Riding profile

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north east

The question

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 38% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alan Strickland

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
14.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 38.5%
  • Labour 25.9%
  • Conservative 15.8%
  • Lib Dems 8.7%
  • Green 8.2%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Lib Dems
HereNewton Aycliffe and Spennymoor 38.5%25.9%15.8%8.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +13.2 21.7% +4.3 18.9% −3.1 11.6% −3.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
22.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alan Strickland Elected Labour 18,394 46.2
John Grant Reform UK 9,555 24.0
Paul Howell Conservative 8,195 20.6
Jack Hughes Green 1,701 4.3
Anne-Marie Curry Lib Dems 1,491 3.7
Brian Agar Other 264 0.7
Minhajul Suhon Other 246 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,943
Median age
43
Employment rate
69.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029