Tottenham.

Tottenham is a densely urban north London seat, young and diverse, with a median age of 33 and just under half its residents recorded as White at the last census. It is dominated by Haringey, which holds about 84 per cent of the constituency's population and nine of its wards, with the remaining sixth falling into neighbouring Hackney. Both are London borough authorities, the unitary type that runs the full range of local services. The seat therefore straddles two councils, though one of them clearly sets the tone for the area.

That balance has shifted at ward level. Across the most recent round of contests the Green Party took eighteen wards to Labour's ten, a pattern that points to a Green advance in an area Labour has long held. Turnouts in May 2026 ran broadly even across the seat, without obvious outliers. The parliamentary picture remains Labour: at the 2024 general election the party won on 57.5 per cent, with the Greens second on 19 per cent, a margin much narrower than the 64-point lead recorded in 2019. David Lammy has held the seat since 2000.

On the figures available the seat looks safely Labour at Westminster but increasingly contested beneath that, with the Greens the clear challengers locally. Recent coverage has carried a markedly administrative character, dominated by the mechanics and outcome of the spring council elections rather than any single national story. Several crime categories appear to run well above the constituency average, most strikingly theft from the person and anti-social behaviour, alongside elevated drugs and vehicle-crime totals. Taken together, the place reads as a Labour seat in slow flux rather than one at risk of changing hands.