoughby (Liberal Democrat) 12,958 (42.9 pts) 48.8%
2005 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 16,118 51.2% Laura Willoughby (Liberal Democrat) 6,716 (21.3 pts) 53.9%
2010 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 24,276 54.5% Rhodri Jamieson-Ball (Liberal Democrat) 12,401 (27.8 pts) 65.6%
2015 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 29,659 60.2% Alex Burghart (Conservative) 21,194 (43.0 pts) 67.4%
2017 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 40,086 73.0% James Clark (Conservative) 33,215 (60.5 pts) 73.6%
2019 Jeremy Corbyn (Labour) 34,603 64.3% Nick Wakeling (Liberal Democrat) 26,188 (48.7 pts) 71.9%
2024 Jeremy Corbyn (Independent) 24,120 49.2% Praful Nargund (Labour) 7,247 (14.8 pts) 67.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 3,54554.4% Yes
Samuel Danks Waddy Liberal 2,97245.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 3,45663.6% Yes
Peter William Clayden Liberal 1,97636.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 4,45655.0% Yes
James Hill Liberal 3,64645.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 4,62658.2% Yes
Thomas Bateman Napier Liberal 3,31741.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 4,88165.5% Yes
Edmund Charles Rawlings Liberal 2,56734.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Sydney Waterlow Liberal 5,28454.5% Yes
George Christopher Trout Bartley Conservative 4,41845.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Sydney Waterlow Liberal 5,54350.1% Yes
George Alexander Touche Conservative 5,51249.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Alexander Touche Conservative 5,42851.9% Yes
David Sydney Waterlow Liberal 5,02248.1% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Newton James Moore Unionist 14,18368.5% Yes
John Arnall British Socialist 4,00019.3% No
Norman Thomas Carr Sargant Liberal 2,52912.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Newton James Moore Unionist 13,52047.0% Yes
Edith Picton-Turbervill Labour 7,99327.8% No
Norman Thomas Carr Sargant Liberal 7,25625.2% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Cowan Unionist 10,80236.5% Yes
Norman Thomas Carr Sargant Liberal 10,21934.6% No
George Bennett Labour 8,55628.9% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Cowan Unionist 15,56244.4% Yes
Ewart Gladstone Culpin Labour 12,37635.3% No
Norman Thomas Carr Sargant Liberal 7,13620.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Stanley Young Labour 18,27241.8% Yes
Gordon Cosmo Touche Unionist 15,20734.8% No
Domini Crosfield Liberal 10,21023.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert William Goodman Conservative 28,79066.1% Yes
Reginald Stanley Young Labour 14,78333.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albert William Goodman Conservative 20,74454.4% Yes
Reginald Stanley Young Labour 17,35945.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Leslie Haden-Guest Labour 22,23466.4% Yes
Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys Conservative 11,24033.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ronw Moelwyn Hughes Labour 26,35457.9% Yes
Rodney Graham Page Conservative 16,93537.2% No
Robert Eric Burns Liberal 2,1894.8% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfred Fienburgh Labour 27,40659.6% Yes
Graham Page Conservative 18,54140.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wilfred Fienburgh Labour 22,10060.3% Yes
Euan Mackinnon Conservative 14,52239.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald William Reynolds Labour 18,71855.8% Yes
Ronald Bartle Conservative 14,82044.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald William Reynolds Labour 15,52555.3% Yes
Victor Lyon Conservative 8,91231.7% No
Eric G Thwaites Liberal 3,63412.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gerald Reynolds Labour 16,18859.5% Yes
Michael Morris Conservative 8,35730.7% No
Eric Thwaites Liberal 2,6829.9% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael O'Halloran Labour 13,01058.9% Yes
D Andrew Pearce Conservative 7,86235.6% No
Brian Green National Front 1,2325.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael O'Halloran Labour 13,33251.3% Yes
Mark Wolfson Conservative 6,70425.8% No
Michael Wilfred Salusbury Davenport Liberal 4,50317.3% No
John William Score National Front 8713.4% No
Denis Michael Joseph Fallon Labour and Democrat 5702.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael O'Halloran Labour 12,97357.9% Yes
Marquess of Douro Conservative 6,15527.5% No
Michael Wilfred Salusbury Davenport Liberal 2,73612.2% No
Denis Michael Joseph Fallon Labour and Democrat 5582.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael O'Halloran Labour 12,31752.6% Yes
Neil David Kerr Conservative 7,86133.6% No
Hugh Kenneth Ray Clarke Liberal 2,0798.9% No
Stephen Hook National Front 5012.1% No
Michael Peter Simpson Socialist Unity 4381.9% No
Roy McCullogh Workers Revolutionary 2170.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 14,95140.4% Yes
David Coleman Conservative 9,34425.3% No
John Grant Social Democratic Party 8,26822.4% No
