Riding profile

New Forest East

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

New Forest East: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

New Forest East, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 32% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Sir Julian Lewis

Sits with Conservative

Since
1997-05-01
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 31.6%
  • Reform UK 28.0%
  • Lib Dems 15.0%
  • Labour 11.8%
  • Green 10.5%
  • Other 2.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Labour
HereNew Forest East 31.6%28.0%15.0%11.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +12.7 25.3% +2.7 11.6% +3.3 21.7% −9.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
18.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-15.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Julian Lewis Elected Conservative 17,412 38.5
Sasjkia Otto Labour 8,917 19.7
Roy Swales Reform UK 7,646 16.9
Caroline Rackham Lib Dems 7,198 15.9
Simon King Green 3,118 6.9
Mad Hatter Other 529 1.2
Andrew Knight Other 410 0.9

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
91,150
Median age
49
Employment rate
80.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029