Riding profile

Spen Valley

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Spen Valley: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Spen Valley, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 24% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Kim Leadbeater

Sits with Labour

Since
2021-07-01
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.7%
  • Labour 23.6%
  • Conservative 20.2%
  • Green 10.9%
  • Other 5.5%
  • Lib Dems 4.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereSpen Valley 34.7%23.6%20.2%10.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.3 21.7% +2.0 18.9% +1.3 11.8% −0.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kim Leadbeater Elected Labour 16,076 39.1
Sarah Wood Reform UK 9,888 24.1
Laura Evans Conservative 9,859 24.0
Martin Price Green 2,284 5.6
Javed Bashir Other 1,526 3.7
Alison Brelsford Lib Dems 1,425 3.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,940
Median age
42
Employment rate
81.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029