Riding profile

Selby

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Selby: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Selby, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 27% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Keir Mather

Sits with Labour

Since
2023-07-20
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.6%
  • Labour 26.6%
  • Conservative 20.7%
  • Green 11.3%
  • Lib Dems 5.4%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereSelby 34.6%26.6%20.7%11.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.2 21.7% +5.0 18.9% +1.8 11.8% −0.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Keir Mather Elected Labour 22,788 46.3
Charles Richardson Conservative 12,593 25.6
David Burns Reform UK 9,565 19.4
Angela Oldershaw Green 2,484 5.0
Christian Vassey Lib Dems 1,792 3.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
102,908
Median age
43
Employment rate
82.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029