Riding profile

Rugby

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

Rugby: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Rugby, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

John Slinger

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 29.0%
  • Conservative 25.6%
  • Labour 25.2%
  • Green 9.8%
  • Lib Dems 8.0%
  • Other 2.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereRugby 29.0%25.6%25.2%9.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +3.6 18.9% +6.7 21.7% +3.6 11.8% −2.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
9.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Slinger Elected Labour 19,533 39.9
Yousef Dahmash Conservative 15,105 30.8
Devenne Kedward Reform UK 8,225 16.8
Richard Dickson Lib Dems 3,252 6.6
Becca Stevenson Green 2,556 5.2
Mark Townsend Other 215 0.4
Anand Swayamprakasam Other 118 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,196
Median age
40
Employment rate
81.6%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029