Who is the MP for Blyth and Ashington?

Ian Lavery (Labour) is the MP for Blyth and Ashington. They were first elected in May 2010.

Who won Blyth and Ashington at the 2024 general election?

The 2024 general election in Blyth and Ashington was won by Labour with 49.6% of the vote, ahead of Reform UK on 26.9%.

Who is projected to win the next election in Blyth and Ashington?

PollCheck's current projection has Reform UK on 37.3% and Labour on 27.1% if a general election were held today. The projection updates as new polling is added.

What council is Blyth and Ashington in?

Blyth and Ashington sits within Northumberland council. Westminster constituencies and local councils are separate units, but Northumberland covers most or all of the Blyth and Ashington area.

What is the demographic profile of Blyth and Ashington?

Blyth and Ashington is in North East. The seat is Leave-voting (Leave vote estimated at 58.4% in 2016). Around 22.6% of residents have a degree, a median age of 44, and 59.0% of homes are owner-occupied (Census 2021).

When was the last general election in Blyth and Ashington?

The most recent general election was held on 4 July 2024. In Blyth and Ashington, Labour won with 49.6% of the vote. The next general election must be held by August 2029.

Which parties have won Blyth and Ashington in recent elections?

Recent general election winners in Blyth and Ashington: 2010 Labour, 2015 Labour, 2017 Labour, 2019 Labour, 2024 Labour.

Constituency profile

Blyth and Ashington

North East · County constituency · Northumberland borough

Sitting MP

Ian Lavery

Labour

First elected May 2010

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type

North East

County constituency, Northumberland council

Last 5 GE winners

LLLLL

Labour 5/5

EU referendum 2016

58.4% Leave

UK average 51.9%; +6.5pp above mean

Current outlook

Reform UK +10.2pp

Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)

NorthernLeave-leaningWorking-class profile

Who lives in Blyth and Ashington? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016

58.4%

UK average ~52%

Degree or above

22.6%

UK average ~34%

No qualifications

21.7%

UK average ~18%

Owner-occupied

59.0%

UK average ~63%

Renting (social + private)

40.4%

UK average ~36%

Median age

43.8

UK median ~40

Age 65+

25.4%

UK average ~19%

Age 18-34

27.5%

UK average ~28%

How did Blyth and Ashington 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 9,173 votes (22.7pp) · turnout 52.7%

Current projection

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

Map of Blyth and Ashington

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Blyth and Ashington within Northumberland

The Westminster constituency of Blyth and Ashington sits entirely within Northumberland Council. Local council elections are a separate ballot from Westminster general elections - the figures below are from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Council overlap

Council	Share of seat
Northumberland 65 LSOAs	100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward	GE2024 winner	Latest council winner	Shift since GE2024	Turnout

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Blyth and Ashington at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year	Result	MP	Lab	Con	LD	Right (Ref/UKIP)	Green	Other	Majority	Turnout
2010predecessor	Lab hold	Ian Lavery Wansbeck MP	45.8%	17.5%	27.5%	2.5% UKIP	1.6%	5.0%	7,031	61.9%
2015predecessor	Lab hold	Ian Lavery Wansbeck MP	50.0%	21.8%	6.2%	18.2% UKIP	3.8%	-	10,881	63.5%
2017predecessor	Lab hold	Ian Lavery Wansbeck MP	57.3%	32.7%	4.7%	3.5% UKIP	1.7%	-	10,435	68.3%
2019notional	Labour winner	Ian Lavery Wansbeck MP, pre-review boundary	47.7%	33.5%	6.4%	-	2.9%	9.5%	6,118	57.0%
2024	Lab hold	Ian Lavery	49.6%	15.2%	3.5%	26.9% Ref	4.9%	-	9,173	52.7%

Blyth and Ashington was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Wansbeck (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 Blyth and Ashington

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Blyth and Ashington. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Sources

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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