Riding profile

Colne Valley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Colne Valley: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Colne Valley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Paul Davies

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 28.6%
  • Labour 25.7%
  • Conservative 24.9%
  • Green 12.1%
  • Lib Dems 5.7%
  • Other 2.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereColne Valley 28.6%25.7%24.9%12.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +3.3 21.7% +4.0 18.9% +6.0 11.8% +0.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
10.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Paul Davies Elected Labour 18,970 41.0
Jason McCartney Conservative 14,007 30.3
Stuart Hale Reform UK 7,298 15.8
Heather Peacock Green 3,480 7.5
Katharine Macy Lib Dems 2,007 4.3
Timothy Millea Other 459 1.0

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,053
Median age
44
Employment rate
72.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029