Riding profile

Bolton South and Walkden

UK constituency — England · Urban · north west

The question

Bolton South and Walkden: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Bolton South and Walkden, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Yasmin Qureshi

Sits with Labour

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.4%
  • Labour 25.9%
  • Green 13.8%
  • Other 11.7%
  • Conservative 9.3%
  • Lib Dems 5.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Other
HereBolton South and Walkden 33.4%25.9%13.8%11.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +8.1 21.7% +4.2 11.8% +1.9 4.8% +6.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
18.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-9.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Yasmin Qureshi Elected Labour 15,093 40.9
Julie Pattison Reform UK 8,350 22.6
Jack Khan Other 4,673 12.7
Mohammed Afzal Conservative 4,170 11.3
Philip Kochitty Green 2,827 7.7
Gemma Bowker Lib Dems 1,384 3.8
Abraham Halliwell Other 433 1.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
125,207
Median age
34
Employment rate
61.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029