Riding profile

Chatham and Aylesford

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Chatham and Aylesford: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Chatham and Aylesford, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 5-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Tristan Osborne

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.0%
  • Conservative 23.9%
  • Labour 20.2%
  • Green 10.5%
  • Lib Dems 7.1%
  • Other 3.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereChatham and Aylesford 35.0%23.9%20.2%10.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.7 18.9% +5.0 21.7% −1.4 11.8% −1.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
4.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Tristan Osborne Elected Labour 13,689 33.5
Nathan Gamester Conservative 11,691 28.6
Thomas Mallon Reform UK 9,989 24.5
Kim Winterbottom Green 2,504 6.1
Nicholas Chan Lib Dems 2,175 5.3
Matt Valentine Other 340 0.8
Adedotun Ogundemuren Other 316 0.8
Steve Tanner Other 141 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
106,459
Median age
38
Employment rate
78.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029