Constituency profile

Huddersfield

Yorkshire and The Humber · Borough constituency · Kirklees borough

Harpreet Uppal MP
Sitting MP

Harpreet Uppal

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
Borough constituency, Kirklees council
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
51.9% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.0pp below mean
Current outlook
Green +6.1pp
Vulnerability score 10/10 (Labour projected to lose)
NorthernBrexit-marginalDiverse

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.

Leave vote 2016
51.9%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
30.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
21.6%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
56.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
42.9%
UK average ~36%
Median age
37.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
19.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
34.6%
UK average ~28%

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

Lab hold · majority 4,533 votes (11.3pp) · turnout 51.6%

Current projection

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

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 ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

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

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Kirklees
67 LSOAs
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.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
13 Aug 2026Almondbury
Kirklees
LD GAIN from RefLD 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
AlmondburyLabour 31.5%vs Conservative 21.3%May 2026 Reform 39.8%vs Lib Dem 28.6%
Labour→Reform
+23.1pp
-
AshbrowLabour 40.9%vs Green 20.3%May 2026 Green 31.1%vs Reform 28.6%
Labour→Green
+13.4pp
-
Crosland Moor and NethertonLabour 40.4%vs Green 24.8%2024 Green 41.5%vs Labour 34.2%--
DaltonLabour 39.6%vs Reform 18.9%May 2026 Reform 39.9%vs Labour 26.9%
Labour→Reform
+16.9pp
-
GreenheadLabour 44.7%vs Green 24.9%May 2026 Green 45.0%vs Labour 23.2%
Labour→Green
+20.8pp
-
NewsomeGreen 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 Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Lab holdBarry Sheerman38.8%27.8%24.7%-4.0%4.6%4,47261.1%
2015Lab holdBarry Sheerman44.9%26.8%5.8%14.7% UKIP6.9%0.8%7,34562.0%+0.9
2017Lab holdBarry Sheerman60.4%33.0%2.6%-3.2%0.8%12,00565.4%+3.4
2019notionalLabour winnerBarry Sheerman 2019 MP, pre-review boundary51.4%36.4%5.0%-3.8%3.4%7,44164.9%-0.5
2024Lab holdHarpreet Uppal37.6%16.3%4.3%15.4% Ref26.3%-4,53351.6%-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.

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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