Riding profile

Rotherham

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Rotherham: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Rotherham, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 41% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sarah Champion

Sits with Labour

Since
2012-11-29
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
17.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 40.5%
  • Labour 24.7%
  • Green 12.1%
  • Lib Dems 10.3%
  • Other 9.3%
  • Conservative 2.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Lib Dems
HereRotherham 40.5%24.7%12.1%10.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +15.2 21.7% +3.1 11.8% +0.3 11.6% −1.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

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

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Sarah Champion Elected Labour 16,671 45.1
John Cronly Reform UK 11,181 30.3
Adam Carter Lib Dems 2,824 7.7
Tony Mabbot Green 2,632 7.1
Taukir Iqbal Other 1,714 4.6
David Atkinson Other 1,363 3.7
Ishtiaq Ahmad Other 547 1.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
109,900
Median age
39
Employment rate
69.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029