Constituency profile

Ashfield

East Midlands · County constituency

Lee Anderson MP
Sitting MP

Lee Anderson

Reform UK

First elected December 2019

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCR
Labour 3/5, Conservative 1/5, Reform UK 1/5
EU referendum 2016
70.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +18.6pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +32.6pp
vs Others 22.3%
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Ashfield constituency

Ashfield is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Lee Anderson (Reform UK), first elected in December 2019. At the 2024 general election, Reform UK won with 42.8% to 29.0% for Labour, a majority of 5,508 votes on a 57.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 54.9% and other parties on 22.3%, a margin of 32.6 points.

Who lives in Ashfield? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
70.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
20.5%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
24.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
66.8%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
32.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
43.0
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.4%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Ashfield vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

RUK gain from Con · majority 5,508 votes (13.8pp) · turnout 57.9%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Ashfield

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Ashfield within Ashfield

Ashfield sits almost entirely within Ashfield Council. Ashfield was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Ashfield
54 LSOAs
96%
Mansfield
2 LSOAs
4%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Abbey HillReform 41.2%vs Labour 29.4%2023 Others 68.1%vs Labour 21.4%-30.2%
Annesley & Kirkby WoodhouseReform 38.9%vs Labour 30.5%2023 Others 55.7%vs Labour 30.8%-35.9%
AshfieldsReform 44.2%vs Labour 26.6%2023 Others 45.7%vs Labour 27.9%-30.8%
CarsicReform 43.2%vs Labour 33.0%2023 Labour 45.4%vs Others 32.2%-27.6%
Greenwood & SummitReform 46.9%vs Labour 27.2%2023 Others 61.2%vs Labour 28.4%-25.0%
Huthwaite & BrierleyReform 42.8%vs Labour 29.9%2023 Others 44.5%vs Labour 37.0%-34.7%
Jacksdale & WestwoodReform 42.3%vs Labour 25.1%Sitting Others x1no contested ballot--
KingswayReform 37.0%vs Labour 31.0%2023 Others 57.1%vs Labour 28.5%-32.1%
Kirkby Cross & PortlandReform 42.3%vs Labour 30.7%2023 Others 46.6%vs Labour 32.1%-35.1%
LarwoodReform 43.4%vs Labour 26.9%2023 Others 61.5%vs Labour 21.6%-32.4%
LeamingtonReform 46.0%vs Labour 29.9%2023 Others 50.0%vs Labour 37.8%-26.4%
PleasleyLabour 47.7%vs Reform 31.4%2023 Labour 48.9%vs Conservative 20.1%--
RuffordLabour 42.0%vs Reform 25.7%2023 Others 38.8%vs Labour 38.5%--
SelstonReform 46.2%vs Labour 25.2%2023 Others 54.6%vs Labour 24.1%-32.7%
SkegbyReform 44.5%vs Labour 27.1%2023 Others 45.9%vs Labour 32.0%-31.9%
Stanton Hill & TeversalReform 42.4%vs Labour 30.8%2023 Others 46.0%vs Labour 41.1%-35.9%
Sutton Central & New CrossReform 47.0%vs Labour 26.7%2023 Others 47.5%vs Conservative 26.4%-27.3%
Sutton Junction & Harlow WoodReform 44.5%vs Labour 24.4%2023 Others 55.2%vs Conservative 27.3%-35.2%
Sutton St Mary'sReform 43.8%vs Labour 28.1%2023 Others 38.4%vs Conservative 32.2%-33.4%
The DalesReform 44.7%vs Labour 27.0%2023 Others 45.5%vs Labour 31.0%-33.2%
UnderwoodReform 46.4%vs Labour 19.2%2023 Conservative 46.2%vs Others 43.0%-45.7%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Ashfield at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Ashfield at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdGloria de Piero33.7%22.2%33.3%1.9% UKIP-8.9%19262.3%
2015Lab holdGloria De Piero41.0%22.4%14.8%21.4% UKIP-0.3%8,82061.5%-0.8
2017Lab holdGloria De Piero42.6%41.7%1.9%3.8% UKIP0.8%9.2%44164.0%+2.5
2019notionalConservative winnerLee Anderson 2019 MP, pre-review boundary25.6%39.2%2.1%-1.3%31.8%5,30361.5%-2.5
2024RUK gain from ConLee Anderson29.0%8.2%1.6%42.8% Ref2.8%15.7%5,50857.9%-3.6

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Ashfield

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Ashfield. Politics shown for context.

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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