Riding profile

Barrow and Furness

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Barrow and Furness: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Barrow and Furness, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Michelle Scrogham

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.3%
  • Labour 26.4%
  • Conservative 25.8%
  • Green 7.6%
  • Lib Dems 5.5%
  • Other 2.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereBarrow and Furness 32.3%26.4%25.8%7.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.0 21.7% +4.7 18.9% +6.9 11.8% −4.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
12.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-6.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Michelle Scrogham Elected Labour 18,537 43.9
Simon Fell Conservative 13,213 31.3
Barry Morgan Reform UK 7,035 16.7
Adrian Waite Lib Dems 1,680 4.0
Lorraine Wrennall Green 1,466 3.5
Lisa Morgan Other 290 0.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,254
Median age
46
Employment rate
76.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029