Riding profile

Ashfield

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Ashfield: a safe seat for Reform UK?

Editorial read

Ashfield, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Reform UK in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 51% vote share, against 15% for another party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Lee Anderson

Sits with Reform UK

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
35.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 50.6%
  • Other 14.9%
  • Labour 14.4%
  • Lib Dems 8.2%
  • Green 6.5%
  • Conservative 5.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Other Labour Lib Dems
HereAshfield 50.6%14.9%14.4%8.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +25.2 4.8% +10.2 21.7% −7.3 11.6% −3.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Reform UK
Margin
13.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+21.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Lee Anderson Elected Reform UK 17,062 42.8
Rhea Keehn Labour 11,554 29.0
Jason Zadrozny Other 6,276 15.7
Debbie Soloman Conservative 3,271 8.2
Alexander Coates Green 1,100 2.8
Daniel Holmes Lib Dems 619 1.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,883
Median age
42
Employment rate
71.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029