Riding profile

Stroud

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Stroud: a safe seat for Labour?

Editorial read

Stroud, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 29% vote share, against 22% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dr Simon Opher

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.1
P(close race)
6%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 29.0%
  • Reform UK 22.4%
  • Conservative 21.6%
  • Green 17.7%
  • Lib Dems 6.7%
  • Other 2.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereStroud 29.0%22.4%21.6%17.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +7.4 25.3% −2.9 18.9% +2.7 11.8% +5.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-15.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Simon Opher Elected Labour 25,607 46.4
Siobhan Baillie Conservative 14,219 25.8
Chris Lester Reform UK 6,329 11.5
Pete Kennedy Green 5,729 10.4
George James Lib Dems 2,913 5.3
Saskia Whitfield Other 261 0.5
Jason Hughes Other 163 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,407
Median age
47
Employment rate
79.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029