Riding profile

Erewash

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Erewash: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Erewash, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Adam Thompson

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.1%
  • Labour 25.1%
  • Conservative 22.2%
  • Green 11.1%
  • Lib Dems 6.5%
  • Other 2.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereErewash 32.1%25.1%22.2%11.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +6.8 21.7% +3.4 18.9% +3.3 11.8% −0.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Adam Thompson Elected Labour 17,224 40.0
Maggie Throup Conservative 11,365 26.4
Liam Booth-Isherwood Reform UK 9,162 21.3
Brent Poland Green 2,478 5.8
James Archer Lib Dems 2,426 5.6
John Kirby Other 351 0.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,351
Median age
42
Employment rate
85.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029