Riding profile

Ashton-under-Lyne

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Ashton-under-Lyne: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Ashton-under-Lyne, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 28% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Angela Rayner

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.1%
  • Labour 27.7%
  • Green 14.0%
  • Conservative 10.8%
  • Other 7.6%
  • Lib Dems 5.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Conservative
HereAshton-under-Lyne 34.1%27.7%14.0%10.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +8.8 21.7% +6.1 11.8% +2.1 18.9% −8.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
19.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Angela Rayner Elected Labour 15,575 43.9
Robert Barrowcliffe Reform UK 8,784 24.8
Lizzie Hacking Conservative 4,375 12.3
Aroma Hassan Other 2,835 8.0
Lee Huntbach Green 2,481 7.0
Dominic Hardwick Lib Dems 1,411 4.0

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,866
Median age
38
Employment rate
78.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029