UK Explained

Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Represented in Parliament by Catherine West (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Catherine West, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Hornsey and Friern Barnet compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 21 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £978£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 521 areas and lower than 127.

UK 3.9%This area 4.8%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Hornsey and Friern Barnet£9784.8%
Finchley and Golders Green£9885.0%
Hammersmith and Chiswick£9624.9%
Putney£9994.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives in Hornsey and Friern Barnet

From the 2021 Census, next to the figure for England and Wales as a whole. Census day was 21 March 2021, so some things will have changed.

About the areaThis areaEngland and WalesCompared
Number of people103,10459,597,740 in total
Aged under 1618%18%about the same
Aged 65 and over12%19%6 points lower
Adults with a degree or higher60%34%26 points higher
Households that own their home50%62%12 points lower
Households renting from a council or housing association16%17%2 points lower
Households renting privately34%20%14 points higher

Source: ONS, Census 2021 (England and Wales), via the UK Data Service statistics portal. Fetched 2026-10-04. These describe who lives here. They do not explain how anyone votes.

WINNER, 2024
Catherine West

Labour

MAJORITY
21,475

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
70%

of people who could vote did

Catherine West won with 59% of the votes, and Fabio Vollono (Green Party) came second with 15%.

Votes for each party

Labour59% · 28,535
Green Party15% · 7,060
Liberal Democrat13% · 6,099
Conservative8% · 4,011
Reform UK4% · 1,989
Workers Party of Britain2% · 766
Everyone else0% · 182
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Catherine WestLabour28,53558.7%
Fabio VollonoGreen Party7,06014.5%
Dawn BarnesLiberal Democrat6,09912.5%
Naz PanjuConservative4,0118.2%
Navdeep SinghReform UK1,9894.1%
Dino PhilipposWorkers Party of Britain7661.6%
Helen Spiby-VannChristian Peoples Alliance1820.4%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£978 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.8%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026