Thursday, October 15, 2026
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U.K. General Election

Leading: Labour, with 227 of 650 projected seats and a 1% chance of a majority.

Updated October 15, 2026

Seat forecast

Party Projected seats Range Chance of finishing first
Labour 227 195–274 97%
Conservative 135 103–168 <1%
Reform UK 134 86–179 3%
Liberal Democrat 71 70–73 <1%
SNP 45 42–46 <1%
Other 9 9–10 <1%
Plaid Cymru 8 7–10 <1%

326 seats for a majority, out of 650 · 641 polls, 50,000 simulations

Farage in Clacton · market : 92%

Median of the 50,000 simulations: Labour 219 · Conservative 133. The large figures count the seats where each party is favoured. The median also counts its chances where it is not; it is the figure most models show, including The Economist.

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

Current House of Commons Composition

326 seats for a majority
  • Labour 409
  • Conservative 122
  • Liberal Democrat 72
  • SNP 8
  • Other 8
  • Green 5
  • Reform UK 5
  • Plaid Cymru 4
  • Vacant 1

Projected vote share

PartyVote7-day changeChance of finishing first
Labour 26.5% — 97%
Other 5.3% — <1%
Conservative 22.1% — 1%
Reform UK 22.0% — 3%
Liberal Democrat 10.3% — <1%
SNP 2.9% — <1%
Plaid Cymru 0.9% — <1%
Sinn Féin 0.7% — <1%
Green 9.9% — <1%
DUP 0.6% — <1%
SDLP 0.3% — <1%
Alliance 0.4% — <1%
UUP 0.3% — <1%

Analysis

Vote intention

Raw polls (dots) and model estimate (diamonds) with 95% confidence interval.

Scenario probabilities

Across 50,000 simulations of the election.

Constituency map

All constituencies

650 / 650 constituencies
Detailed projection by electoral district
ConstituencyNationLeadingVoteMarginChancevs 2024
Birmingham Hall Green and MoseleyEnglandLabour0.0%1.2 pts50%New
Hertford and StortfordEnglandReform UK0.0%1.4 pts44%New
Romsey and Southampton NorthEnglandConservative0.0%1.4 pts54%New
North East DerbyshireEnglandConservative0.0%1.4 pts46%New
South NorfolkEnglandConservative0.0%1.4 pts50%New
RugbyEnglandLabour0.0%1.4 pts42%New
Swindon NorthEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts59%New
North East Somerset and HanhamEnglandLabour0.0%1.5 pts46%New
Suffolk CoastalEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts51%New
Forest of DeanEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts54%New
North East CambridgeshireEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts51%New
Mid NorfolkEnglandConservative0.0%1.5 pts50%New
Broadland and FakenhamEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts55%New
West SuffolkEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts53%New
Brigg and ImminghamEnglandConservative0.0%1.5 pts52%New
Harwich and North EssexEnglandConservative0.0%1.5 pts52%New
North West CambridgeshireEnglandConservative0.0%1.5 pts53%New
GloucesterEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts49%New
Southend West and LeighEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts62%New
Rother ValleyEnglandConservative0.0%1.5 pts63%New
Pendle and ClitheroeEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts65%New
BraintreeEnglandReform UK0.0%1.5 pts60%New
South Holland and The DeepingsEnglandReform UK0.0%1.6 pts61%New
HuddersfieldEnglandGreen0.0%1.6 pts56%New
Bognor Regis and LittlehamptonEnglandReform UK0.0%1.6 pts62%New
RomfordEnglandConservative0.0%1.6 pts61%New
Morecambe and LunesdaleEnglandReform UK0.0%1.6 pts54%New
Penrith and SolwayEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts58%New
CrawleyEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts51%New
Bolton WestEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts50%New
Birmingham YardleyEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts55%New
Camborne and RedruthEnglandReform UK0.0%1.6 pts52%New
Derby SouthEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts52%New
HalifaxEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts53%New
Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardEnglandConservative0.0%1.6 pts67%New
HartlepoolEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts52%New
Bolton South and WalkdenEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts53%New
Stockton NorthEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts51%New
Rawmarsh and ConisbroughEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts52%New
Birmingham ErdingtonEnglandLabour0.0%1.6 pts53%New
Oldham West, Chadderton and RoytonEnglandReform UK0.0%1.7 pts59%New
Clwyd EastWalesConservative0.0%1.7 pts65%New
SelbyEnglandReform UK0.0%1.7 pts60%New
Dagenham and RainhamEnglandLabour0.0%1.7 pts60%New
Bournemouth WestEnglandReform UK0.0%1.7 pts64%New
StevenageEnglandLabour0.0%1.7 pts60%New
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shireScotlandSNP0.0%1.7 pts90%New
DarlingtonEnglandLabour0.0%1.7 pts54%New
Merthyr Tydfil and AberdareWalesReform UK0.0%1.7 pts45%New
GainsboroughEnglandReform UK0.0%1.7 pts71%New

Can Prime Minister Andy Burnham rebuild Labour before Reform converts protest into seats?

The change of prime minister has not yet changed the seat count. Any “Burnham bounce” must persist across several polls and translate unevenly across constituencies before the model should move.

How we got here

Labour’s 2024 landslide rested on extraordinary seat efficiency and a fragmented opposition. Reform’s rise then challenged Labour in many of the places where Burnham’s northern and communitarian profile is strongest.

Labour elected Burnham leader on 16 July 2026; he became prime minister on 20 July and formed a new cabinet. That is a major regime change whose constituency effect remains an empirical question.

What just changed

20 JUL 2026

Burnham forms a new government

John Healey moved to the Treasury, Wes Streeting to Defence, Angela Rayner returned to Housing and Miatta Fahnbulleh took Energy. The reset can affect Labour–Reform contests, but Clacton remains chiefly a test of Reform’s organization and Farage’s hold.

Wait for several post-transition polls before treating any bounce as durable.

GOV.UK

What can still change the race

  1. The size and durability of Labour’s post-transition polling movement.
  2. Whether gains occur in Labour–Reform contests rather than only against Conservatives or Greens.
  3. The cabinet’s fiscal choices and capacity to turn Burnham’s regional appeal into a national coalition.

Constituency profile

Dive into a specific constituency

Projection, sitting MP, 2024 candidates and nearby seats — for each of the 650 Westminster constituencies. Northern Ireland seats keep their party identity (DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP, Alliance, UUP, TUV) even where the projection model uses an "other" bucket.

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