Riding profile

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

UK constituency — England · Urban · north east

The question

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 27-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 28% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Andy McDonald

Sits with Labour

Since
2012-11-29
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.4%
  • Labour 28.5%
  • Conservative 12.4%
  • Lib Dems 8.9%
  • Green 8.2%
  • Other 7.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Lib Dems
HereMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East 34.4%28.5%12.4%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.1 21.7% +6.8 18.9% −6.5 11.6% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
26.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-19.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Andy McDonald Elected Labour 16,238 47.2
Patrick Seargeant Reform UK 7,046 20.5
Kiran Fothergill Conservative 6,174 17.9
Mehmoona Ameen Other 2,007 5.8
Matthew Harris Green 1,522 4.4
Mo Waqas Lib Dems 1,037 3.0
Mark Baxtrem Other 383 1.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
115,067
Median age
34
Employment rate
68.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029