Riding profile

Gosport

UK constituency — England · Urban · south east

The question

Gosport: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Gosport, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 33% vote share, against 30% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 33.4%
  • Reform UK 29.9%
  • Labour 15.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.0%
  • Green 8.1%
  • Other 2.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Lib Dems
HereGosport 33.4%29.9%15.8%10.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +14.5 25.3% +4.5 21.7% −5.9 11.6% −1.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
13.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-10.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Caroline Dinenage Elected Conservative 17,830 40.3
Edward Batterbury Labour 11,776 26.6
Matt Mulliss Reform UK 7,983 18.0
Tim Bearder Lib Dems 4,039 9.1
Tony Sudworth Green 1,948 4.4
Jeff Roberts Other 334 0.8
Lisa Englefield Other 319 0.7
Dave Watson Other 48 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
96,807
Median age
45
Employment rate
73.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029