About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jeremy Corbyn) represents you, and all of the people who live in Islington North, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Independent MP for Islington North

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Party was Labour until 28 Oct 2020

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
• @jeremycorbyn
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jeremy Corbyn campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Defence
• Home Department
• Transport
• Health
• Iraq
• Western Sahara
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• Nuclear Weapons
• Trident

Other offices held in the past

• Leader of HM Official Opposition (12 Sep 2015 to 4 Apr 2020)
• Leader of the Labour Party (12 Sep 2015 to 4 Apr 2020)
• Member, Justice Committee (16 May 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, London Regional Select Committee (14 Dec 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Social Security Committee (27 Apr 1992 to 21 Mar 1997)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Michael O'Halloran
• Gerald Reynolds
• Wilfred Fienburgh
• Ronw Hughes
• Leslie Haden-Guest
• Albert Goodman
• Robert Young
• William Cowan
• Newton Moore
• George Touche
• David Waterlow
• George Bartley

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Antarctic Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Authorities (Overview and Scrutiny) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (8 out of 11)
• Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• British Overseas Territories Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism 2 Jul 2025

  As the debate opened, I intervened on the Minister, and I am grateful to him for giving way. I just need an explanation—I hope that we will get one—as to why groups are always put together in these orders and not dealt with separately. There are clearly different orders of concern here. I want to speak solely about Palestine Action. We live in a democratic society, and we have to...

• Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism 2 Jul 2025

  I will not. That letter comes from Bibi Khan, the chair of North London Council of Mosques, and Muhammad Uddin from Newham Muslim Forum, on behalf of the London councils of mosques that are concerned about the chilling effect that this piece of legislation, if agreed today, will have on the rights to protest as a whole. My last point—I hope the Minister can reply to this if he gets the...

More of Jeremy Corbyn’s recent appearances