Riding profile

Surrey Heath

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Surrey Heath: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Surrey Heath, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 36% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dr Al Pinkerton

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 35.8%
  • Conservative 26.4%
  • Reform UK 23.4%
  • Green 6.6%
  • Labour 6.1%
  • Other 1.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Green
HereSurrey Heath 35.8%26.4%23.4%6.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +24.2 18.9% +7.5 25.3% −1.9 11.8% −5.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
11.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Al Pinkerton Elected Lib Dems 21,387 44.8
Ed McGuinness Conservative 15,747 33.0
Sam Goggin Reform UK 6,252 13.1
Jessica Hammersley-Rich Labour 3,148 6.6
Jon Campbell Green 1,162 2.4
Elizabeth Wallitt Other 92 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
98,933
Median age
43
Employment rate
85.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029