Riding profile

Oldham East and Saddleworth

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Oldham East and Saddleworth: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Oldham East and Saddleworth, a mixed 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 32% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Debbie Abrahams

Sits with Labour

Since
2011-01-13
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.3%
  • Labour 22.2%
  • Other 13.3%
  • Conservative 12.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.6%
  • Green 8.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Other Conservative
HereOldham East and Saddleworth 32.3%22.2%13.3%12.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.0 21.7% +0.6 4.8% +8.5 18.9% −6.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Debbie Abrahams Elected Labour 14,091 35.2
Jacob Barden Reform UK 7,734 19.3
Tom Fish Conservative 6,838 17.1
Shanaz Saddique Other 4,647 11.6
Sam Al-Hamdani Lib Dems 3,386 8.4
Fesl Reza Khan Green 1,490 3.7
Paul Errock Other 1,362 3.4
Nick Buckley Other 517 1.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
109,355
Median age
38
Employment rate
60.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029