Who is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

Catherine West (Labour) is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet. They were first elected in May 2015.

Who won Hornsey and Friern Barnet at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Hornsey and Friern Barnet was won by Labour with 58.7% of the vote, ahead of Green on 14.5%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

PollCheck's current projection has Labour on 41.4% and Green on 19.6% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Hornsey and Friern Barnet in?

Hornsey and Friern Barnet crosses multiple council boundaries: Haringey (82%), Barnet (18%). Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units.

What is the demographic profile of Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

Hornsey and Friern Barnet is in London. The seat is Remain-voting (Leave vote estimated at 30.2% in 2016). Around 60.3% of residents have a degree, a median age of 38, and 49.5% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Hornsey and Friern Barnet, Labour won with 58.7% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Hornsey and Friern Barnet in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Hornsey and Friern Barnet: 2010 Liberal Democrats, 2015 Labour, 2017 Labour, 2019 Labour, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

Hornsey and Friern Barnet

London · Borough constituency

Sitting MP

Catherine West

Labour

First elected May 2015

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

London

Borough constituency

Last 5 GE winners

LDLLLL

Labour 4/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5

EU referendum 2016

30.2% Leave

UK average 51.9%; -21.7pp below mean

Current outlook

Labour +21.8pp

vs Green 19.6%

LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

Who lives in Hornsey and Friern Barnet? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016

30.2%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

60.3%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

11.4%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

49.5%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

49.1%

UK average ~36%

Median age

38.5

UK median ~40

Age 65+

15.1%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

32.4%

UK average ~28%

How did Hornsey and Friern Barnet vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 21,475 votes (44.2pp) · turnout 69.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Hornsey and Friern Barnet within Haringey and Barnet

Hornsey and Friern Barnet crosses multiple council boundaries: Haringey (82%), Barnet (18%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat	Projection
Haringey 50 LSOAs	82%	View projection ›
Barnet 11 LSOAs	18%	View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Hornsey and Friern Barnet at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Hornsey and Friern Barnet at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	LD hold	Lynne Featherstone Hornsey and Wood Green MP	34.0%	16.7%	46.5%	-	2.3%	0.5%	6,875	69.9%
2015predecessor	Lab gain from LD	Catherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP	50.9%	9.3%	31.8%	2.2% UKIP	5.4%	0.4%	11,058	72.9%
2017predecessor	Lab hold	Catherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP	65.4%	14.8%	16.1%	0.7% UKIP	1.9%	1.1%	30,738	77.9%
2019notional	Labour winner	Catherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP, pre-review boundary	57.3%	11.8%	25.6%	-	3.8%	1.5%	16,607	74.4%
2024	Lab hold	Catherine West	58.7%	8.2%	12.5%	4.1% Ref	14.5%	1.9%	21,475	69.6%

Hornsey and Friern Barnet was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Hornsey and Wood Green (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hornsey and Friern Barnet. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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