Riding profile

Gillingham and Rainham

UK constituency — England · Urban · south east

The question

Gillingham and Rainham: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Gillingham and Rainham, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Naushabah Khan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.1%
  • Conservative 23.8%
  • Labour 23.4%
  • Green 10.4%
  • Lib Dems 7.4%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereGillingham and Rainham 32.1%23.8%23.4%10.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +6.8 18.9% +4.9 21.7% +1.7 11.8% −1.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
9.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Naushabah Khan Elected Labour 15,562 37.8
Rehman Chishti Conservative 11,590 28.2
Rizvi Rawoof Reform UK 8,792 21.4
Kate Belmonte Green 2,318 5.6
Stuart Bourne Lib Dems 2,248 5.5
Peter Cook Other 344 0.8
Roger Peacock Other 175 0.4
Peter Wheeler Other 111 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,259
Median age
39
Employment rate
80.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029