Riding profile

Romsey and Southampton North

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Romsey and Southampton North: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Romsey and Southampton North, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 32% vote share, against 29% for the Lib Dems, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Caroline Nokes

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 32.3%
  • Lib Dems 29.4%
  • Reform UK 22.3%
  • Green 7.3%
  • Labour 7.1%
  • Other 1.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Lib Dems Reform UK Green
HereRomsey and Southampton North 32.3%29.4%22.3%7.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +13.4 11.6% +17.7 25.3% −3.1 11.8% −4.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
4.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Caroline Nokes Elected Conservative 19,893 39.8
Geoff Cooper Lib Dems 17,702 35.4
Paul Barrett Reform UK 5,716 11.4
Christie Lambert Labour 4,640 9.3
Connor Shaw Green 1,893 3.8
Fennie Yap Other 183 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
101,029
Median age
43
Employment rate
73.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029