Riding profile

Derbyshire Dales

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Derbyshire Dales: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Derbyshire Dales, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 1-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 28% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

John Whitby

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
97%
Mean margin (pts)
0.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.1%
  • Reform UK 27.9%
  • Labour 21.3%
  • Green 10.1%
  • Lib Dems 9.9%
  • Other 2.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereDerbyshire Dales 28.1%27.9%21.3%10.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +9.2 25.3% +2.5 21.7% −0.3 11.8% −1.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
0.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Whitby Elected Labour 17,759 34.6
Sarah Dines Conservative 17,409 34.0
Edward Oakenfull Reform UK 7,728 15.1
Robert Court Lib Dems 4,860 9.5
Kelda Boothroyd Green 2,830 5.5
Rachel Elnaugh-Love Other 369 0.7
Helen Wetherall Other 317 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
90,430
Median age
50
Employment rate
73.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029