Riding profile

Lancaster and Wyre

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Lancaster and Wyre: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Lancaster and Wyre, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 29% vote share, against 27% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Cat Smith

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
68%
Mean margin (pts)
0.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 29.0%
  • Reform UK 27.4%
  • Conservative 19.2%
  • Green 17.5%
  • Lib Dems 5.5%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereLancaster and Wyre 29.0%27.4%19.2%17.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +7.4 25.3% +2.1 18.9% +0.3 11.8% +5.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
21.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-21.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Cat Smith Elected Labour 19,315 44.9
Peter Cartridge Conservative 10,062 23.4
Nigel Alderson Reform UK 6,866 16.0
Jack Lenox Green 5,236 12.2
Matt Severn Lib Dems 1,529 3.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,203
Median age
39
Employment rate
85.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029