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Data Last Updated: 11 January 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Boundary Change
5 July 1945		34,771/47,373	73.40
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	24,504	70.47
Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,593	16.09
Clarence Harry Willcock	Liberal Party	4,674	13.44
Majority		18,911	54.39

23 February 1950		45,677/54,627	83.62
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	30,299	66.33
Kenneth Edward Boulton Glenny	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,269	22.48
Clarence Harry Willcock	Liberal Party	5,109	11.19
Majority		20,030	43.85

25 October 1951		45,213/55,219	81.88
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	30,486	67.43
Michael Thomas Ben Underhill	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,340	25.08
Norman Henry Cork	Liberal Party	3,387	7.49
Majority		19,146	42.35

26 May 1955		39,211/53,314	73.55
Dr Somerville Hastings	Labour Party	27,129	69.19
Bernard Massey	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,082	30.81
Majority		15,047	38.37

8 October 1959		40,556/51,654	78.51
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg	Labour Party	23,454	57.83
Kenneth Frances Dibben	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,454	28.24
David Ernest Evans	Liberal Party	5,648	13.93
Majority		12,000	29.59

15 October 1964		36,814/50,326	73.15
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg	Labour Party	23,055	62.63
Geoffrey Claud Waterer	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,296	22.53
Nicholas Henry Donohue	Liberal Party	5,463	14.84
Majority		14,759	40.09

31 March 1966		34,759/48,281	71.99
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg	Labour Party	22,994	66.15
Geoffrey Edwin Pattie	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,584	21.82
James Thomas Silvey	Liberal Party	4,181	12.03
Majority		15,410	44.33

18 June 1970		30,406/49,317	61.65
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg	Labour Party	21,097	69.38
Geoffrey Edwin Pattie	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,309	30.62
Majority		11,788	38.77

28 February 1974		38,012/49,637	76.58
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	22,846	60.10
Martin Frederick Taylor	Liberal Party	8,012	21.08
Michael Eric Forth	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,154	18.82
Majority		14,834	39.02

10 October 1974		33,708/50,027	67.38
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	21,546	63.92
Michael Eric Forth	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,256	15.59
Martin Frederick Taylor	Liberal Party	5,245	15.56
Charles William Bond	National Front	1,661	4.93
Majority		16,290	48.33

3 May 1979		34,314/48,289	71.06
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	18,111	52.78
Marion Audrey Roe	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,103	32.36
Martin Frederick Taylor	Liberal Party	3,679	10.72
Ian Raymond Newport	National Front	1,021	2.98
John Barry	Independent Labour	400	1.17
Majority		7,008	20.42

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		34,220/52,888	64.70
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	14,415	42.12
Hugo Hawksley Fitzthomas Summerson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,389	30.36
John Kenneth Gibb	Liberal Party in Alliance	8,770	25.63
Ian Raymond Newport	National Front	646	1.89
Majority		4,026	11.77

11 June 1987		34,541/52,137	66.25
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	15,307	44.32
William Keith Sharp	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,898	34.45
John Kenneth Gibb	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,336	21.24
Majority		3,409	9.87

9 April 1992		35,313/50,454	69.99
Josephine Richardson	Labour Party	18,224	51.61
John Kennedy	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,956	33.86
Stephen William Churchman	Liberal Democrats	5,133	14.54
Majority		6,268	17.75

1 February 1994 Death of Jo Richardson.

9 June 1994		19,017/49,635	38.31
Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	13,704	72.06
Gary Lawrence Wright	Liberal Democrats	2,290	12.04
Theresa Mary May	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,976	10.39
Gary Alan Needs	National Front	551	2.90
Gerard Joseph Batten	UK Independence Party	406	2.13
Helen Rochelle Betenski	Natural Law Party	90	0.47
Majority		11,414	60.02

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		32,964/53,682	61.41
Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	21,698	65.82
Keith Richard Langford	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,802	17.60
Mark John Powell Marsh	Liberal Democrats	3,128	9.49
Colin Edward Taylor	Referendum Party	1,283	3.89
Mark Charles Tolman	British National Party	894	2.71
Damien Francis Mearns	Pro-Life Alliance	159	0.48
Majority		15,896	48.22

7 June 2001		25,136/55,229	45.51
Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	15,302	60.88
Michael Richard Weatherley	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,768	22.95
Anura Kumara Singhe Keppetipola	Liberal Democrats	2,460	9.79
Mark C Toleman	British National Party	1,606	6.39
Majority		9,534	37.93

5 May 2005		29,106/57,658	50.48
Rt Hon Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	13,826	47.50
Keith Anthony Prince	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,943	16.98
Richard John Barnbrook	British National Party	4,916	16.89
Toby Wickenden	Liberal Democrats	3,411	11.72
Terence James Jones	UK Independence Party	803	2.76
Laurence Norman Cleeland	Green Party	618	2.12
Demetrious Roy Panton	Independent	530	1.82
Michael Alfred Saxby	Workers Revolutionary Party	59	0.20
Majority		8,883	30.52

Demetrious Panton advocated limits on immigration. He had suffered from abuse in children's homes run by Islington Borough Council when Margaret Hodge was its leader, and advocated that she had not acted to stop the abuse when warned.

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		45,343/73,868	61.38
Rt Hon Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	24,628	54.31
Simon Joel Solomon Marcus	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,073	17.80
Nicholas John Griffin	British National Party	6,620	14.60
Dominic Simon Evelyn Carman	Liberal Democrats	3,719	8.20
Frank Maloney	UK Independence Party	1,300	2.87
Rev James George Hargreaves	Christian	482	1.06
Jayne Elizabeth Forbes	Green Party	317	0.70
Christopher David Dowling	Monster Raving Loony Party	82	0.18
Thomas Faithful Darwood	Independent	77	0.17
Dapo Sijuwola	Restoration	45	0.10
Majority		16,555	36.51

7 May 2015		43,023/73,997	58.14
Rt Hon Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	24,826	57.70
Roger Gravett	UK Independence Party	9,554	22.21
Mina Rahman	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,019	16.31
Antony Ford Rablen	Green Party	879	2.04
Peter Anthony Wilcock	Liberal Democrats	562	1.31
Joseph Mambuliya	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	183	0.43
Majority		15,272	35.50

8 June 2017		47,679/77,022	61.90
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	32,319	67.78
Minesh Talati	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,711	22.46
Roger Gravett	UK Independence Party	3,031	6.36
Shannon Elizabeth Butterfield	Green Party	724	1.52
Pauline Ursilla Pearce	Liberal Democrats	599	1.26
Noel Falvey	Independent	295	0.62
Majority		21,608	45.32

12 December 2019		44,499/77,953	57.08
Rt Hon Dame Margaret Eve Hodge	Labour Party	27,219	61.17
Tamkeen Shaikh	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,792	26.50
Karen Elaine Batley	Brexit Party	3,186	7.16
Ann Mary Haigh	Liberal Democrats	1,482	3.33
Shannon Elizabeth Butterfield	Green Party	820	1.84
Majority		15,427	34.67

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		36,477/79,825	45.70
Nesil Caliskan	Labour Party	16,227	44.49
Clive Peacock	Reform UK	5,173	14.18
Simon Ronald Anthony	Green Party	4,988	13.67
Julie Redmond	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,294	11.77
Muhammad Asim	Workers Britain	3,578	9.81
Charley Hasted	Liberal Democrats	1,015	2.78
Dolores Carmencita Dias-Green	Independent	753	2.06
Lucy Ewube Baiye-Gaman	Christian Peoples Alliance	449	1.23
Majority		11,054	30.30