Riding profile

Sherwood Forest

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Sherwood Forest: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Sherwood Forest, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 36% vote share, against 23% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Michelle Welsh

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.8%
  • Labour 22.7%
  • Conservative 22.3%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Lib Dems 6.4%
  • Other 3.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereSherwood Forest 35.8%22.7%22.3%9.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +10.5 21.7% +1.1 18.9% +3.4 11.8% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

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

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Michelle Welsh Elected Labour 18,841 38.7
Mark Spencer Conservative 13,398 27.5
Helen O'Hare Reform UK 11,320 23.3
Sheila Greatrex-White Green 2,216 4.5
David Dobbie Lib Dems 1,838 3.8
Lee Waters Other 864 1.8
Jeremy Spry Other 183 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
104,305
Median age
43
Employment rate
73.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029