Riding profile

Barnsley North

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Barnsley North: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Barnsley North, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 43% vote share, against 28% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dan Jarvis

Sits with Labour

Since
2011-03-03
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
17.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 43.2%
  • Labour 28.1%
  • Green 10.5%
  • Lib Dems 6.9%
  • Conservative 6.2%
  • Other 4.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Lib Dems
HereBarnsley North 43.2%28.1%10.5%6.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +17.9 21.7% +6.4 11.8% −1.3 11.6% −4.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
21.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Dan Jarvis Elected Labour 18,610 50.4
Robert Lomas Reform UK 10,799 29.3
Tamas Kovacs Conservative 3,083 8.4
Tom Heyes Green 1,805 4.9
Penny Baker Lib Dems 1,336 3.6
Neil Fisher Other 616 1.7
Tony Devoy Other 603 1.6
Janus Polenceusz Other 42 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
105,282
Median age
41
Employment rate
77.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029