Riding profile

Rossendale and Darwen

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Rossendale and Darwen: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Rossendale and Darwen, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Andy MacNae

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.8%
  • Labour 24.8%
  • Conservative 23.2%
  • Green 10.0%
  • Lib Dems 4.5%
  • Other 2.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereRossendale and Darwen 34.8%24.8%23.2%10.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.4 21.7% +3.2 18.9% +4.3 11.8% −1.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
12.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Andy MacNae Elected Labour 18,247 40.9
Jake Berry Conservative 12,619 28.3
Daniel Matchett Reform UK 9,695 21.7
Bob Bauld Green 2,325 5.2
Rowan Fitton Lib Dems 1,241 2.8
Tayab Ali Other 491 1.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
101,505
Median age
42
Employment rate
72.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029