Riding profile

Hamble Valley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Hamble Valley: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Hamble Valley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 30% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Paul Holmes

Sits with Conservative

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 29.6%
  • Reform UK 25.6%
  • Lib Dems 24.2%
  • Labour 10.7%
  • Green 8.1%
  • Other 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Labour
HereHamble Valley 29.6%25.6%24.2%10.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +10.7 25.3% +0.3 11.6% +12.5 21.7% −10.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
8.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Paul Holmes Elected Conservative 19,671 36.4
Prad Bains Lib Dems 14,869 27.5
Devina Paul Labour 8,753 16.2
Caroline Gladwin Reform UK 8,216 15.2
Kate Needham Green 2,310 4.3
Binka Griffin Other 185 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,937
Median age
43
Employment rate
92.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029