REFORM UK are closing in on two of the Labour candidates in Barnsley ahead of next week’s general election, the latest polls suggest.
If the polls are correct, then Labour will win their seats.
However, in the last week Reform UK’s Barnsley North candidate Bob Lomas and the Barnsley South candidate David White have closed the gap.
In the North constituency, Labour candidate Dan Jarvis is projected to gain 45.65 per cent of the vote, whilst Mr Lomas is predicted to gain 40.32 per cent.
It’s a two per cent increase in just one week.
Meanwhile, a 12 per cent gap between Labour candidate Stephanie Peacock and Mr White in Barnsley South has now shrunk to less than seven per cent.
Marie Tidball, Labour’s candidate for Penistone and Stocksbridge is well ahead in the polls and is set to oust current Tory MP Miriam Cates from her seat.
Reform’s Edward Dillingham is projected to finish third in that constituency.
BARNSLEY NORTH
Dan Jarvis, Labour 45.65 per cent
Bob Lomas, Reform UK 40.32 per cent
Tamas Kovacs, Conservative 6.32 per cent
Tom Heyes, Green 5 per cent
Penny Baker, Lib Dems 2.71 per cent
Other Less than one per cent
BARNSLEY SOUTH
Stephanie Peacock, Labour 46.84 per cent
David White, Reform UK 38.89 per cent
Suzanne Pearson, Conservative 6.62 per cent
Trevor Mayne, Green 4.72 per cent
Simon Clement-Jones, Lib Dems 2.92 per cent
Other less than one per cent.
PENISTONE AND STOCKSBRIDGE
Marie Tidball, Labour 41.49 per cent
Miriam Cates, Conservatives 26.24 per cent
Edward Dillingham, Reform UK 22.75 per cent
Rob Reiss, Lib Dems 9.53 per cent
Other less than one per cent.