Electoral history of Jeremy Corbyn

This is a summary of the electoral history of Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2020 and Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.

Council elections

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1974 Haringey Borough Council election

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Haringey Borough Council Election 1974: South Hornsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,190
Labour D.H. Billingsley 1,169
Labour F. Neuner 1,041
Conservative B.C. Greaves 879
Conservative P.R. Haselwood 838
Conservative C. Kavallares 824
Liberal D.A. Arnold 198
Communist J.A. Luckett 116

1978 Haringey Borough Council election

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Haringey Borough Council Election 1978: Harringay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles L. Silverstone 1,776
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,729
Labour Ronald H. Blanchard 1,651
Conservative Timothy W.A. Easton 1,064
Conservative Gerald J.Y. Murphy 1,056
Conservative Christakis Kavallares 1,048
Communist Francis W. Carr 231
National Front Leslie Butler 112
National Front John H. Green 86
National Front Barbara A. Green 78

1982 Haringey Borough Council election

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Haringey Borough Council Election 1982: Harringay[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,839
Labour Ronald H. Blanchard 1,731
Labour Christakis Zissimos 1,724
Conservative Christakis Kavallares 673
Conservative Sally M. Lumb 664
Conservative Edward C. Webb 659
Alliance Robert J.F. Burns 498
Alliance Nigel R. Gilbert 453
Alliance Paul D. Moynagh 420
Communist Francis W. Carr 190

Parliamentary elections

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General election 1983: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 14,951 40.4 −12.2
Conservative David A. Coleman 9,344 25.3 −8.3
SDP John Grant 8,268 22.4 +13.5
Independent Labour Michael O'Halloran 4,091 11.1 N/A
BNP L. A. D. Bearsford-Walker 176 0.5 N/A
Independent Roy A. J. Lincoln 134 0.4 N/A
Majority 5,607 24.7
Turnout 36,964 66.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 19,577 50.0 +9.6
Conservative Ernest George Noad 9,920 25.3 0.0
SDP Alan Whelan 8,560 21.8 −0.6
Green Christopher Michael Ashby 1,131 2.9 N/A
Majority 9,657 24.7
Turnout 38,488 66.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 21,742 57.4 +7.4
Conservative Lurline Champagnie 8,958 23.7 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford 5,732 15.1 −6.7
Green Christopher Michael Ashby 1,420 3.8 +0.9
Majority 12,784 33.7
Turnout 37,852 66.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 24,834 69.3 +11.9
Liberal Democrats James Kempton 4,879 13.6 −1.5
Conservative Simon Fawthrop 4,631 12.9 −10.8
Green Christopher Michael Ashby 1,516 4.2 +0.4
Majority 19,955 55.6
Turnout 35,860 62.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 2001: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 18,699 61.9 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby 5,741 19.0 +5.4
Conservative Neil Rands 3,249 10.8 −2.2
Green Christopher Michael Ashby 1,876 6.2 +2.0
Socialist Labour Stephen Cook 512 1.7 N/A
Reform 2000 Party Emine Hassan 139 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,958 42.9
Turnout 30,216 48.8 −13.7
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Islington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 16,118 51.2 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby 9,402 29.9 +10.9
Conservative Nicola Talbot 3,740 11.9 +1.1
Green Jon Nott 2,234 7.1 +0.9
Majority 6,716 21.3
Turnout 31,494 53.9 +5.1
Labour hold Swing −10.8
General election 2010: Islington North[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 24,276 54.5 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball 11,875 26.7 −3.2
Conservative Adrian Berrill-Cox 6,339 14.2 +2.4
Green Emma Dixon 1,348 3.0 −4.1
UKIP Dominic Lennon 716 1.6 N/A
Majority 12,401 27.8
Turnout 44,554 65.4 +11.5
Labour hold Swing +3.3
General election 2015: Islington North[5][6][7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 29,659 60.2 +5.8
Conservative Dr Alex Burghart 8,465 17.2 +3.0
Green Caroline Russell 5,043 10.2 +7.2
Liberal Democrats Julian Gregory 3,984 8.1 −18.6
UKIP Greg Clough 1,971 4.0 +2.4
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 112 0.2 +0.2
Majority 21,194 43.0 +15.2
Turnout 49,234 67.1 +1.7
Labour hold Swing +1.4
General election 2017: Islington North[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 40,086 73.0 +12.7
Conservative James Clark 6,871 12.5 −4.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Angus 4,946 9.0 +0.9
Green Caroline Russell 2,229 4.1 −6.2
UKIP Keith Fraser 413 0.8 −3.3
No label Michael Foster 208 0.4 '"`UNIQ−−templatestyles−0000002E−QINU`"'N/A
Monster Raving Loony Knigel Knapp 106 0.2 '"`UNIQ−−templatestyles−0000002F−QINU`"'N/A
Independent Susanne Cameron-Blackie 41 0.1 '"`UNIQ−−templatestyles−00000030−QINU`"'N/A
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 21 0.0 −0.2
Communist League Andres Mendoza 7 0.0 '"`UNIQ−−templatestyles−00000031−QINU`"'N/A
Majority 33,215 60.5 +17.5
Turnout 54,515 73.3 +6.2
Labour hold Swing +11.7

