Riding profile

Heywood and Middleton North

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Heywood and Middleton North: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Heywood and Middleton North, a mixed 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 36% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Mrs Elsie Blundell

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 36.3%
  • Labour 25.1%
  • Conservative 13.7%
  • Other 10.2%
  • Lib Dems 7.7%
  • Green 6.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Other
HereHeywood and Middleton North 36.3%25.1%13.7%10.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +11.0 21.7% +3.4 18.9% −5.2 4.8% +5.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Elsie Blundell Elected Labour 15,069 40.6
Steve Potter Reform UK 8,987 24.2
Laura-Beth Thompson Conservative 6,423 17.3
Chris Furlong Other 4,349 11.7
Tom Shaw Lib Dems 2,302 6.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
101,554
Median age
39
Employment rate
69.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029