Islington North / data
A · Overview
Issue volume
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 42 | |
| Taxation | 40 | |
| Employment | 29 | |
| Crime & Policing | 27 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 26 | |
| Education | 23 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 19 | |
| Housing | 18 |
Speech topics
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Defence | 47 | 12,258 |
| Other | 20 | 6,744 |
| Economy Jobs | 31 | 6,573 |
| Social Care | 17 | 4,307 |
| Health | 8 | 4,141 |
| Crime | 17 | 3,957 |
| Culture Community | 11 | 3,434 |
| Mp Performance | 13 | 3,433 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2024 | Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 2Vote on whether to require the government to publish a report on the fiscal impact of removing the investment allowance for oil and gas comp… | Rebelled | Aye |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion relating to Lords Amendment 38MPs voted on whether to accept or reject a change made by the House of Lords to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. Without debate ex… | Free vote | Aye |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38The government voted to reject a Lords amendment that would have banned children under 16 from accessing social media. The Lords had added t… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Peter Mandelson: Government AppointmentThe hon. Member is making an excellent and important speech. Is he aware that most of Labour Together’s supporters and, as I understand it, bankrollers had nothing whatsoever to do… Mp PerformanceDefenceEconomy Jobs | 64 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairing of this debate, Ms Butler. I have the honour to represent an inner London constituency, in which approximately a third of the populati… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 811 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Housing Needs: Young PeopleBefore the Minister sits down, could he say anything about his Department’s approach to the large housing associations? I increasingly hear stories in my area—as the Minister proba… HousingEconomy JobsSocial Care | 75 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | NHS Federated Data PlatformIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) on securing it and on his excellent speech. Palantir received a massive c… HealthTechnologyEconomy Jobs | 393 |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Strategic Defence Review: FundingDefence spending is rising rapidly in China, Russia, the UK, the US and all over Europe. In every country in the world, there is pressure on welfare budgets and there are increasin… DefenceFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 137 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Middle EastBritain’s military co-operation with the USA and Israel has enabled Israel to commit acts of genocide against the people of Gaza, the Palestinian people, and has enabled the United… DefenceEnergyCost Of Living | 98 |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Middle EastIn this overarching statement on the middle east by the Foreign Secretary, it is surprising that she did not take the opportunity to condemn the continuing genocide in Gaza, the br… DefenceCost Of LivingOther | 135 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address MotionI find this faux outrage about Mandelson astonishing. He is a man who had been closely involved with the leadership of the Labour party ever since Tony Blair and very closely with … Mp PerformanceFiscal PolicyOther | 133 |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Protest PolicingWhat consideration did the Home Secretary give to compliance with articles 10 and 11 of the European convention on human rights on the right to protest? What discussions did the Me… CrimeImmigrationDefence | 118 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Social Cohesion Action PlanAll forms of abuse are appalling. All forms of targeted abuse—be they against Muslim, Jewish or black communities—are even more appalling. I would be interested to know why the wor… CrimeCulture CommunityImmigration | 135 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Representation of the People BillThis is an important point. The Secretary of State must be aware that large numbers of homeless people very seldom vote, because they do not have a point of registration unless the… Economy JobsCrimeCulture Community | 77 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Representation of the People BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry). She rightly reminded the House about the role of the Chartists in Islington So… Economy JobsCrimeCulture Community | 523 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Representation of the People BillThe hon. Gentleman has just made the most extraordinary allegation about an electoral process last week: he suggested that 12% of all votes were somehow or other invalid because of… Economy JobsCrimeCulture Community | 62 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Representation of the People BillWill the hon. Member give way? Economy JobsCrimeCulture Community | 6 |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Representation of the People BillWill the Secretary of State give way? Economy JobsCrimeCulture Community | 7 |
D · Written questions
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence | 32 | 42.1% |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 18 | 23.7% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 5 | 6.6% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 4 | 5.3% |
| Department for Transport | 4 | 5.3% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 3 | 3.9% |
| Cabinet Office | 2 | 2.6% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 2 | 2.6% |
