Electoral history of Jeremy Corbyn

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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.

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Council elections

1974 Haringey Borough Council election

Haringey Borough Council Election 1974: South Hornsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,190
Labour D.H. Billingsley1,169
Labour F. Neuner1,041
Conservative B.C. Greaves879
Conservative P.R. Haselwood838
Conservative C. Kavallares824
Liberal D.A. Arnold198
Communist J.A. Luckett116

1978 Haringey Borough Council election

Haringey Borough Council Election 1978: Harringay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles L. Silverstone1,776
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,729
Labour Ronald H. Blanchard1,651
Conservative Timothy W.A. Easton1,064
Conservative Gerald J.Y. Murphy1,056
Conservative Christakis Kavallares1,048
Communist Francis W. Carr231
National Front Leslie Butler112
National Front John H. Green86
National Front Barbara A. Green78

1982 Haringey Borough Council election

Haringey Borough Council Election 1982: Harringay [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 1,839
Labour Ronald H. Blanchard1,731
Labour Christakis Zissimos1,724
Conservative Christakis Kavallares673
Conservative Sally M. Lumb664
Conservative Edward C. Webb659
Alliance Robert J.F. Burns498
Alliance Nigel R. Gilbert453
Alliance Paul D. Moynagh420
Communist Francis W. Carr190

Parliamentary elections

1983 general election, Islington North

General election 1983: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 14,95140.4−12.2
Conservative David A. Coleman9,34425.3−8.3
SDP John Grant 8,26822.4+13.5
Independent Labour Michael O'Halloran 4,09111.1N/A
BNP L. A. D. Bearsford-Walker1760.5N/A
Independent Roy A. J. Lincoln1340.4N/A
Majority 5,60724.7
Turnout 36,96466.5
Labour hold Swing

1987 general election, Islington North

General election 1987: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 19,57750.0+9.6
Conservative Ernest George Noad9,92025.30.0
SDP Alan Whelan8,56021.8−0.6
Green Christopher Michael Ashby1,1312.9N/A
Majority 9,65724.7
Turnout 38,48866.5
Labour hold Swing

1992 general election, Islington North

General election 1992: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 21,74257.4+7.4
Conservative Lurline Champagnie 8,95823.7−1.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ludford 5,73215.1−6.7
Green Christopher Michael Ashby1,4203.8+0.9
Majority 12,78433.7
Turnout 37,85266.6
Labour hold Swing

1997 general election, Islington North

General election 1997: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 24,83469.3+11.9
Liberal Democrats James Kempton4,87913.6−1.5
Conservative Simon Fawthrop4,63112.9−10.8
Green Christopher Michael Ashby1,5164.2+0.4
Majority 19,95555.6
Turnout 35,86062.5
Labour hold Swing

2001 general election, Islington North

General election 2001: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 18,69961.9−7.4
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby5,74119.0+5.4
Conservative Neil Rands3,24910.8−2.2
Green Christopher Michael Ashby1,8766.2+2.0
Socialist Labour Stephen Cook5121.7N/A
Reform 2000 PartyEmine Hassan1390.5N/A
Majority 12,95842.9
Turnout 30,21648.8−13.7
Labour hold Swing

2005 general election, Islington North

General election 2005: Islington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 16,11851.2−10.7
Liberal Democrats Laura Willoughby9,40229.9+10.9
Conservative Nicola Talbot3,74011.9+1.1
Green Jon Nott2,2347.1+0.9
Majority 6,71621.3
Turnout 31,49453.9+5.1
Labour hold Swing −10.8

2010 general election, Islington North

General election 2010: Islington North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 24,27654.5+3.3
Liberal Democrats Rhodri Jamieson-Ball11,87526.7−3.2
Conservative Adrian Berrill-Cox6,33914.2+2.4
Green Emma Dixon1,3483.0−4.1
UKIP Dominic Lennon7161.6N/A
Majority 12,40127.8
Turnout 44,55465.4+11.5
Labour hold Swing +3.3

2015 general election, Islington North

General election 2015: Islington North [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 29,65960.2+5.8
Conservative Dr Alex Burghart 8,46517.2+3.0
Green Caroline Russell5,04310.2+7.2
Liberal Democrats Julian Gregory3,9848.1−18.6
UKIP Greg Clough1,9714.0+2.4
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin1120.2+0.2
Majority 21,19443.0+15.2
Turnout 49,23467.1+1.7
Labour hold Swing +1.4

