Riding profile

Southport

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Southport: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Southport, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Patrick Hurley

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.3%
  • Labour 24.9%
  • Conservative 20.6%
  • Lib Dems 12.5%
  • Green 9.4%
  • Other 3.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Lib Dems
HereSouthport 29.3%24.9%20.6%12.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.0 21.7% +3.2 18.9% +1.7 11.6% +0.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
12.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Patrick Hurley Elected Labour 17,252 38.3
Damien Moore Conservative 11,463 25.4
Andrew Lynn Reform UK 7,395 16.4
Erin Harvey Lib Dems 5,868 13.0
Edwin Black Green 2,159 4.8
Sean Halsall Other 922 2.0

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
98,239
Median age
48
Employment rate
82.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029