Riding profile

Scunthorpe

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Scunthorpe: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Scunthorpe, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 36% vote share, against 25% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 36.0%
  • Conservative 25.0%
  • Labour 22.0%
  • Green 8.6%
  • Other 4.3%
  • Lib Dems 3.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereScunthorpe 36.0%25.0%22.0%8.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +10.6 18.9% +6.1 21.7% +0.4 11.8% −3.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
9.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nicholas Dakin Elected Labour 15,484 39.6
Holly Mumby-Croft Conservative 11,942 30.6
Darren Haley Reform UK 8,163 20.9
Nick Cox Green 1,218 3.1
Abdul Butt Other 1,202 3.1
Cahal Burke Lib Dems 942 2.4
Scott Curtis Other 100 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
105,752
Median age
41
Employment rate
68.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029