Riding profile

Hyndburn

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Hyndburn: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Hyndburn, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 5-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 25% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sarah Smith

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.9%
  • Conservative 25.0%
  • Labour 19.6%
  • Green 18.0%
  • Lib Dems 4.1%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereHyndburn 31.9%25.0%19.6%18.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +6.6 18.9% +6.1 21.7% −2.0 11.8% +6.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
4.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Sarah Smith Elected Labour 12,186 33.5
Sara Britcliffe Conservative 10,499 28.9
Richard Oakley Reform UK 7,541 20.7
Shabir Fazal Green 4,938 13.6
Beth Waller-Slack Lib Dems 1,210 3.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,059
Median age
39
Employment rate
65.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029