2019 general election, Islington North

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General election 2019: Islington North[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 34,603 64.3 −8.7
Liberal Democrats Nick Wakeling 8,415 15.6 +6.6
Conservative James Clark 5,483 10.2 −2.3
Green Caroline Russell 4,326 8.0 +3.9
Brexit Party Yosef David 742 1.4 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Nick The Incredible Flying Brick 236 0.4 +0.2
Majority 26,188 48.7 −11.8
Turnout 53,805 71.6 −1.8
Registered electors 75,162
Labour hold Swing

2024 general election, Islington North

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General election 2024: Islington North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jeremy Corbyn 24,120 49.2 N/A
Labour Praful Nargund 16,873 34.4 –29.9
Green Sheridan Kates 2,660 5.4 –2.6
Conservative Karen Harries 1,950 4.0 –6.2
Reform UK Martyn Nelson 1,710 3.5 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Vikas Aggarwal 1,661 3.4 –12.2
Independent Paul Josling 32 0.1 +0.1
Majority 7,247 14.8 N/A
Turnout 49,006 67.5 −4.1
Registered electors 72,582
Independent gain from Labour

Following the resignation of Ed Miliband as Labour Party leader on 8 May 2015, Jeremy Corbyn announced his candidacy for the position on 3 June 2015. The new leader would be decided by a ballot of party members, supporters and affiliates, where the candidate securing over 50% would be elected.

First preference votes, result announced 12 September 2015

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Candidate Party members Registered supporters Affiliated supporters Total
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Jeremy Corbyn 121,751 49.59% 88,449 83.76% 41,217 57.61% 251,417
59.5%
Andy Burnham 55,698 22.69% 6,160 5.83% 18,604 26.00% 80,462
19.0%
Yvette Cooper 54,470 22.18% 8,415 7.97% 9,043 12.64% 71,928
17.0%
Liz Kendall 13,601 5.54% 2,574 2.44% 2,682 3.75% 18,857
4.5%

The British Labour Party leadership election of 2016 was called when a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party arose following criticism of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign in the referendum on membership of the European Union and questions about his leadership of the party.[14]

First preference votes, result announced 24 September 2016

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Candidate Party members Registered supporters Affiliated supporters Total[15]
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Jeremy Corbyn 168,216 59.0% 84,918 69.9% 60,075 60.2% 313,209
61.8%
Owen Smith 116,960 41.0% 36,599 30.1% 39,670 39.8% 193,229
38.2%

2017 United Kingdom general election

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e • d Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
 
Political party Leader MPs Votes
Candidates[16] Total Gained Lost Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%)
Conservative[17] Theresa May 638 317 20 33 −13 48.8 13,636,684 42.3 +5.5
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631 262 36 6 +30 40.3 12,877,918 40.0 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 629 12 8 4 +4 1.8 2,371,861 7.4 −0.5
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 59 35 0 21 −21 5.4 977,568 3.0 −1.7
UKIP Paul Nuttall 378 0 0 1 −1 0 594,068 1.8 −10.8
Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley 457 1 0 0 0 0.2 512,327 1.6 −2.0
DUP Arlene Foster 17 10 2 0 +2 1.5 292,316 0.9 +0.3
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18 7 3 0 +3 1.1 238,915 0.7 +0.1
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 40 4 1 0 +1 0.6 164,466 0.5 −0.1
Independent 187 1 0 0 0 0.2 151,471 0.5 +0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 18 0 0 3 −3 0 95,419 0.3 0.0
UUP Robin Swann 14 0 0 2 −2 0 83,280 0.3 −0.1
Alliance Naomi Long 18 0 0 0 0 0 64,553 0.2 0.0
Speaker John Bercow 1 1 0 0 0 0.2 34,299 0.1 0.0
Yorkshire Stewart Arnold 21 0 0 0 0 0 20,958 0.1 +0.1
NHA Alex Ashman 5 0 0 0 0 0 16,119 0.1 −0.1
Green Party Northern Ireland Steven Agnew 7 0 0 0 0 0 7,452 0.0 0.0
Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman 3 0 0 0 0 0 5,886 0.0 −0.1
CPA Sidney Cordle 31 0 0 0 0 0 5,869 0.0 0.0
People Before Profit Eamonn McCann 2 0 0 0 0 0 5,509 0.0 0.0
Ashfield Independents 1 0 0 0 0 0 4,612 0.0 0.0
BNP Adam Walker 10 0 0 0 0 0 4,580 0.0 0.0
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 12 0 0 0 0 0 3,890 0.0 0.0
Liberal Steve Radford 4 0 0 0 0 0 3,672 0.0 0.0
Women's Equality Sophie Walker 7 0 0 0 0 0 3,580 0.0 0.0
TUV Jim Allister 1 0 0 0 0 0 3,282 0.0 −0.1
North East Party Mary Cartwright 1 0 0 0 0 0 2,355 0.0 0.0
Pirate David A Elston 10 0 0 0 0 0 2,321 0.0 0.0
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 7 0 0 0 0 0 1,913 0.0 0.0
Christian Jeff Green 2 0 0 0 0 0 1,720 0.0 0.0
Independent Save Withybush Save Lives 1 0 0 0 0 0 1,209 0.0 0.0
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 3 0 0 0 0 0 1,154 0.0 0.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 4 0 0 0 0 0 955 0.0 0.0
JAC 2 0 0 0 0 0 842 0.0 0.0
Southampton Independents 1 0 0 0 0 0 816 0.0 0.0
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance 5 0 0 0 0 0 771 0.0 0.0
Workers' Party 2 0 0 0 0 0 708 0.0 0.0
Something New 2 0 0 0 0 0 552 0.0 0.0
Demos Direct Initiative Party 1 0 0 0 0 0 551 0.0 0.0
Libertarian Adam Brown 4 0 0 0 0 0 524 0.0 0.0
SDP Peter Johnson 6 0 0 0 0 0 469 0.0 0.0
Peace John Morris 2 0 0 0 0 0 468 0.0 0.0
Friends Party 3 0 0 0 0 0 435 0.0 0.0
Better for Bradford 1 0 0 0 0 0 420 0.0 0.0
All other parties 38 0 0 0 0 0 5,447 0.0 0.0
Total 3,304 650 32,204,184

