Riding profile

Amber Valley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Amber Valley: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Amber Valley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 39% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Linsey Farnsworth

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 39.3%
  • Labour 22.4%
  • Conservative 21.4%
  • Green 10.5%
  • Lib Dems 5.1%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereAmber Valley 39.3%22.4%21.4%10.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +13.9 21.7% +0.8 18.9% +2.5 11.8% −1.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
8.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+9.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Linsey Farnsworth Elected Labour 15,746 37.0
Alex Stevenson Reform UK 12,192 28.7
Nigel Mills Conservative 10,725 25.2
Matt McGuinness Green 2,278 5.4
Kate Smith Lib Dems 1,590 3.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
90,793
Median age
45
Employment rate
77.6%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029