Riding profile

Stafford

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

Stafford: who wins this toss-up?

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Stafford, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Leigh Ingham

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.1%
  • Conservative 25.7%
  • Labour 24.9%
  • Green 11.5%
  • Lib Dems 5.3%
  • Other 2.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereStafford 30.1%25.7%24.9%11.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.7 18.9% +6.8 21.7% +3.3 11.8% −0.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
10.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Leigh Ingham Elected Labour 18,531 40.3
Theo Clarke Conservative 13,936 30.3
Michael Riley Reform UK 8,612 18.7
Scott Spencer Green 2,856 6.2
Peter Andras Lib Dems 1,676 3.6
Titus Anything Other 307 0.7
Craig Morton Other 91 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
96,002
Median age
44
Employment rate
76.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029