Riding profile

Blackley and Middleton South

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Blackley and Middleton South: a safe seat for Labour?

Current forecast

Labour

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 39.4%
  • Reform UK 31.9%
  • Green 13.2%
  • Conservative 8.9%
  • Lib Dems 5.3%
  • Other 1.0%

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

Labour Reform UK Green Conservative
HereBlackley and Middleton South 39.4%31.9%13.2%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.8% +17.6 25.4% +6.5 10.8% +2.4 19.3% −10.4

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

Editorial read

Blackley and Middleton South, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 33-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 39% vote share, against 32% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Graham Stringer

Sits with Labour

Since
1997-05-01
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
32.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-25.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Graham Stringer Elected Labour 16,864 53.8
Alison Devine Reform UK 6,614 21.1
Dylan Lewis-Creser Green 3,197 10.2
Iftikhar Ahmed Conservative 3,073 9.8
Iain Donaldson Lib Dems 1,592 5.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,799
Median age
35
Employment rate
62.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029