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?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 38.1%
  • Labour 26.7%
  • Conservative 16.5%
  • Green 10.1%
  • Lib Dems 5.4%
  • Other 2.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereNewton Aycliffe and Spennymoor 38.1%26.7%16.5%10.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +12.8 21.8% +4.9 19.3% −2.8 10.8% −0.7

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

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 27% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alan Strickland

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
22.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-10.8 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