Riding profile

Chesterfield

UK constituency — England · Urban · east midlands

The question

Chesterfield: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Chesterfield, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 26-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 29% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Mr Toby Perkins

Sits with Labour

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.6%
  • Labour 29.2%
  • Conservative 16.4%
  • Green 11.1%
  • Lib Dems 8.7%
  • Other 2.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereChesterfield 31.6%29.2%16.4%11.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +6.3 21.7% +7.5 18.9% −2.5 11.8% −0.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
26.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-21.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Toby Perkins Elected Labour 19,316 46.5
Ben Flook Conservative 8,496 20.4
Dan Price Reform UK 7,897 19.0
David Wadsworth Green 2,682 6.5
Ian Barfield Lib Dems 2,553 6.1
Kris Stone Other 363 0.9
Julie Lowe Other 248 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
93,869
Median age
44
Employment rate
80.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029