2017 general election, Islington North

General election 2017: Islington North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 40,08673.0+12.7
Conservative James Clark6,87112.5−4.7
Liberal Democrats Keith Angus4,9469.0+0.9
Green Caroline Russell 2,2294.1−6.2
UKIP Keith Fraser4130.8−3.3
No label Michael Foster 2080.4N/A
Monster Raving Loony Knigel Knapp1060.2N/A
Independent Susanne Cameron-Blackie410.1N/A
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin210.0−0.2
Communist League Andres Mendoza70.0N/A
Majority 33,21560.5+17.5
Turnout 54,51573.3+6.2
Labour hold Swing +11.7

2019 general election, Islington North

General election 2019: Islington North [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 34,603 64.3 −8.7
Liberal Democrats Nick Wakeling8,41515.6+6.6
Conservative James Clark5,48310.2−2.3
Green Caroline Russell 4,3268.0+3.9
Brexit Party Yosef David7421.4N/A
Monster Raving Loony Nick The Incredible Flying Brick2360.4+0.2
Majority 26,18848.7−11.8
Turnout 53,80571.6−1.8
Registered electors 75,162
Labour hold Swing

2024 general election, Islington North

General election 2024: Islington North [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jeremy Corbyn 24,120 49.2 N/A
Labour Praful Nargund16,87334.4−29.9
Green Sheridan Kates2,6605.4−2.6
Conservative Karen Harries1,9504.0−6.2
Reform UK Martyn Nelson1,7103.5+2.1
Liberal Democrats Vikas Aggarwal1,6613.4−12.2
Independent Paul Josling320.1+0.1
Majority 7,24714.8
Turnout 49,00667.5−4.1
Registered electors 72,582
Independent gain from Labour Swing

2015 Labour Party leadership election

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

CandidateParty membersRegistered supportersAffiliated supportersTotal
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Jeremy Corbyn 121,75149.59%88,44983.76%41,21757.61%251,417
59.5%
Andy Burnham 55,69822.69%6,1605.83%18,60426.00%80,462
19.0%
Yvette Cooper 54,47022.18%8,4157.97%9,04312.64%71,928
17.0%
Liz Kendall 13,6015.54%2,5742.44%2,6823.75%18,857
4.5%

2016 Labour Party leadership election

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

CandidateParty membersRegistered supportersAffiliated supportersTotal [15]
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Jeremy Corbyn 168,21659.0%84,91869.9%60,07560.2%313,209
61.8%
Owen Smith 116,96041.0%36,59930.1%39,67039.8%193,229
38.2%

2017 United Kingdom general election

e  •  d  Results of the June 2017 House of Commons of the United Kingdom results
UK House of Commons 2017-06-26.svg
Political partyLeaderMPsVotes
Candidates [16] TotalGainedLostNetOf total (%)TotalOf total (%)Change (%)
Conservative [17] Theresa May 6383172033−1348.813,636,68442.3+5.5
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631262366+3040.312,877,91840.0+9.6
Liberal Democrats Tim Farron 6291284+41.82,371,8617.4−0.5
SNP Nicola Sturgeon 5935021−215.4977,5683.0−1.7
UKIP Paul Nuttall 378001−10594,0681.8−10.8
Green Party of England and Wales Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley 457 1 0000.2512,3271.6−2.0
DUP Arlene Foster 171020+21.5292,3160.9+0.3
Sinn Féin Gerry Adams 18730+31.1238,9150.7+0.1
Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood 40410+10.6164,4660.5−0.1
Independent 18710000.2151,4710.5+0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 18003−3095,4190.30.0
UUP Robin Swann 14002−2083,2800.3−0.1
Alliance Naomi Long 180000064,5530.20.0
Speaker John Bercow 1 1 0000.234,2990.10.0
Yorkshire Stewart Arnold210000020,9580.1+0.1
NHA Alex Ashman50000016,1190.1−0.1
Green Party Northern Ireland Steven Agnew 7000007,4520.00.0
Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie and Maggie Chapman 3000005,8860.0−0.1
CPA Sidney Cordle31000005,8690.00.0
People Before Profit Eamonn McCann2000005,5090.00.0
Ashfield Independents 1000004,6120.00.0
BNP Adam Walker 10000004,5800.00.0
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope12000003,8900.00.0
Liberal Steve Radford4000003,6720.00.0
Women's Equality Sophie Walker7000003,5800.00.0
TUV Jim Allister 1000003,2820.0−0.1
North East Party Mary Cartwright1000002,3550.00.0
Pirate David A Elston10000002,3210.00.0
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook7000001,9130.00.0
Christian Jeff Green2000001,7200.00.0
Independent Save Withybush Save Lives1000001,2090.00.0
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 3000001,1540.00.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson4000009550.00.0
JAC 2000008420.00.0
Southampton Independents1000008160.00.0
Workers Revolutionary Sheila Torrance5000007710.00.0
Workers' Party 2000007080.00.0
Something New 2000005520.00.0
Demos Direct Initiative Party1000005510.00.0
Libertarian Adam Brown4000005240.00.0
SDP Peter Johnson6000004690.00.0
Peace John Morris2000004680.00.0
Friends Party3000004350.00.0
Better for Bradford 1000004200.00.0
All other parties38000005,4470.00.0
Total3,30465032,204,184

