Riding profile

East Hampshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

East Hampshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

East Hampshire, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 30% vote share, against 28% for the Lib Dems, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Damian Hinds

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 30.0%
  • Lib Dems 27.8%
  • Reform UK 23.8%
  • Green 9.1%
  • Labour 7.0%
  • Other 2.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Lib Dems Reform UK Green
HereEast Hampshire 30.0%27.8%23.8%9.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +11.1 11.6% +16.2 25.3% −1.6 11.8% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
2.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Damian Hinds Elected Conservative 18,509 37.0
Dominic Martin Lib Dems 17,234 34.5
Matthew Kellermann Reform UK 6,476 12.9
Lucy Sims Labour 4,867 9.7
Richard Knight Green 2,404 4.8
Jim Makin Other 364 0.7
Sara Smith Other 152 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
91,757
Median age
48
Employment rate
77.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029