Boundaries
The seat covers the northern half of the London Borough of Islington, which includes the areas of Holloway, Highbury, Tufnell Park and Archway.
The constituency now comprises eight wards:
Finsbury Park, Highbury East, Highbury West, Hillrise, Junction, Mildmay, St. George's and Tollington.
These boundaries have been considerably changed since 1970, when Islington returned three MPs and shared another with Hackney. This reflects the depopulation of central London as people move to the suburbs and the local authority sought to obtain lower housing densities. The core of the constituency was the area north of Seven Sisters Road and Camden Road.
Read more about this topic: Islington North (UK Parliament Constituency)
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