Riding profile

Scarborough and Whitby

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Scarborough and Whitby: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.6%
  • Conservative 24.1%
  • Labour 24.1%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Lib Dems 5.7%
  • Other 3.1%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereScarborough and Whitby 33.6%24.1%24.1%9.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +8.2 19.3% +4.8 21.8% +2.2 10.8% −1.6

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

Editorial read

Scarborough and Whitby, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alison Hume

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
12.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alison Hume Elected Labour 17,758 40.2
Roberto Weeden-Sanz Conservative 12,350 27.9
David Bowes Reform UK 9,657 21.8
Robert Lockwood Lib Dems 1,899 4.3
Annette Hudspeth Green 1,719 3.9
Lee Derrick Other 477 1.1
Asa Jones Other 285 0.6
Thomas Foster Other 76 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,474
Median age
49
Employment rate
77.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029