Riding profile

St Helens North

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

St Helens North: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

St Helens North, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 30-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 33% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

David Baines

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 33.6%
  • Reform UK 32.7%
  • Green 15.5%
  • Conservative 9.4%
  • Lib Dems 6.2%
  • Other 2.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Green Conservative
HereSt Helens North 33.6%32.7%15.5%9.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +11.9 25.3% +7.4 11.8% +3.7 18.9% −9.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
30.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David Baines Elected Labour 21,284 52.6
Malcolm Webster Reform UK 9,115 22.5
Jayne Rear Conservative 4,507 11.1
Daniel Thomas Green 3,495 8.6
Pat Moloney Lib Dems 1,799 4.4
Joe Greenhalgh Other 274 0.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,983
Median age
42
Employment rate
78.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029