Constituency profile

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency

Lee Pitcher MP
Sitting MP

Lee Pitcher

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
68.8% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +16.9pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +7.3pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme constituency

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Lee Pitcher (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 38.6% to 32.7% for the Conservatives, a majority of 2,311 votes on a 55.8% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 37.2% and the Conservatives on 29.9%, a margin of 7.3 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
68.8%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
24.8%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.5%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
72.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
27.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
44.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
26.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.5%
UK average ~28%

How did Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme 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 2,311 votes (5.9pp) · turnout 55.8%

Current projection

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

Map of Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

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)

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme within Doncaster and North Lincolnshire

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme crosses council boundaries: Doncaster (77%), North Lincolnshire (23%). 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
Doncaster
44 LSOAs
77%
North Lincolnshire
13 LSOAs
23%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
26 Mar 2026Axholme Central
North Lincolnshire
Con HOLDCon 49% Ref 36% Grn 8%
7 Jun 2024Axholme North
North Lincolnshire
Con HOLD

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
Axholme CentralConservative 44.7%vs Labour 31.3%2023 Conservative 70.3%vs Labour 29.7%-57.1%
Axholme NorthConservative 39.9%vs Labour 37.1%2023 Conservative 62.2%vs Labour 32.5%-59.5%
Axholme SouthConservative 46.4%vs Labour 29.7%2023 Conservative 77.2%vs Labour 22.8%-30.1%
FinningleyConservative 36.0%vs Labour 33.2%2021 Conservative 61.3%vs Labour 28.4%-33.0%
HatfieldLabour 40.6%vs Conservative 27.8%2021 Labour 40.2%vs Conservative 29.5%-26.1%
Rossington & BawtryLabour 45.6%vs Conservative 24.6%2021 Labour 54.4%vs Conservative 24.2%-27.7%
Thorne & MoorendsLabour 45.9%vs Conservative 24.1%2021 Labour 54.4%vs Conservative 27.7%-30.6%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme 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
2010predecessorCon gain from LabAndrew Percy Brigg and Goole MP33.1%44.9%14.6%4.0% UKIP-3.4%5,14765.1%
2015predecessorCon holdAndrew Percy Brigg and Goole MP27.2%53.0%1.8%15.5% UKIP2.1%0.4%11,17663.2%-1.9
2017predecessorCon holdAndrew Percy Brigg and Goole MP33.0%60.4%1.9%3.5% UKIP1.2%-12,36368.2%+5.0
2019notionalConservative winnerAndrew Percy Brigg and Goole MP, pre-review boundary28.7%52.1%4.4%-2.4%12.4%10,08561.4%
2024Lab gain from ConLee Pitcher38.6%32.7%3.0%21.7% Ref3.6%0.4%2,31155.8%-5.6

Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Brigg and Goole (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme. Politics shown for context.

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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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