Riding profile

South Ribble

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

South Ribble: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

South Ribble, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Mr Paul Foster

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.2%
  • Labour 26.2%
  • Conservative 23.1%
  • Green 8.9%
  • Lib Dems 7.3%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereSouth Ribble 33.2%26.2%23.1%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.8 21.7% +4.6 18.9% +4.3 11.8% −3.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Paul Foster Elected Labour 19,840 42.5
Katherine Fletcher Conservative 13,339 28.6
Andy Hunter Reform UK 8,995 19.3
Ange Turner Lib Dems 2,972 6.4
Stephani Mok Green 1,574 3.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,699
Median age
45
Employment rate
78.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029