Riding profile

Whitehaven and Workington

UK constituency — England · Mixed · north west

The question

Whitehaven and Workington: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 37.7%
  • Labour 31.3%
  • Conservative 16.1%
  • Green 9.0%
  • Lib Dems 4.4%
  • Other 1.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereWhitehaven and Workington 37.7%31.3%16.1%9.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +12.3 21.8% +9.5 19.3% −3.2 10.8% −1.8

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

Editorial read

Whitehaven and Workington, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 32-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 38% vote share, against 31% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Josh MacAlister

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
31.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-25.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Josh MacAlister Elected Labour 22,173 53.0
David Surtees Reform UK 8,887 21.2
Andrew Johnson Conservative 8,455 20.2
Jill Perry Green 1,207 2.9
Chris Wills Lib Dems 1,118 2.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
93,716
Median age
46
Employment rate
78.6%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029