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

1974 Haringey Borough Council election

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

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

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

1983 general election, Islington North

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

1987 general election, Islington North

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

1992 general election, Islington North

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

1997 general election, Islington North

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

2001 general election, Islington North

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

2005 general election, Islington North

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

2010 general election, Islington North

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

2015 general election, Islington North

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

2017 general election, Islington North

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	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Knigel Knapp	106	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Susanne Cameron-Blackie	41	0.1	N/A
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	21	0.0	-0.2
	Communist League	Andres Mendoza	7	0.0	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikas Aggarwal [13]
	Independent [lower-alpha 1]	Jeremy Corbyn [16]
	Green	Sheridan Kates [17]
	Labour	Praful Nargund [18]
	Reform UK	Martyn Nelson [19]
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Labour Party leadership election, 2015

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

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%

Labour Party leadership election, 2016

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. ^[20]

First preference votes, result announced 24 September 2016

Candidate		Party members		Registered supporters		Affiliated supporters		Total [21]
		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

e  •  d  Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results

Political party		Leader	MPs						Votes
			Candidates [22]	Total	Gained	Lost	Net	Of total (%)	Total	Of total (%)	Change (%)
	Conservative [23]	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	525,665	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
	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
	Justice & Anti-Corruption		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

e  •  d  Results of the December 2019 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ^{[24] [25]}

Political party		Leader	Candidates	MPs [26]					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
	Veterans and People's	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
	Justice & Anti-Corruption	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 [27]	100	0.0
Registered voters, and turnout									47,587,254	67.52	−1.3

Notes

1. Corbyn is contesting the election as an Independent, but has received endorsement by the Workers Party of Britain and Transform Party. ^{[14] [15]}

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