Riding profile

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 1-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 25% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Alex Mayer

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.8
P(close race)
88%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.9%
  • Conservative 25.0%
  • Labour 19.9%
  • Lib Dems 14.8%
  • Green 8.3%
  • Other 1.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereDunstable and Leighton Buzzard 29.9%25.0%19.9%14.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.5 18.9% +6.1 21.7% −1.7 11.6% +3.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
1.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alex Mayer Elected Labour 14,976 32.5
Andrew Selous Conservative 14,309 31.1
Harry Palmer Reform UK 8,071 17.5
Emma Holland-Lindsay Lib Dems 6,497 14.1
Sukhinder Hundal Green 2,115 4.6
Antonio Vitiello Other 77 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
110,912
Median age
39
Employment rate
73.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029