Riding profile

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Luton South and South Bedfordshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Luton South and South Bedfordshire, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 26% vote share, against 23% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Rachel Hopkins

Sits with Labour

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.5
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 26.0%
  • Labour 22.7%
  • Other 17.8%
  • Conservative 13.3%
  • Green 11.1%
  • Lib Dems 8.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Other Conservative
HereLuton South and South Bedfordshire 26.0%22.7%17.8%13.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +0.7 21.7% +1.0 4.8% +13.1 18.9% −5.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Rachel Hopkins Elected Labour 13,593 35.4
Mark Versallion Conservative 6,735 17.6
Attiq Malik Other 5,384 14.0
Norman Maclean Reform UK 4,759 12.4
Yasin Rehman Other 3,110 8.1
Edward Carpenter Green 2,401 6.3
Dominic Griffiths Lib Dems 2,400 6.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
125,695
Median age
34
Employment rate
69.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029