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number of civilian casualties caused by United States airstrikes on Iran since 28 February 2026. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the 2020 military cooperation agreement with Israel in the context of that country’s role in the war on Iran since 28 February 2026. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times United States aircraft taking off from Diego Garcia have conducted strikes on Iran since 28 February 2026. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department supports a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent estimate of the number of nuclear weapons possessed by Israel. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times United States aircraft taking off from bases in the United Kingdom have conducted strikes on Iran since 28 February 2026. | Pending |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that Israel is modernising its nuclear weapons programme. | Pending |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's targeted staff headcount reduction was prior to 31 March 2026. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she plans to transfer staff to Department of Transport Operator Ltd prior to the completion of the Railways Bill. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what protections are in place for staff transferring to the Department of Transport Operator Ltd in respect of a) civil servant status, b) terms and conditions and c) occupational pension. | Answered |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with relevant Trade Unions on the proposed transfer of staff from her Department to the Department of Transport Operator Ltd. | Answered |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the ethnic group classification of Latino in the next national census. | Answered |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of people living in each UK constituency who identify as Latino. | Answered |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on health outcomes for Latinos, and if he will make a statement. | Answered |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being us… | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 64 | 20,824 | 7.3% |
| Staffing | 0 | 265,853 | 92.7% |
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 2 | 2,500 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 8 | 1,917 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 787 |
| Mobile telephone - equipment purchase | Office Costs | 1 | 499 |
| Advertising and contact cards | Office Costs | 6 | 491 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 10 | 456 |
| Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office Costs | 1 | 370 |
| Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | Office Costs | 4 | 370 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 1 | 346 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 3 | 220 |
| Mobile telephone - contract & usage | Office Costs | 22 | 184 |
| TV licence | Office Costs | 1 | 159 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Waste disposal, confidential waste & rubbish collection | HTTPS://WWW.ISLINGTON. [200011725-10756] | 120 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | QUADIENT UK LTD [200011725-4083] | 370 | Paid |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF [200011725-3731] | 10 | Paid |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA March 2025 | 199 | Paid |
| 05 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 10 | Paid |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL | 3 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | Design for 2025 MP calendar with contact details and information on local orgs | 96 | Paid |
| 07 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL | 75 | Paid |
| 05 Jan 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 10 | Paid |
| 18 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Advertising and contact cards | ABSOLUTE PRINT | 161 | Paid |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA January 2025 | 112 | Paid |
| 12 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | XMA January 2025 | 112 | Paid |
| 05 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 10 | Paid |
| 17 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Software & applications | FS TECHSMITH | 67 | Paid |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 6 | Paid |
| 05 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 10 | Paid |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Translation services - other languages | HTTPS://ISLINGTON.CIVI | 85 | Paid |
| 15 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 6 | Paid |
| 07 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline | 14 | Paid |
| 05 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | GIFFGAFF | 10 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 8 wards, 22 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Bashir Ibrahim | Labour Party | 1,801 | 05 May 2022 |
| Arsenal | Fin Craig | Labour Party | 1,808 | 05 May 2022 |
| Arsenal | Roulin Khondoker | Labour Party | 1,710 | 05 May 2022 |
| Finsbury Park | Asima Shaikh | Labour Party | 1,941 | 05 May 2022 |
| Finsbury Park | Gary Heather | Labour Party | 1,905 | 05 May 2022 |
| Finsbury Park | Mick O'Sullivan | Labour Party | 1,759 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highbury | Benali Hamdache | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,934 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highbury | Caroline Russell | Green Party of England and Wales | 2,282 | 05 May 2022 |
| Highbury | Ernestas Jegorovas-Armstrong | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,803 | 05 May 2022 |
| Hillrise | Shreya Nanda | Labour Party | 968 | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Junction | Janet Burgess | Labour Party | 2,111 | 05 May 2022 |
| Junction | Kaya Comer-Schwartz | Labour Party | 2,004 | 05 May 2022 |
| Junction | Sheila Chapman | Labour Party | 2,001 | 05 May 2022 |
| Mildmay | Angelo Ricardo Weekes | Labour Party | 1,737 | 05 May 2022 |
| Mildmay | Jenny Kay | Labour Party | 1,960 | 05 May 2022 |
| Mildmay | Santiago Bell-Bradford | Labour Party | 1,893 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tollington | Anjna Khurana | Labour Party | 2,148 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tollington | Flora Williamson | Labour Party | 2,093 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tollington | Mick Gilgunn | Labour Party | 2,018 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tufnell Park | Gulcin Ozdemir | Labour Party | 1,728 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tufnell Park | Satnam Gill | Labour Party | 1,887 | 05 May 2022 |
| Tufnell Park | Tricia Clarke | Labour Party | 2,002 | 05 May 2022 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 106,516 | Electorate 72,852 (2024) |
| Median age | 33 | years |
| Degree-educated | 56.7% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 61.4% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 30.3% | households |
| Private-rented | 30.9% | households |
| Social-rented | 38.4% | households |
| Employment rate | 63.6% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.