Riding profile

Eltham and Chislehurst

UK constituency — England · Urban · london

The question

Eltham and Chislehurst: a safe seat for Labour?

Current forecast

Labour

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 30.9%
  • Reform UK 25.8%
  • Conservative 22.4%
  • Green 10.3%
  • Lib Dems 6.7%
  • Other 3.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereEltham and Chislehurst 30.9%25.8%22.4%10.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.8% +9.0 25.4% +0.4 19.3% +3.1 10.8% −0.6

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

Editorial read

Eltham and Chislehurst, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 31% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Clive Efford

Sits with Labour

Since
1997-05-01
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
18.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-13.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Clive Efford Elected Labour 20,069 44.0
Charlie Davis Conservative 11,640 25.6
Mark George Simpson Reform UK 7,428 16.3
Sam Gabriel Green 3,079 6.8
Ulysse Abbate Lib Dems 2,423 5.3
Sean Ellis Stewart Other 356 0.8
Arnold Tarling Other 307 0.7
Christian Hacking Other 173 0.4
John Courtneidge Other 91 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,055
Median age
39
Employment rate
70.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029