Riding profile

Ossett and Denby Dale

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Ossett and Denby Dale: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Ossett and Denby Dale, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jade Botterill

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.4%
  • Conservative 23.9%
  • Labour 22.9%
  • Green 10.9%
  • Lib Dems 5.1%
  • Other 3.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereOssett and Denby Dale 33.4%23.9%22.9%10.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +8.1 18.9% +5.0 21.7% +1.3 11.8% −0.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
10.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jade Botterill Elected Labour 17,232 39.3
Mark Eastwood Conservative 12,690 28.9
Sandra Senior Reform UK 9,224 21.0
Neil Doig Green 2,132 4.9
James Wilkinson Lib Dems 1,785 4.1
David Herdson Other 810 1.9

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
93,842
Median age
46
Employment rate
80.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029