Riding profile

Hazel Grove

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Hazel Grove: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Hazel Grove, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 31% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Lisa Smart

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 31.5%
  • Reform UK 25.6%
  • Labour 17.7%
  • Conservative 15.8%
  • Green 7.6%
  • Other 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Reform UK Labour Conservative
HereHazel Grove 31.5%25.6%17.7%15.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +19.8 25.3% +0.3 21.7% −4.0 18.9% −3.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
14.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Lisa Smart Elected Lib Dems 17,328 37.7
Claire Vibert Labour 10,828 23.5
Paul Athans Conservative 9,011 19.6
John Kelly Reform UK 6,955 15.1
Graham Reid Green 1,763 3.8
Tim O'Rourke Other 113 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,425
Median age
44
Employment rate
79.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029