Riding profile
Stoke-on-Trent Central
The question
Stoke-on-Trent Central: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?
Editorial read
Stoke-on-Trent Central, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 18-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 37% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Gareth Snell
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Reform UK
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 13.2
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Reform UK | Labour | Conservative | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereStoke-on-Trent Central | 37.1% | 25.5% | 13.8% | 9.3% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 25.3% +11.8 | 21.7% +3.9 | 18.9% −5.1 | 11.8% −2.5 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth Snell Elected | Labour | 14,950 | 42.4 | — |
| Luke Shenton | Reform UK | 8,541 | 24.2 | — |
| Chandra Kanneganti | Conservative | 6,221 | 17.6 | — |
| Navid Kaleem | Other | 2,281 | 6.5 | — |
| Adam Colclough | Green | 1,703 | 4.8 | — |
| Laura McCarthy | Lib Dems | 999 | 2.8 | — |
| Andy Poleshaw | Other | 315 | 0.9 | — |
| AliRom Alirom | Other | 279 | 0.8 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029