Riding profile

Grantham and Bourne

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Grantham and Bourne: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Grantham and Bourne, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 29% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Gareth Davies

Sits with Conservative

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.8
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.1%
  • Conservative 29.3%
  • Labour 14.5%
  • Green 9.9%
  • Other 6.5%
  • Lib Dems 6.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereGrantham and Bourne 33.1%29.3%14.5%9.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.8 18.9% +10.4 21.7% −7.1 11.8% −1.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
9.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Gareth Davies Elected Conservative 16,770 36.4
Vipul Bechar Labour 12,274 26.6
Mike Rudkin Reform UK 9,393 20.4
Anne Gayfer Green 2,570 5.6
John Vincent Lib Dems 2,027 4.4
Ian Selby Other 1,642 3.6
Charmaine Morgan Other 1,245 2.7
Alexander Mitchell Other 204 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,752
Median age
46
Employment rate
79.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029