Huddersfield
Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency · Kirklees borough
About the Huddersfield constituency
Huddersfield is a borough constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Harpreet Uppal (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 37.6% to 26.3% for the Greens, a majority of 4,533 votes on a 51.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Greens on 29.5% and Labour on 23.4%, a margin of 6.1 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.
Who lives in Huddersfield? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Huddersfield 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
Current projection
Map of Huddersfield
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 ›
Huddersfield within Kirklees
Huddersfield sits entirely within Kirklees Council. The figures below are from the council elections held on 7 May 2026. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat | Projection |
|---|---|---|
| Kirklees | 100% | View projection › |
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.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Aug 2026 | Almondbury | LD GAIN from Ref | LD 44% Ref 27% Con 13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almondbury | Labour 31.5%vs Conservative 21.3% | May 2026 Reform 39.8%vs Lib Dem 28.6% | Labour→Reform +23.1pp | - |
| Ashbrow | Labour 40.9%vs Green 20.3% | May 2026 Green 31.1%vs Reform 28.6% | Labour→Green +13.4pp | - |
| Crosland Moor and Netherton | Labour 40.4%vs Green 24.8% | 2024 Green 41.5%vs Labour 34.2% | - | - |
| Dalton | Labour 39.6%vs Reform 18.9% | May 2026 Reform 39.9%vs Labour 26.9% | Labour→Reform +16.9pp | - |
| Greenhead | Labour 44.7%vs Green 24.9% | May 2026 Green 45.0%vs Labour 23.2% | Labour→Green +20.8pp | - |
| Newsome | Green 44.2%vs Labour 28.7% | May 2026 Green 53.0%vs Reform 33.0%now part of Netherton Newsome | Green share +8.8pp | - |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Huddersfield at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Huddersfield 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 | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lab hold | Barry Sheerman | 38.8% | 27.8% | 24.7% | 4,472 | 61.1% |
| 2015 | Lab hold | Barry Sheerman | 44.9% | 26.8% | 5.8% | 7,345 | 62.0%+0.9 |
| 2017 | Lab hold | Barry Sheerman | 60.4% | 33.0% | 2.6% | 12,005 | 65.4%+3.4 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Barry Sheerman 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 51.4% | 36.4% | 5.0% | 7,441 | 64.9%-0.5 |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Harpreet Uppal | 37.6% | 16.3% | 4.3% | 4,533 | 51.6%-13.3 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Huddersfield
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Huddersfield. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Owner-occupied56.5 / 52.8vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3534.6 / 34.7vs 30.2
- ↑Private rent24.2 / 23.6vs 20.2
- ↓Employed50.9 / 52.1vs 57.3
- ↓Owner-occupied56.5 / 58.3vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3534.6 / 33.0vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied56.5 / 51.9vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent24.2 / 25.4vs 20.2
- ↑Under 3534.6 / 39.5vs 30.2
- ↓Owner-occupied56.5 / 52.2vs 61.9
- ↑Under 3534.6 / 35.8vs 30.2
- ↑Private rent24.2 / 24.1vs 20.2
- ↓Owner-occupied56.5 / 54.6vs 61.9
- ↑Private rent24.2 / 24.6vs 20.2
- ↑Under 3534.6 / 32.2vs 30.2
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 ›
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- 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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