Riding profile

Christchurch

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Christchurch: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Christchurch, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 28% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Sir Christopher Chope

Sits with Conservative

Since
1997-05-01
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.2%
  • Conservative 27.7%
  • Lib Dems 20.3%
  • Labour 8.2%
  • Green 7.6%
  • Other 4.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Lib Dems Labour
HereChristchurch 31.2%27.7%20.3%8.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.8 18.9% +8.8 11.6% +8.7 21.7% −13.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
15.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-12.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Christopher Chope Elected Conservative 16,941 35.8
Mike Cox Lib Dems 9,486 20.0
Robin Adamson Reform UK 8,961 18.9
Joanna Howard Labour 7,762 16.4
Susan Graham Green 1,900 4.0
Simon McCormack Other 1,728 3.6
Sasha Jolliffe Yasawi Other 335 0.7
Steve Unwin Other 163 0.3
Trevor Parsons Other 59 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
87,998
Median age
54
Employment rate
79.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029