Riding profile

Salisbury

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Salisbury: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Salisbury, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 28% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

John Glen

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.6
P(close race)
98%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.2%
  • Reform UK 23.6%
  • Lib Dems 19.9%
  • Labour 16.6%
  • Green 9.1%
  • Other 2.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Labour
HereSalisbury 28.2%23.6%19.9%16.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +9.3 25.3% −1.7 11.6% +8.2 21.7% −5.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
John Glen Elected Conservative 17,110 34.1
Matt Aldridge Labour 13,303 26.5
Victoria Charleston Lib Dems 11,825 23.6
Julian Malins Reform UK 5,235 10.4
Barney Norris Green 2,115 4.2
Arthur Pendragon Other 458 0.9
Chris Harwood Other 127 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,881
Median age
47
Employment rate
82.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029