Riding profile

Canterbury

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Canterbury: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Canterbury, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 29% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Rosie Duffield

Sits with Independent

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 28.7%
  • Reform UK 24.0%
  • Conservative 18.5%
  • Green 16.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.0%
  • Other 1.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereCanterbury 28.7%24.0%18.5%16.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +7.0 25.3% −1.3 18.9% −0.4 11.8% +4.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
18.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-15.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Rosie Duffield Elected Labour 19,531 41.4
Louise Harvey-Quirke Conservative 10,878 23.0
Bridget Porter Reform UK 6,805 14.4
Henry Stanton Green 5,920 12.5
Russ Timpson Lib Dems 3,812 8.1
Luke Buchanan-Hodgman Other 285 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
107,264
Median age
38
Employment rate
63.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029