Riding profile

Luton North

UK constituency — England · Urban · east of england

The question

Luton North: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Luton North, an urban 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 26% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Sarah Owen

Sits with Labour

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 25.8%
  • Labour 24.9%
  • Other 17.0%
  • Conservative 14.2%
  • Green 10.4%
  • Lib Dems 7.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Other Conservative
HereLuton North 25.8%24.9%17.0%14.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +0.4 21.7% +3.3 4.8% +12.3 18.9% −4.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Sarah Owen Elected Labour 14,677 37.9
Jilleane Brown Conservative 7,167 18.5
James Fletcher Reform UK 4,666 12.0
Toqueer Shah Other 4,393 11.3
Waheed Akbar Other 3,914 10.1
Ejel Khan Green 1,940 5.0
Sean Prendergast Lib Dems 1,890 4.9
Paul Trathen Other 98 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
115,600
Median age
36
Employment rate
65.6%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029