Riding profile

Banbury

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Banbury: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Banbury, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 26% vote share, against 25% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Sean Woodcock

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 26.1%
  • Reform UK 25.2%
  • Labour 24.1%
  • Green 10.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.4%
  • Other 3.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereBanbury 26.1%25.2%24.1%10.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +7.2 25.3% −0.1 21.7% +2.5 11.8% −1.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
6.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Sean Woodcock Elected Labour 18,468 38.3
Victoria Prentis Conservative 15,212 31.6
Paul Topley Reform UK 6,284 13.0
Liz Adams Lib Dems 4,352 9.0
Arron Baker Green 2,615 5.4
Cassi Bellingham Other 850 1.8
Chris Nevile Other 242 0.5
Declan Soper Other 155 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,589
Median age
41
Employment rate
77.6%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029