Constituency profile

Bolsover

East Midlands · County constituency

Natalie Fleet MP
Sitting MP

Natalie Fleet

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLCL
Labour 4/5, Conservative 1/5
EU referendum 2016
70.4% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +18.5pp above mean
Current outlook
Labour +0.3pp
vs Reform UK 32.2%
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Bolsover constituency

Bolsover is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Natalie Fleet (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 40.5% to 25.6% for the Conservatives, a majority of 6,323 votes on a 55.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 32.6% and Reform UK on 32.2%, a margin of 0.3 points.

Who lives in Bolsover? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
70.4%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
22.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
24.0%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
66.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
33.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
44.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
24.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Bolsover 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 6,323 votes (14.9pp) · turnout 55.0%

Current projection

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

Map of Bolsover

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)

Bolsover within Bolsover and North East Derbyshire

Bolsover crosses council boundaries: Bolsover (81%), North East Derbyshire (19%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Bolsover
50 LSOAs
81%
North East Derbyshire
12 LSOAs
19%

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
Ault HucknallLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 27.7%2023 Labour 53.4%vs Conservative 36.6%-30.8%
BarlboroughLabour 37.1%vs Conservative 34.5%2023 Labour 45.8%vs Conservative 41.8%-36.4%
BlackwellLabour 42.5%vs Conservative 23.5%2023 Labour 50.2%vs Independent 33.7%-27.8%
Bolsover EastLabour 41.5%vs Conservative 23.5%2023 Labour 53.0%vs Conservative 29.7%-31.3%
Bolsover North & ShuttlewoodLabour 42.2%vs Conservative 22.5%2023 Labour 73.3%vs Conservative 22.8%-23.2%
Bolsover SouthLabour 40.3%vs Conservative 23.8%2023 Labour 35.7%vs Conservative 30.6%-33.4%
Clowne EastLabour 37.5%vs Conservative 27.4%2023 Labour 39.2%vs Independent 35.6%-31.3%
Clowne WestLabour 35.8%vs Conservative 28.1%2023 Conservative 54.8%vs Labour 45.2%-26.0%
Elmton-with-CreswellLabour 42.7%vs Conservative 24.2%2023 Labour 61.8%vs Conservative 19.6%-26.5%
Holmewood & HeathLabour 43.0%vs Reform 22.6%2023 Labour 59.5%vs Conservative 28.7%-23.4%
LangwithLabour 45.7%vs Reform 21.7%2023 Labour 71.5%vs Conservative 19.8%-20.5%
Pilsley & MortonLabour 45.7%vs Conservative 21.9%2023 Labour 52.0%vs Independent 29.2%-38.8%
PinxtonLabour 40.6%vs Conservative 24.9%2023 Labour 60.1%vs Conservative 39.9%-22.8%
Shirebrook NorthLabour 44.9%vs Reform 22.9%2023 Labour 50.6%vs Conservative 27.1%-27.1%
Shirebrook SouthLabour 42.3%vs Conservative 22.6%2023 Labour 60.4%vs Conservative 21.4%-24.9%
ShirlandConservative 35.9%vs Labour 33.8%2023 Conservative 52.1%vs Labour 39.9%-31.3%
South Normanton EastLabour 40.2%vs Reform 23.4%2023 Labour 39.4%vs Independent 34.6%-22.3%
South Normanton WestLabour 39.5%vs Conservative 24.7%2023 Labour 36.8%vs Conservative 34.0%-20.4%
SuttonLabour 40.1%vs Conservative 28.4%2023 Labour 56.5%vs Conservative 34.7%-27.1%
TibshelfLabour 39.1%vs Conservative 23.7%2023 Independent 67.9%vs Labour 24.6%-23.6%
WhitwellLabour 39.6%vs Conservative 28.2%2023 Labour 50.3%vs Conservative 22.6%-36.7%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Bolsover 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 holdDennis Skinner50.0%24.6%15.5%3.9% UKIP-6.0%11,18260.5%
2015Lab holdDennis Skinner51.2%24.5%3.3%21.0% UKIP--11,77861.1%+0.6
2017Lab holdDennis Skinner51.9%40.6%2.9%4.6% UKIP--5,28863.4%+2.3
2019notionalConservative winnerMark Fletcher 2019 MP, pre-review boundary36.2%47.7%3.8%-1.6%10.7%5,27361.2%-2.2
2024Lab gain from ConNatalie Fleet40.5%25.6%3.5%21.5% Ref8.8%-6,32355.0%-6.2

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

Constituencies most like Bolsover

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

What would change this seat?

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Related

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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