Riding profile

Halifax

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Halifax: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Halifax, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Kate Dearden

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.9%
  • Labour 22.1%
  • Green 16.3%
  • Conservative 16.2%
  • Other 9.1%
  • Lib Dems 6.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Conservative
HereHalifax 29.9%22.1%16.3%16.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.6 21.7% +0.5 11.8% +4.4 18.9% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-6.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kate Dearden Elected Labour 14,135 35.1
Hazel Sharp Conservative 7,866 19.6
James Griffith-Jones Reform UK 7,811 19.4
Martin Hey Green 4,133 10.3
Shakir Saghir Other 2,543 6.3
Samuel Jackson Lib Dems 2,359 5.9
Perveen Hussain Other 1,367 3.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
108,922
Median age
39
Employment rate
64.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029