2019 United Kingdom general election

e  •  d   UK House of Commons 2019.svg
Results of the December 2019 general election to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom [18] [19]
Political partyLeaderCandidatesMPs [20] Votes
TotalGainedLostNetOf total
(%)		TotalOf total
(%)		Change
(%)
Conservative Boris Johnson 6353655810Increase2.svg4856.213,966,45443.63+1.2
Labour Jeremy Corbyn 631202 1 61Decrease2.svg6031.110,269,05132.08−7.9
Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson 6111134Decrease2.svg11.73,696,41911.55+4.2
Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon 594814 1 Increase2.svg137.41,242,3803.88+0.8
Green Party of England and Wales Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley 472 1 0000.2835,5972.61+1.1
Brexit Party Nigel Farage 275644,2572.01
DUP Arlene Foster 17802Decrease2.svg21.2244,1280.76−0.1
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 157 1 1 01.1181,8530.57−0.2
Plaid Cymru Adam Price 3640000.6153,2650.480.0
Alliance Naomi Long 18 1 1 0Increase2.svg10.2134,1150.42+0.2
SDLP Colum Eastwood 15220Increase2.svg20.3118,7370.37+0.1
UUP Steve Aiken 1693,1230.290.0
Yorkshire Christopher Whitwood2829,2010.090.0
Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater 2228,1220.09
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle 1 1 1 1 00.226,8310.080.0
UKIP Patricia Mountain (interim)4422,8170.07−1.8
Ashfield Ind. Jason Zadrozny 1 13,4980.040.0
Liberal Steve Radford1910,8760.030.0
The Independent Group for Change Anna Soubry 310,0060.03
Aontú Peadar Tóibín 79,8140.03
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 249,7390.030.0
People Before Profit Collective27,5260.02
Birkenhead Social Justice Frank Field 1 7,2850.02
CPA Sidney Cordle296,4860.020.0
Heavy Woollen Independents Aleksandar Lukic 1 6,4320.02
SDP William Clouston203,2950.010.0
Animal Welfare Vanessa Hudson63,0860.010.0
North East Mark Burdon22,6370.01
Lincolnshire Independent Marianne Overton 1 1,9990.01
Green Party Northern Ireland Clare Bailey 31,9960.01
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 51,9870.010.0
Libertarian Adam Brown61,7800.010.0
Mebyon Kernow Dick Cole 1 1,6600.010.0
Proud of Oldham and SaddleworthPaul Errock21,6060.01
Independent NetworkIan Stephens 1 1,5420.0
Gwlad Gwyn Wigley Evans31,5150.00
Cynon Valley Andrew Chainey 1 1,3220.00
VPP Robin Horsfall21,2190.00
Burnley and Padiham PartyMark Payne 1 1,1620.00
Shropshire PartyRobert Jones 1 1,1410.00
Putting Cumbria First Jonathan Davies 1 1,0700.00
Peace John Morris29600.00
Wycombe IndependentsMatt Knight 1 9260.00
JAC Donald Jerrard37280.00
Christian Jeff Green27050.000.0
Renew Julie Girling 45450.000.0
Workers Revolutionary Joshua Ogunleye55240.000.0
BNP Adam Walker 1 5100.000.0
Parties with fewer than 500 votes each405,6970.02
Independent (non-party) candidates224 1 Decrease2.svg1206,4860.64
Blank and invalid votes117,919——
Total3320650010032,014,110 [21] 1000.0
Registered voters, and turnout47,587,25467.52−1.3

References

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  17. ↑ BBC News includes the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, in the MP tally and the vote tally for the Conservatives. In this table, however, the speaker (who usually does not vote in the Commons) is listed separately, and has been removed from the Conservative tally.
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  21. ↑ All valid votes excluding spoiled votes. The official 32,014,110 valid votes is per the HoC Research Briefing
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