Constituency profile

Scarborough and Whitby

Yorkshire and The Humber · County constituency · North Yorkshire borough

Alison Hume MP
Sitting MP

Alison Hume

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Yorkshire and The Humber
County constituency, North Yorkshire council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
61.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +9.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +3.9pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
NorthernStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Scarborough and Whitby constituency

Scarborough and Whitby is a county constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. The sitting MP is Alison Hume (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 40.2% to 27.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 5,408 votes on a 59.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 31.1% and the Conservatives on 27.2%, a margin of 3.9 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Scarborough and Whitby? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
61.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
27.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
20.2%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
62.6%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
36.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
49.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
30.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Scarborough and Whitby 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 5,408 votes (12.3pp) · turnout 59.3%

Current projection

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

Map of Scarborough and Whitby

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)

Scarborough and Whitby within North Yorkshire

Scarborough and Whitby sits entirely within North Yorkshire Council. North Yorkshire 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
North Yorkshire
61 LSOAs
100%

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
19 Jun 2025Eastfield
North Yorkshire
Ref GAIN from IndRef 63% Lab 14% Other 14%
27 May 2023Eastfield
North Yorkshire
Ind GAIN from Lab—

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
CastleLabour 45.4%vs Reform 22.0%2022 Independent 50.2%vs Labour 35.6%-23.6%
CaytonLabour 37.4%vs Conservative 32.1%2022 Conservative 50.9%vs Labour 27.2%--
Danby & MulgraveConservative 36.3%vs Labour 34.1%2022 Conservative 48.5%vs Labour 26.2%--
Derwent Valley & MoorConservative 37.8%vs Labour 32.0%2022 Conservative 48.0%vs Lib Dem 32.8%--
EastfieldLabour 47.6%vs Reform 24.6%2022 Labour 73.3%vs Conservative 22.4%--
Esk Valley & CoastLabour 36.9%vs Conservative 35.9%2022 Conservative 45.0%vs Labour 28.3%--
Falsgrave & StepneyLabour 46.1%vs Reform 23.1%2022 Labour 50.1%vs Green 26.6%-27.6%
NewbyLabour 38.4%vs Conservative 26.9%2022 Labour 38.1%vs Independent 30.4%-31.7%
NorthsteadLabour 42.7%vs Reform 23.5%2022 Labour 42.4%vs Independent 29.4%-28.2%
Scalby & the CoastConservative 36.1%vs Labour 33.8%2022 Conservative 38.5%vs Independent 30.3%-28.4%
SeamerConservative 33.5%vs Labour 32.4%2022 Conservative 43.9%vs Labour 24.7%--
Weaponness & RamshillLabour 42.5%vs Conservative 25.2%2022 Labour 38.0%vs Conservative 30.9%-36.2%
Whitby StreonshalhLabour 44.4%vs Conservative 25.0%2022 Labour 33.8%vs Others 26.9%--
Whitby WestLabour 38.4%vs Conservative 31.8%2022 Conservative 41.0%vs Others 27.9%--
WoodlandsLabour 43.7%vs Conservative 23.4%2022 Labour 39.5%vs Independent 33.3%-26.3%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Scarborough and Whitby 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
2010Con holdRobert Goodwill26.3%42.8%22.5%3.0% UKIP1.5%3.8%8,13065.3%
2015Con holdRobert Goodwill30.2%43.2%4.5%17.1% UKIP4.6%0.4%6,20064.9%-0.4
2017Con holdRobert Goodwill41.6%48.4%2.7%3.3% UKIP1.8%2.2%3,43568.5%+3.6
2019notionalConservative winnerRobert Goodwill 2019 MP, pre-review boundary34.8%55.5%6.1%--3.6%10,27067.3%-1.2
2024Lab gain from ConAlison Hume40.2%27.9%4.3%21.8% Ref3.9%1.9%5,40859.3%-8.0

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

Constituencies most like Scarborough and Whitby

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Scarborough and Whitby. 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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