Riding profile

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 36% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Lee Pitcher

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 36.4%
  • Conservative 26.8%
  • Labour 21.1%
  • Green 8.5%
  • Lib Dems 4.8%
  • Other 2.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme 36.4%26.8%21.1%8.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +11.0 18.9% +7.9 21.7% −0.6 11.8% −3.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
5.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Lee Pitcher Elected Labour 15,122 38.6
Nick Fletcher Conservative 12,811 32.7
Irwen Martin Reform UK 8,487 21.7
Paul Garrett Green 1,400 3.6
Nicola Turner Lib Dems 1,166 3.0
Michael Longfellow Other 146 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,297
Median age
44
Employment rate
79.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029