Riding profile

Basingstoke

UK constituency — England · Urban · south east

The question

Basingstoke: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Basingstoke, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 26% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Luke Murphy

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 25.9%
  • Reform UK 25.6%
  • Conservative 23.9%
  • Green 12.5%
  • Lib Dems 9.6%
  • Other 2.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereBasingstoke 25.9%25.6%23.9%12.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +4.2 25.3% +0.3 18.9% +5.0 11.8% +0.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-12.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Luke Murphy Elected Labour 20,922 42.7
Maria Miller Conservative 14,438 29.5
Ray Saint Reform UK 6,314 12.9
Michael Howard-Sorrell Green 3,568 7.3
Richard Whelan Lib Dems 3,176 6.5
Alan Stone Other 571 1.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,647
Median age
39
Employment rate
75.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029