Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Upper Bann

Westminster constituency · Northern Ireland

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the DUP a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 15.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Other 0.7%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Other Green Conservative Labour
Upper Bann 0.7%0.2%0.2%0.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 5.0%−4.3 10.4%−10.2 20.4%−20.2 24.3%−24.1

Simple average of the 650 ridings, not weighted by population.

Current member

Carla Lockhart · DUP

In office since December 12, 2019. 59th Parliament.

Previous election (2024)

The DUP won by 15.6 points.

Our current projection: the DUP ahead by 15.4 points.

Candidates and votes in 2024

Candidate Party Votes %
Carla Lockhart Elected DUP 21,642 45.7
Catherine Nelson Sinn Féin 14,236 30.1
Eóin Tennyson Alliance 6,322 13.4
Kate Evans UUP 3,662 7.7
Malachy Quinn SDLP 1,496 3.2

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Birmingham Hall Green and MoseleyLabour50%1.2-point gap
  2. Hertford and StortfordReform UK44%1.4-point gap
  3. Romsey and Southampton NorthConservative54%1.4-point gap
Forecast updated