The placeConstituency · London · Electorate 74,122 · 2023 boundaries

Islington South and Finsbury.

Labour Party MP Emily Thornberry holds the seat on 53.7% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentEmily Thornberry · Labour Party
CouncilsIslington · Hackney
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001306
Electorate · 2024
74.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
53.7%
Labour Party · +36.1pp over Grn
Settlements
2
Largest: Islington
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
48.9
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

Thornberry is one of Labour's more prominent backbenchers, chairing the Foreign Affairs Committee and using that platform to push positions that occasionally put distance between her and the government. In April she wrote an op-ed criticising her own government's immigration reforms as unfair -- yet days later voted in support of tightening asylum support rules, including powers to withdraw accommodation from failed asylum seekers who work illegally. That tension between public advocacy and lobby-card discipline is a recurring feature. On defence and foreign affairs she has been notably vocal: her attack on Donald Trump's remarks about British veterans drew applause on BBC Question Time in January, and in March she led a committee report warning that open democracies are "sitting ducks" to foreign disinformation, calling for more government funding to counter it.

Her voting participation -- 50% of divisions -- sits well below the Commons average and warrants scrutiny, though MPs in senior committee roles sometimes prioritise that work over floor votes. Where she does vote, she is a 100% party-line voter with zero rebel votes on record. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, and she votes notably more often with the government on pension protection and immigration control than the average Labour MP. She speaks most frequently on defence and the economy, consistent with her committee brief.

Thornberry has represented Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. Her housing speeches -- including telling Parliament that moving to Islington is "impossible for an ordinary person" -- reflect long-running local pressures in one of London's most expensive boroughs. News coverage over the past 90 days is high-volume (108 articles), with the best-performing stories centred on her committee work on disinformation and her immigration commentary.

53.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
10
Wards · 29 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.10 wards · 29 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Barnsbury(3 seats)Chowdhury · Emerson · Champion4,364Islington LabMay 2026
Bunhill(3 seats)Prasad · Gallagher · Bossman-Quarshie2,928Islington LabMay 2026
Caledonian(3 seats)Rahman · Convery · O'Halloran3,433Islington LabMay 2026
Canonbury(3 seats)Jeapes · Banks · Wayne3,760Islington LabMay 2026
Clerkenwell(3 seats)Ferrini · Falkenburg · Hayes3,360Islington LabMay 2026
De Beauvoir(2 seats)Per-Bo · Anderson2,355Hackney GrnMay 2026
Holloway(3 seats)Zammit · Jackson · Peck4,330Islington LabMay 2026
Laycock(3 seats)Staff · Hamilton · Turan3,604Islington LabMay 2026
St Marys St James(3 seats)McHugh · Croft · Pandor3,710Islington LabMay 2026
St Peters Canalside(3 seats)Klute · Ogunro · North3,506Islington LabMay 2026

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.2 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Islington (106,757), with Hackney (10,740) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 117,497.

city 117,497

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Islington106,757city
Hackney10,740city
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate61.7%57.1%+8%
Owner-occupied26.5%63.1%-58%
Private rented31.4%20.0%+57%
Social rented41.8%16.8%+149%

Ethnicity.

White63.0%
Asian11.2%
Black11.7%
Mixed7.3%
Other6.7%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 47.9% Female 52.1% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£43,500
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£86,900
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
18,330
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
42
23 primary · 3 secondary
GCSE pass
70.8%
Attainment 8: 50.6

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£1570m
Taxpayers64,000
Median per taxpayer£5,670
Mean per taxpayer£24,700

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Islington and Hackney. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.

§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
48.9
+136% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
16.3
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
20% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences9.9
Anti-social behaviour9.0
Shoplifting6.3
Theft from the person4.8
Other theft4.7
Public order2.7
Drugs2.6

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Emily ThornberryWONLab22,94653.7
Carne RossGrn7,49117.5
Terry StacyLD4,0459.5
Imogen SinclairCon3,5848.4
Max NelsonRef3,3887.9
Andrew ParryInd5691.3
Lesley WoodburnInd3540.8
Ethan SaundersInd2150.5
Jake PainterInd1620.4

Turnout 42,754

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Emily ThornberryLab56.3
2017Emily ThornberryLab62.8
2015Emily ThornberryLab50.9
2010Thornberry, EmilyLab42.3
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission