Riding profile

Barking

UK constituency — England · Urban · london

The question

Barking: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Barking, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 30-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 30% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Nesil Caliskan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.8
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 30.1%
  • Reform UK 23.9%
  • Green 19.7%
  • Other 11.1%
  • Conservative 9.1%
  • Lib Dems 5.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Green Other
HereBarking 30.1%23.9%19.7%11.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +8.5 25.3% −1.5 11.8% +7.9 4.8% +6.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
30.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-25.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nesil Caliskan Elected Labour 16,227 44.5
Clive Peacock Reform UK 5,173 14.2
Simon Anthony Green 4,988 13.7
Julie Redmond Conservative 4,294 11.8
Muhammad Asim Other 3,578 9.8
Charley Hasted Lib Dems 1,015 2.8
Dee Dias Other 753 2.1
Lucy Baiye-Gaman Other 449 1.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
134,461
Median age
32
Employment rate
67.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029