Riding profile

Ashton-under-Lyne

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Ashton-under-Lyne: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.8%
  • Labour 30.8%
  • Conservative 11.0%
  • Green 8.9%
  • Other 8.9%
  • Lib Dems 4.3%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereAshton-under-Lyne 35.8%30.8%11.0%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +10.4 21.8% +9.0 19.3% −8.3 10.8% −1.9

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

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 36% vote share, against 31% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Angela Rayner

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
19.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.2 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