Michael O'Halloran Independent Labour 4,09111.1% No
Leonard Arthur David Bearsford-Walker BNP 1760.5% No
Roy Lincoln Independent 1340.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 19,57750.0% Yes
Ernest Noad Conservative 9,92025.3% No
Alan Whelan Social Democratic Party 8,56021.8% No
Christopher Ashby Green 1,1312.9% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 21,74257.4% Yes
Lurline Champagnie Conservative 8,95823.7% No
Sarah Ludford Liberal Democrat 5,73215.1% No
Christopher Ashby Green 1,4203.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 24,83469.3% Yes
James Kempton Liberal Democrat 4,87913.6% No
Simon Fawthrop Conservative 4,63112.9% No
Christopher Ashby Green 1,5164.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 18,69961.9% Yes
Laura Willoughby Liberal Democrat 5,74119.0% No
Neil Rands Conservative 3,24910.8% No
Christopher Ashby Green 1,8766.2% No
Stephen Cook Socialist Labour 5121.7% No
Emine Hassan Reform 2000 1390.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 16,11851.2% Yes
Laura Willoughby Liberal Democrat 9,40229.9% No
Nicola Talbot Conservative 3,74011.9% No
Jon Nott Green 2,2347.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 24,27654.5% Yes
Rhodri Jamieson-Ball Liberal Democrat 11,87526.7% No
Adrian Berrill-Cox Conservative 6,33914.2% No
Emma Dixon Green 1,3483.0% No
Dominic Lennon UKIP 7161.6% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 29,65960.2% Yes
Alex Burghart Conservative 8,46517.2% No
Caroline Russell Green 5,04310.2% No
Julian Gregory Liberal Democrat 3,9848.1% No
Greg Clough UKIP 1,9714.0% No
Bill Martin The Socialist Party of Great Britain 1120.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 40,08673.0% Yes
James Clark Conservative 6,87112.5% No
Keith Angus Liberal Democrat 4,9469.0% No
Caroline Russell Green 2,2294.1% No
Keith Fraser UKIP 4130.8% No
Michael Foster Independent 2080.4% No
Knigel Knapp Official Monster Raving Loony Party 1060.2% No
Susanne Cameron-Blackie Independent 410.1% No
Bill Martin The Socialist Party of Great Britain 210.0% No
Andres Mendoza Communist League Election Campaign 70.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Labour 34,60364.3% Yes
Nick Wakeling Liberal Democrat 8,41515.6% No
James Clark Conservative 5,48310.2% No
Caroline Russell Green 4,3268.0% No
Yosef David Brexit Party 7421.4% No
Nick Delves Official Monster Raving Loony Party 2360.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeremy Corbyn Independent 24,12049.2% Yes
Praful Nargund Labour 16,87334.4% No
Sheridan Kates Green 2,6605.4% No
Karen Harries Conservative 1,9504.0% No
Martyn Nelson Reform UK 1,7103.5% No
Vikas Aggarwal Liberal Democrat 1,6613.4% No
Paul Josling Independent 320.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 27.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 10.0 pts 1895: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1900: Conservative margin 31.1 pts 1906: Liberal margin 8.9 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 0.3 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1918: Unionist margin 49.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 19.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 2.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 9.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 7.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 32.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 32.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 20.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 19.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 20.7 pts 1959: Labour margin 11.6 pts 1964: Labour margin 23.6 pts 1966: Labour margin 28.8 pts 1970: Labour margin 23.3 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 25.5 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 30.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 19.0 pts 1983: Labour margin 15.2 pts 1987: Labour margin 24.6 pts 1992: Labour margin 33.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 55.6 pts 2001: Labour margin 42.9 pts 2005: Labour margin 21.3 pts 2010: Labour margin 27.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 43.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 60.5 pts 2019: Labour margin 48.7 pts 2024: Independent margin 14.8 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Islington North has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Labour, Independent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Islington North in the 2024 general election?

Independent won Islington North in 2024 with 24,120 votes (49.2%), a majority of 7,247 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Islington North since 1885?

Since 1885, Islington North has been won by: Conservative, Independent, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Islington North?

The closest result on record for Islington North was Jan 1910, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 31 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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