Riding profile

Harrogate and Knaresborough

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Harrogate and Knaresborough: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
16.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 39.8%
  • Conservative 23.8%
  • Reform UK 22.8%
  • Green 6.3%
  • Labour 4.3%
  • Other 2.8%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Green
HereHarrogate and Knaresborough 39.8%23.8%22.8%6.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.4% +28.4 19.3% +4.5 25.4% −2.6 10.8% −4.5

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

Editorial read

Harrogate and Knaresborough, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 40% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Tom Gordon

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
15.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Tom Gordon Elected Lib Dems 23,976 46.0
Andrew Jones Conservative 15,738 30.2
Jonathan Swales Reform UK 5,679 10.9
Conrad Whitcroft Labour 4,153 8.0
Shan Oakes Green 1,762 3.4
Paul Haslam Other 620 1.2
Stephan Metcalfe Other 136 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,221
Median age
45
Employment rate
70.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029