Tactical Voting against Reform UK

This is our tactical voting guide to keeping out Reform UK candidates in the 2024 general election. This page takes the set of constituencies where Reform UK candidates stood last time and divides them into three categories using the rules below.

Rules

We assume that tactical voting is only a good idea against a Reform UK candidate in a particular constituency when, in the last election, they held the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points ahead of the second placed candidate or did not win the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points behind the winning candidate.

  1. The first table contains the constituencies which meet the above criteria.
  2. The second table contains the constituencies where the previous Reform UK candidate was so far behind that it appears they cannot win.
  3. The third table contains the constituencies where the previous Reform UK candidate was so far ahead that it appears they are unlikely to be beaten.

If a by-election has taken place after the last election then that result is used instead of the one from the last election.

Usage Guide

In my opinion, the best way of using this guide is as follows:

  1. Pick the name of a constituency.
  2. Find which table the constituency is in.
  3. Check the recommended advice above the table.
  4. Open the link to your selected constituency and verify whether our advised tactical vote seems plausible to you.

For tactical voting against other parties see here.
For the newer (and more sophisticated) tactical voting calculator see here.

Constituencies where tactical voting may help

Our recommendation: Vote for the parties recommended in this table. If there are two such parties, the first choice is probably the most effective.

LondonVote For
Beckenham and Penge1. Labour
2. Conservative
Dagenham and Rainham1. Labour
2. Conservative
Kensington and Bayswater1. Labour
2. Conservative
Wimbledon1. Conservative
2. Liberal Democrat
East MidlandsVote For
Ashfield1. Conservative
2. Minor
Bolsover1. Conservative
2. Labour
Chesterfield1. Labour
2. Conservative
West MidlandsVote For
Coventry North West1. Labour
2. Conservative
Yorkshire and the HumberVote For
Barnsley North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Barnsley South1. Labour
2. Conservative
Bradford South1. Labour
2. Conservative
Doncaster Central1. Labour
2. Conservative
Doncaster North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Halifax1. Labour
2. Conservative
Hull East1. Labour
2. Conservative
Hull North and Cottingham1. Labour
2. Conservative
Hull West and Haltemprice1. Conservative
2. Labour
Normanton and Hemsworth1. Labour
2. Conservative
Penistone and Stocksbridge1. Conservative
2. Labour
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley1. Labour
2. Conservative
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough1. Labour
2. Conservative
Rother Valley1. Conservative
2. Labour
Rotherham1. Labour
2. Conservative
Sheffield Hallam1. Labour
2. Liberal Democrat
Sheffield South East1. Labour
2. Conservative
North EastVote For
Blaydon and Consett1. Labour
2. Conservative
Blyth and Ashington1. Labour
2. Conservative
Cramlington and Killingworth1. Labour
2. Conservative
Durham North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Durham, City of1. Labour
2. Conservative
Easington1. Labour
2. Conservative
Hartlepool1. Labour
2. Conservative
Houghton and Sunderland South1. Labour
2. Conservative
Jarrow and Gateshead East1. Labour
2. Conservative
Newcastle upon Tyne North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor1. Conservative
2. Labour
South Shields1. Labour
2. Conservative
Stockton North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Sunderland Central1. Labour
2. Conservative
Washington and Gateshead South1. Labour
2. Conservative
North WestVote For
Ashton-under-Lyne1. Labour
2. Conservative
Bolton North East1. Conservative
2. Labour
Burnley1. Conservative
2. Labour
Bury South1. Conservative
2. Labour
Heywood and Middleton North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Leigh and Atherton1. Conservative
2. Labour
Makerfield1. Labour
2. Conservative
Oldham East and Saddleworth1. Labour
2. Conservative
Stalybridge and Hyde1. Labour
2. Conservative
Warrington North1. Labour
2. Conservative
Wigan1. Labour
2. Conservative
Worsley and Eccles1. Labour
2. Conservative
ScotlandVote For
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross1. SNP
2. Liberal Democrat
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy1. SNP
2. Labour
Edinburgh West1. Liberal Democrat
2. SNP
WalesVote For
Alyn and Deeside1. Labour
2. Conservative
Bangor Aberconwy1. Conservative
2. Labour
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney1. Labour
2. Conservative
Bridgend1. Conservative
2. Labour
Caerfyrddin1. Conservative
2. Plaid Cymru
Caerphilly1. Labour
2. Conservative
Ceredigion Preseli1. Plaid Cymru
2. Conservative
Llanelli1. Labour
2. Conservative
Neath and Swansea East1. Labour
2. Conservative
Newport West and Islwyn1. Labour
2. Conservative
Pontypridd1. Labour
2. Conservative
Torfaen1. Labour
2. Conservative
Ynys Mon1. Conservative
2. Labour

Non-Reform UK constituencies where they are too far behind for tactical voting against them to be worth it

Our recommendation: Vote for whichever party you like.

