Riding profile

East Surrey

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

East Surrey: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

East Surrey, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 28% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Claire Coutinho

Sits with Conservative

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
0.4
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.2%
  • Reform UK 27.8%
  • Lib Dems 18.9%
  • Labour 11.8%
  • Green 9.5%
  • Other 3.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Labour
HereEast Surrey 28.2%27.8%18.9%11.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +9.3 25.3% +2.5 11.6% +7.3 21.7% −9.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
15.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Claire Coutinho Elected Conservative 17,502 35.6
Thomas Bowell Labour 10,052 20.4
Claire Malcomson Lib Dems 8,833 17.9
Chris Scott Reform UK 8,380 17.0
Shasha Khan Green 2,957 6.0
Judy Moore Other 1,145 2.3
Martin Hogbin Other 327 0.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,251
Median age
43
Employment rate
78.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029