Constituency profile

Boston and Skegness

East Midlands · County constituency

Richard Tice MP
Sitting MP

Richard Tice

Reform UK

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCR
Conservative 4/5, Reform UK 1/5
EU referendum 2016
75.7% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +23.8pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +24.0pp
vs Conservative 26.7%
MidlandsStrong Leave areaWorking-class profile

About the Boston and Skegness constituency

Boston and Skegness is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Richard Tice (Reform UK), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Reform UK won with 38.4% to 33.4% for the Conservatives, a majority of 2,010 votes on a 53.4% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 50.8% and the Conservatives on 26.7%, a margin of 24.0 points.

Who lives in Boston and Skegness? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
75.7%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
18.1%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
29.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
60.2%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
38.5%
UK average ~36%
Median age
46.6
UK median ~40
Age 65+
28.9%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
25.2%
UK average ~28%

How did Boston and Skegness vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

RUK gain from Con · majority 2,010 votes (5.0pp) · turnout 53.4%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Boston and Skegness

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Boston and Skegness within Boston and East Lindsey

Boston and Skegness crosses council boundaries: Boston (58%), East Lindsey (42%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Boston
39 LSOAs
58%
East Lindsey
28 LSOAs
42%

Recent council by-elections

Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.

DateWardResultTop 3 vote shares
13 Nov 2025Chapel St Leonards
East Lindsey
Ref GAIN from ConRef 66% Con 16% Other 8%
1 May 2025Trinity
Boston
Ref GAIN from OtherRef 39% Other 29% Con 24%
28 Oct 2024Croft
East Lindsey
Con HOLD—

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Burgh le MarshReform 37.4%vs Conservative 31.5%2023 Others 48.3%vs Conservative 26.6%-27.9%
Chapel St LeonardsReform 36.5%vs Conservative 36.0%2023 Conservative 49.7%vs Labour 26.2%-34.1%
CoastalConservative 35.5%vs Reform 35.1%2023 Independent 45.4%vs Others 38.4%-43.1%
CroftConservative 46.1%vs Reform 35.0%2019 Conservative 64.2%vs Independent 20.6%-32.9%
FensideReform 40.7%vs Conservative 28.1%2023 Others 44.5%vs Conservative 22.3%-29.0%
FishtoftReform 37.2%vs Conservative 33.2%2023 Others 63.3%vs Conservative 31.6%-30.1%
Five VillageConservative 36.4%vs Reform 36.0%2023 Conservative 59.4%vs Others 23.6%-33.9%
FriskneyReform 39.1%vs Conservative 33.8%2023 Independent 60.0%vs Conservative 40.0%-23.3%
IngoldmellsReform 38.9%vs Conservative 34.4%2023 Conservative 59.9%vs Others 40.1%-24.3%
Kirton and FramptonReform 37.6%vs Conservative 34.0%2023 Conservative 34.1%vs Others 33.5%-25.4%
Old Leake and WrangleConservative 41.8%vs Reform 30.6%2023 Others 63.8%vs Conservative 24.3%-37.6%
Scarbrough & SeacroftReform 41.9%vs Conservative 29.2%2023 Conservative 49.3%vs Others 37.3%-23.5%
Sibsey & StickneyConservative 42.1%vs Reform 34.7%2019 Conservative 87.0%vs Labour 13.0%-27.0%
SkirbeckReform 43.0%vs Conservative 26.7%2023 Others 63.7%vs Independent 16.6%-26.3%
St Clement'sReform 43.1%vs Conservative 27.8%2023 Others 37.8%vs Labour 33.2%-19.9%
St Thomas'Reform 45.5%vs Conservative 28.3%2023 Independent 61.5%vs Others 32.9%-24.5%
StanilandReform 40.3%vs Conservative 28.1%2023 Others 57.3%vs Conservative 42.7%-29.6%
StationReform 37.7%vs Conservative 27.9%2023 Others 71.4%vs Conservative 28.6%-18.6%
Swineshead and Holland FenConservative 38.5%vs Reform 35.7%2023 Others 54.1%vs Conservative 30.7%-46.2%
TrinityReform 38.6%vs Conservative 31.0%2023 Others 57.3%vs Conservative 42.7%-29.5%
WainfleetConservative 38.5%vs Reform 37.2%2019 Conservative 76.1%vs Labour 23.9%-26.2%
WestReform 36.7%vs Conservative 35.1%2023 Independent 72.1%vs Conservative 27.9%-30.2%
Willoughby with SloothbyReform 38.9%vs Conservative 35.2%2023 Independent 82.1%vs Labour 17.9%-31.1%
WinthorpeReform 42.8%vs Conservative 29.7%2023 Conservative 39.6%vs Others 35.2%-20.7%
WithamReform 37.4%vs Conservative 30.0%2023 Others 72.9%vs Conservative 19.2%-23.5%
WybertonReform 36.6%vs Conservative 33.5%2023 Others 39.1%vs Independent 36.7%-30.4%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Boston and Skegness at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Boston and Skegness at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdMark Simmonds20.6%49.4%14.8%9.5% UKIP-5.7%12,42664.2%
2015Con holdMatt Warman16.5%43.8%2.3%33.8% UKIP1.8%1.7%4,33664.6%+0.4
2017Con holdMatt Warman25.0%63.6%1.8%7.7% UKIP1.3%0.7%16,57262.7%-1.9
2019notionalConservative winnerMatt Warman 2019 MP, pre-review boundary15.6%76.4%4.8%--3.2%27,40259.4%-3.3
2024RUK gain from ConRichard Tice18.9%33.4%3.4%38.4% Ref3.7%2.3%2,01053.4%-6.0

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Boston and Skegness

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Boston and Skegness. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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