England · Constituency
Scunthorpe
Covers Bottesford · Kirton in Lindsey · Scunthorpe · Winterton and more
Photograph shows Scunthorpe. The constituency reaches beyond the town itself.
Your member of parliament
Sir Nicholas Dakin
LabourLabour won Scunthorpe at the 2024 general election with a majority of 3,542 votes, or 9.1 points. A swing of 4.5 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 195 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 455.
Contact them, and see their voting record, on Parliament’s site
How safe is this seat?
Competitive
A majority of 9.1 points, which is larger than 195 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 3,542 votes.
Majority
3,542
9.1% of votes cast.
Turnout
52.9%
-6.8 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
7
39,051 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas DakinElected | Labour | 15,484 | 39.7% | +6.0 |
| Holly Mumby-Croft | Conservative | 11,942 | 30.6% | +6.9 |
| Darren Haley | Reform UK | 8,163 | 20.9% | +6.6 |
| Nick Cox | Green Party | 1,218 | 3.1% | -3.3 |
| Abdul Butt | Independent | 1,202 | 3.1% | +1.0 |
| Cahal Burke | Liberal Democrat | 942 | 2.4% | -9.8 |
| Scott Curtis | Heritage Party | 100 | 0.3% | +0.2 |
Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
Coming soon
Local news for Scunthorpe
We’re working on pulling local reporting into each seat page, from across the spectrum and sourced the same way as everything else here. It isn’t built yet, and we’d rather say so than fill the space.
Nearby in the list
One email each morning
The morning email, and Scunthorpe when it lands
One email each morning on where Britain stands, and local news for your seat as soon as we build it.
We’ll ask for your constituency and year of birth next. Both optional, and the year only so we know readers are 13 or over.