Riding profile

Penrith and Solway

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Penrith and Solway: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Penrith and Solway, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Markus Campbell-Savours

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.2%
  • Conservative 24.1%
  • Labour 23.7%
  • Lib Dems 10.9%
  • Green 7.8%
  • Other 2.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HerePenrith and Solway 31.2%24.1%23.7%10.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.8 18.9% +5.2 21.7% +2.0 11.6% −0.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
10.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Markus Campbell-Savours Elected Labour 19,986 40.6
Mark Jenkinson Conservative 14,729 29.9
Matthew Moody Reform UK 7,624 15.5
Julia Aglionby Lib Dems 4,742 9.6
Susan Denham-Smith Green 1,730 3.5
Chris Johnston Other 195 0.4
Shaun Long Other 156 0.3
Roy Ivinson Other 119 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
98,216
Median age
50
Employment rate
71.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029