Riding profile
Dewsbury and Batley
The question
Dewsbury and Batley: will Independent lose this seat to Other?
Editorial read
Dewsbury and Batley, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with another party in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects another party ahead at 36% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Iqbal Mohamed
Sits with Independent
Current forecast
Other
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 9.8
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Other | Reform UK | Labour | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereDewsbury and Batley | 35.7% | 26.0% | 12.7% | 12.1% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 4.8% +30.9 | 25.3% +0.7 | 21.7% −8.9 | 11.8% +0.2 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iqbal Mohamed Elected | Other | 15,641 | 41.1 | — |
| Heather Iqbal | Labour | 8,707 | 22.9 | — |
| Johnathan Thackray | Reform UK | 6,152 | 16.2 | — |
| Lalit Suryawanshi | Conservative | 4,182 | 11.0 | — |
| Simon Cope | Green | 2,048 | 5.4 | — |
| John Rossington | Lib Dems | 1,340 | 3.5 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029