Riding profile

Gloucester

UK constituency — England · Urban · south west

The question

Gloucester: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Gloucester, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 23% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alex McIntyre

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.6%
  • Conservative 23.2%
  • Labour 22.5%
  • Lib Dems 11.2%
  • Green 8.8%
  • Other 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereGloucester 29.6%23.2%22.5%11.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.2 18.9% +4.3 21.7% +0.8 11.6% −0.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
7.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alex McIntyre Elected Labour 16,472 36.0
Richard Graham Conservative 13,041 28.5
Chris Farmer Reform UK 7,307 16.0
Rebecca Trimnell Lib Dems 4,759 10.4
Adam Shearing Green 2,307 5.0
Steve Gower Other 974 2.1
Akhlaque Ahmed Other 496 1.1
Fred Wing Commander (RTD) Ramsey Other 336 0.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
117,614
Median age
38
Employment rate
84.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029