Riding profile

Lincoln

UK constituency — England · Urban · east midlands

The question

Lincoln: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Lincoln, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 29% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Mr Hamish Falconer

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.3%
  • Labour 28.6%
  • Conservative 18.6%
  • Green 11.0%
  • Lib Dems 7.6%
  • Other 3.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereLincoln 30.3%28.6%18.6%11.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.9 21.7% +7.0 18.9% −0.3 11.8% −0.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-17.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Hamish Falconer Elected Labour 18,470 43.8
Karl McCartney Conservative 9,677 22.9
Jamie-Lee McMillan Reform UK 7,602 18.0
Sally Horscroft Green 2,751 6.5
Clare Smalley Lib Dems 2,580 6.1
Linda Richardson Other 479 1.1
Charles Shaw Other 278 0.7
Laura Ashby Other 243 0.6
Craig Marshall Other 80 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
116,507
Median age
35
Employment rate
75.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029