London
Barking
Battersea
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Bexleyheath and Crayford
Brent East
Brent West
Brentford and Isleworth
Carshalton and Wallington
Chelsea and Fulham
Chingford and Woodford Green
Cities of London and Westminster
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Croydon East
Croydon South
Croydon West
Dulwich and West Norwood
Ealing Central and Acton
Ealing Southall
East Ham
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Eltham and Chislehurst
Enfield North
Erith and Thamesmead
Feltham and Heston
Greenwich and Woolwich
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Hampstead and Highgate
Harrow East
Harrow West
Hayes and Harlington
Holborn and St Pancras
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
Ilford North
Ilford South
Islington North
Islington South and Finsbury
Kingston and Surbiton
Lewisham East
Lewisham North
Lewisham West and Dulwich East
Leyton and Wanstead
Mitcham and Morden
Peckham
Poplar and Limehouse
Putney
Queens Park and Maida Vale
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Southgate and Wood Green
Stratford and Bow
Streatham and Croydon North
Tooting
Tottenham
Twickenham
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Walthamstow
West Ham and Beckton
East of England
Bedford
Bedfordshire North
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire North West
Cambridgeshire South
Ipswich
Luton North
Luton South and Bedfordshire South
Norfolk North
Norwich North
Norwich South
Peterborough
South East
Aylesbury
Bicester and Woodstock
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
Brighton Pavilion
Buckingham and Bletchley
Buckinghamshire Mid
Earley and Woodley
Eastbourne
Hove and Portslade
Lewes
Oxford East
Oxford West and Abingdon
Portsmouth South
Reading Central
Slough
Southampton Test
Windsor
Witney
South West
Bath
Bristol Central
Bristol East
Bristol North East
Bristol North West
Bristol South
Cotswolds North
Exeter
Exmouth and Exeter East
Plymouth Moor View
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Stroud
East Midlands
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
Derby North
Derby South
Derbyshire North East
Gedling
High Peak
Leicester East
Leicester South
Leicester West
Lincoln
Newark
Nottingham East
Nottingham North and Kimberley
Nottingham South
West Midlands
Aldridge-Brownhills
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Erdington
Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
Birmingham Ladywood
Birmingham Northfield
Birmingham Perry Barr
Birmingham Selly Oak
Birmingham Yardley
Coventry East
Coventry South
Kenilworth and Southam
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Smethwick
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Stoke-on-Trent North
Tipton and Wednesbury
Walsall and Bloxwich
Warwick and Leamington
West Bromwich
Wolverhampton North East
Wolverhampton South East
Wolverhampton West
Yorkshire and the Humber
Bradford East
Bradford West
Brigg and Immingham
Colne Valley
Dewsbury and Batley
Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
Huddersfield
Keighley and Ilkley
Leeds Central and Headingley
Leeds East
Leeds North East
Leeds North West
Leeds South
Leeds South West and Morley
Leeds West and Pudsey
Ossett and Denby Dale
Scunthorpe
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
Sheffield Central
Sheffield Heeley
Spen Valley
Wakefield and Rothwell
York Central
York Outer
North East
Bishop Auckland
Darlington
Gateshead Central and Whickham
Hexham
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Northumberland North
Redcar
Stockton West
Tynemouth
North West
Barrow and Furness
Birkenhead
Blackburn
Blackley and Middleton South
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Blackpool South
Bolton South and Walkden
Bolton West
Bootle
Bury North
Cheshire Mid
Chester North and Neston
Chester South and Eddisbury
Crewe and Nantwich
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Gorton and Denton
Hazel Grove
Hyndburn
Knowsley
Lancashire West
Lancaster and Wyre
Liverpool Garston
Liverpool Riverside
Liverpool Walton
Liverpool Wavertree
Liverpool West Derby
Manchester Central
Manchester Rusholme
Manchester Withington
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Penrith and Solway
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rochdale
Rossendale and Darwen
Runcorn and Helsby
Salford
Sefton Central
St Helens North
St Helens South and Whiston
Stockport
Stretford and Urmston
Tatton
Wallasey
Warrington South
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Whitehaven and Workington
Widnes and Halewood
Wirral West
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Scotland
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Alloa and Grangemouth
Angus and Perthshire Glens
Argyll, Bute and Lochaber South
Bathgate and Linlithgow
Dundee Central
Dunfermline and Dollar
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South West
Falkirk
Fife North East
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Glasgow West
Glenrothes and Mid Fife
Inverness, Skye and Ross-shire West
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Orkney and Shetland
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Perth and Kinross-shire
Wales
Aberafan Maesteg
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe
Cardiff East
Cardiff North
Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff West
Clwyd East
Clwyd North
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Gower
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Monmouthshire
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
Newport East
Rhondda and Ogmore
Swansea West
Wrexham

Reform UK held constituencies where their lead is probably too large for tactical voting to make a difference

There are no such constituencies.

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