Riding profile

Stockton North

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north east

The question

Stockton North: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Stockton North, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 38% vote share, against 28% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Chris McDonald

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 38.2%
  • Labour 28.0%
  • Conservative 17.4%
  • Green 10.0%
  • Lib Dems 5.1%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereStockton North 38.2%28.0%17.4%10.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +12.9 21.7% +6.4 18.9% −1.5 11.8% −1.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
21.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-9.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris McDonald Elected Labour 17,128 45.8
John McDermottroe Reform UK 9,189 24.6
Niall Innes Conservative 8,028 21.5
Samuel Bradford Green 1,923 5.1
Jo Barton Lib Dems 1,133 3.0

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
101,267
Median age
39
Employment rate
64.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029