Riding profile

Blyth and Ashington

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north east

The question

Blyth and Ashington: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Blyth and Ashington, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 40% vote share, against 30% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Ian Lavery

Sits with Labour

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 39.9%
  • Labour 30.2%
  • Conservative 11.5%
  • Green 10.6%
  • Lib Dems 6.4%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereBlyth and Ashington 39.9%30.2%11.5%10.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +14.6 21.7% +8.6 18.9% −7.4 11.8% −1.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
22.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Ian Lavery Elected Labour 20,030 49.6
Mark Peart Reform UK 10,857 26.9
Maureen Levy Conservative 6,121 15.2
Steve Leyland Green 1,960 4.8
Stephen Psallidas Lib Dems 1,433 3.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
102,370
Median age
43
Employment rate
70.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029