Riding profile

Penistone and Stocksbridge

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Penistone and Stocksbridge: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Penistone and Stocksbridge, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 20-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 36% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dr Marie Tidball

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.8%
  • Labour 26.3%
  • Conservative 19.2%
  • Green 8.8%
  • Lib Dems 8.5%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HerePenistone and Stocksbridge 35.8%26.3%19.2%8.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +10.5 21.7% +4.7 18.9% +0.3 11.8% −3.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
19.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Marie Tidball Elected Labour 19,169 43.6
Miriam Cates Conservative 10,430 23.7
Edward Dillingham Reform UK 9,456 21.5
Rob Reiss Lib Dems 2,866 6.5
Andy Davies Green 2,044 4.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
89,968
Median age
48
Employment rate
80.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029