Riding profile

Chipping Barnet

UK constituency — England · Urban · london

The question

Chipping Barnet: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Chipping Barnet, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 31% vote share, against 30% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Dan Tomlinson

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.4
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 31.3%
  • Labour 29.7%
  • Reform UK 17.9%
  • Green 11.9%
  • Lib Dems 6.5%
  • Other 2.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Labour Reform UK Green
HereChipping Barnet 31.3%29.7%17.9%11.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +12.4 21.7% +8.0 25.3% −7.5 11.8%

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
5.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Dan Tomlinson Elected Labour 21,585 42.4
Theresa Villiers Conservative 18,671 36.7
Hamish Haddow Reform UK 3,986 7.8
David Farbey Green 3,442 6.8
Mark Durrant Lib Dems 2,614 5.1
Richard Hewison Other 379 0.8
Kay Lauer Other 182 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
112,341
Median age
41
Employment rate
78.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029