Hornsey and Friern Barnet: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Hornsey and Friern Barnet is represented in the House of Commons by Catherine West (Labour). Catherine West took the seat for Labour in July 2024 with 28,535 votes (58.7%), ahead of Fabio Vollono (Green Party) on 7,060. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 69.6% (48,642 of 69,885); the winning margin was 21,475 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
Two figures set Hornsey and Friern Barnet apart: the 12th highest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (54.5%), and the 18th highest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£642,500).
Homes in Hornsey and Friern Barnet sold for a median £642,500 in the year to March 2026, from HM Land Registry records compiled by the ONS. That is up 20% on £535,000 ten years before. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 18th highest of 575 constituencies. The figure rests on 962 recorded sales.
Full-time employees living in Hornsey and Friern Barnet had median pay of £49,414 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £42,767. A year before, the residents' median was £47,683. The residents' figure ranks 32nd highest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Census 2021: 43,556 households, 7,406.1 people per square kilometre, 54.5% of workers based at home, 12.7% of adults retired.
5,910 business sites were registered in Hornsey and Friern Barnet in March 2026 (5,745 a year before), and employed 24,000 people in 2024.
3,399 children in Hornsey and Friern Barnet were in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, the Department for Work and Pensions estimates: 19.0% of under-16s, where the UK share is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 8.5% in 2024/25, from 8.1% in 2021/22.
Hornsey and Friern Barnet had an estimated population of 101,598 in mid-2024, against 106,482 in 2014 (ONS). The estimate peaked at 108,002 in 2016. There were more children under 16 (17,919) than residents aged 65 and over (13,675).
75.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±7.3 points). The economically inactive share was 20.5%.
3,345 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64. That is down from 3,445 twelve months before.
MP
Catherine West, Labour
- MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Catherine West on this site
In Parliament
What Catherine West said most recently in Parliament, word for word from Hansard (from 8 September 2026 to 14 October 2026). Hansard search returns 309 spoken contributions by Catherine West since 4 July 2024.
I will not, because I have only 40 seconds and I know that other Members want to speak. We will get on with delivering the difficult decisions and the change that our communities are longing to see.
As the hon. Lady knows, a commitment has been made not to tax those who only receive the state pension. Those who earn a lot, whether through pensions, inheritance or other things, will be taxed proportionately, which sounds like a pretty fair principle to me.
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On 27 March 2026, the Minister for Skills wrote to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Ruth Cadbury) confirming that the Department for Education would release an equality impact assessment on student loan lifetime repayments and other borrower impacts for the …
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We have had an excellent debate. It is always a good debate when we want to say more but cannot fit it in. I thank everybody, across all the parties, for contributing to it. The problem of tackling antisemitism will take the whole of our polity.
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On that point, may I commend the police in Barnet in the run-up to the local elections, which is always a tense time? I want to put on record how outstanding the communication, reassurance and work with our local leaders—both Conservative and Labour—on Barnet council was.
Read from the Hansard API on 27 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine West | Labour | 28,535 | 58.7% | +1.4 |
| Fabio Vollono | Green Party | 7,060 | 14.5% | +10.7 |
| Dawn Barnes | Liberal Democrat | 6,099 | 12.5% | −13.1 |
| Naz Panju | Conservative | 4,011 | 8.2% | −3.6 |
| Navdeep Singh | Reform UK | 1,989 | 4.1% | +3.1 |
| Dino Philippos | Workers Party of Britain | 766 | 1.6% | |
| Helen Spiby-Vann | Christian Peoples Alliance | 182 | 0.4% | 0.0 |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 58.7% | Green Party 14.5% | 21,475 | 69.6% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 57.3% | Liberal Democrat 25.6% | 16,607 | 74.5% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Hornsey and Friern Barnet covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Every body that makes decisions for Hornsey and Friern Barnet, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Greater London Authority Greater London Authority
- Metropolitan Police Service police force
- NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board NHS
- Whittington Health NHS Trust NHS
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust NHS
- London in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hornsey and Friern Barnet this page: Catherine West (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
UK Parliament lists Catherine West, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Friern Barnet since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
Catherine West (Labour) won with 28,535 votes, a majority of 21,475, on a turnout of 69.6% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
4.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 3,345 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average house price in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
The median price paid was £642,500 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry sales).
What is the average salary in Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
Median full-time pay of residents was £49,414 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Hornsey and Friern Barnet live in low income families?
DWP counts 3,399 (19.0% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
What is the population of Hornsey and Friern Barnet?
The ONS estimate for mid-2024 is 101,598 residents.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.