Riding profile

North Durham

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north east

The question

North Durham: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

North Durham, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 38% vote share, against 24% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Luke Akehurst

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 37.8%
  • Labour 23.7%
  • Lib Dems 12.6%
  • Green 10.9%
  • Conservative 10.7%
  • Other 4.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Lib Dems Green
HereNorth Durham 37.8%23.7%12.6%10.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +12.5 21.7% +2.0 11.6% +1.0 11.8% −1.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
14.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Luke Akehurst Elected Labour 16,562 39.9
Andrew Husband Reform UK 10,689 25.7
George Carter Conservative 6,492 15.6
Craig Martin Lib Dems 4,208 10.1
Sunny Moon-Schott Green 2,366 5.7
Chris Bradburn Other 928 2.2
Tom Chittenden Other 320 0.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,565
Median age
45
Employment rate
77.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029