Riding profile

Rother Valley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Rother Valley: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Rother Valley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 29% for the Conservatives, and the riding remains competitive.

Sitting member

Jake Richards

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Competitive

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.1
P(close race)
23%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.5%
  • Conservative 29.2%
  • Labour 21.4%
  • Green 8.6%
  • Lib Dems 5.0%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereRother Valley 34.5%29.2%21.4%8.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.2 18.9% +10.3 21.7% −0.2 11.8% −3.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
2.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jake Richards Elected Labour 16,023 38.5
Alexander Stafford Conservative 15,025 36.1
Tony Harrison Reform UK 7,679 18.5
Paul Martin Green 1,706 4.1
Colin Taylor Lib Dems 1,175 2.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,339
Median age
44
Employment rate
76.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029