2019 United Kingdom general election

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e • d  
Results of the December 2019 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom[18][19]
Political party Leader Candidates MPs[20] Votes
Total Gained Lost Net Of total
(%)
Total Of total
(%)
Change
(%)
Conservative Boris Johnson 635 365 58 10  48 56.2 13,966,454 43.63 +1.2
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631 202 1 61  60 31.1 10,269,051 32.08 −7.9
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 611 11 3 4  1 1.7 3,696,419 11.55 +4.2
Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 59 48 14 1  13 7.4 1,242,380 3.88 +0.8
Green Party of England and Wales Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley 472 1 0 0 0 0.2 835,597 2.61 +1.1
Brexit Party Nigel Farage 275 644,257 2.01
DUP Arlene Foster 17 8 0 2  2 1.2 244,128 0.76 −0.1
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 15 7 1 1 0 1.1 181,853 0.57 −0.2
Plaid Cymru Adam Price 36 4 0 0 0 0.6 153,265 0.48 0.0
Alliance Naomi Long 18 1 1 0  1 0.2 134,115 0.42 +0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 15 2 2 0  2 0.3 118,737 0.37 +0.1
UUP Steve Aiken 16 93,123 0.29 0.0
Yorkshire Christopher Whitwood 28 29,201 0.09 0.0
Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater 22 28,122 0.09
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 1 1 1 0 0.2 26,831 0.08 0.0
UKIP Patricia Mountain (interim) 44 22,817 0.07 −1.8
Ashfield Ind. Jason Zadrozny 1 13,498 0.04 0.0
Liberal Steve Radford 19 10,876 0.03 0.0
The Independent Group for Change Anna Soubry 3 10,006 0.03
Aontú Peadar Tóibín 7 9,814 0.03
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 24 9,739 0.03 0.0
People Before Profit Collective 2 7,526 0.02
Birkenhead Social Justice Frank Field 1 7,285 0.02
CPA Sidney Cordle 29 6,486 0.02 0.0
Heavy Woollen Independents Aleksandar Lukic 1 6,432 0.02
SDP William Clouston 20 3,295 0.01 0.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson 6 3,086 0.01 0.0
North East Mark Burdon 2 2,637 0.01
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton 1 1,999 0.01
Green Party Northern Ireland Clare Bailey 3 1,996 0.01
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 5 1,987 0.01 0.0
Libertarian Adam Brown 6 1,780 0.01 0.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 1 1,660 0.01 0.0
Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth Paul Errock 2 1,606 0.01
Independent Network Ian Stephens 1 1,542 0.0
Gwlad Gwyn Wigley Evans 3 1,515 0.00
Cynon Valley Andrew Chainey 1 1,322 0.00
VPP Robin Horsfall 2 1,219 0.00
Burnley and Padiham Party Mark Payne 1 1,162 0.00
Shropshire Party Robert Jones 1 1,141 0.00
Putting Cumbria First Jonathan Davies 1 1,070 0.00
Peace John Morris 2 960 0.00
Wycombe Independents Matt Knight 1 926 0.00
JAC Donald Jerrard 3 728 0.00
Christian Jeff Green 2 705 0.00 0.0
Renew Julie Girling 4 545 0.00 0.0
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye 5 524 0.00 0.0
BNP Adam Walker 1 510 0.00 0.0
Parties with fewer than 500 votes each 40 5,697 0.02
Independent (non-party) candidates 224 1  1 206,486 0.64
Blank and invalid votes 117,919
Total 3320 650 0 100 32,014,110[21] 100 0.0
Registered voters, and turnout 47,587,254 67.52 −1.3


References

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  21. ^ All valid votes excluding spoiled votes. The official 32,014,110 valid votes is per the HoC Research Briefing