Riding profile

Burnley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Burnley: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Burnley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 21% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Oliver Ryan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.6%
  • Labour 21.4%
  • Lib Dems 19.1%
  • Conservative 17.0%
  • Green 9.0%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Lib Dems Conservative
HereBurnley 30.6%21.4%19.1%17.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.3 21.7% −0.3 11.6% +7.4 18.9% −1.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
8.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Oliver Ryan Elected Labour 12,598 31.7
Gordon Birtwistle Lib Dems 9,178 23.1
Antony Higginbotham Conservative 8,058 20.3
Nathan McCollum Reform UK 7,755 19.5
Jack Launer Green 1,518 3.8
Rayyan Fiass Other 292 0.7
Mitchell Cryer Other 169 0.4
David Roper Other 151 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
110,444
Median age
39
Employment rate
68.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029