Riding profile

Gosport

UK constituency — England · Urban · south east

The question

Gosport: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 34.0%
  • Reform UK 28.4%
  • Labour 15.7%
  • Lib Dems 10.8%
  • Green 7.9%
  • Other 2.9%

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

Conservative Reform UK Labour Lib Dems
HereGosport 34.0%28.4%15.7%10.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 19.3% +14.7 25.4% +3.0 21.8% −6.1 11.4% −0.5

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

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 34% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dame Caroline Dinenage

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
13.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.0 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