Constituency profile

Rushcliffe

East Midlands · County constituency · Rushcliffe borough

James Naish MP
Sitting MP

James Naish

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency, Rushcliffe council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
41.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -10.4pp below mean
Current outlook
Conservative +0.7pp
Vulnerability score 8/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the Rushcliffe constituency

Rushcliffe is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is James Naish (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 43.8% to 30.9% for the Conservatives, a majority of 7,426 votes on a 72.9% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the Conservatives on 31.9% and Labour on 31.2%, a margin of 0.7 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Rushcliffe? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
41.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
46.2%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
11.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
75.4%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
23.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
43.8
UK median ~40
Age 65+
25.7%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
26.5%
UK average ~28%

How did Rushcliffe 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

Lab gain from Con · majority 7,426 votes (12.9pp) · turnout 72.9%

Current projection

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

Map of Rushcliffe

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)

Rushcliffe within Rushcliffe

Rushcliffe sits entirely within Rushcliffe Council. Rushcliffe was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Rushcliffe
59 LSOAs
100%

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
AbbeyLabour 52.2%vs Conservative 25.7%2023 Labour 54.7%vs Conservative 32.8%-56.3%
BunnyConservative 39.0%vs Labour 35.8%2023 Conservative 51.7%vs Labour 24.5%-49.1%
Compton AcresLabour 43.1%vs Conservative 34.1%2023 Conservative 54.9%vs Labour 32.9%-50.5%
CotgraveLabour 42.5%vs Conservative 31.5%2023 Conservative 48.5%vs Labour 22.1%-45.8%
CropwellLabour 40.1%vs Conservative 35.2%2023 Others 54.3%vs Conservative 45.7%-43.7%
EdwaltonLabour 39.8%vs Conservative 35.9%2023 Conservative 64.8%vs Labour 29.5%-40.2%
GamstonLabour 46.3%vs Conservative 30.4%2023 Conservative 53.0%vs Labour 34.2%-44.8%
GothamLabour 40.7%vs Conservative 34.9%2023 Conservative 58.7%vs Labour 36.0%-48.6%
Keyworth & WoldsConservative 39.0%vs Labour 35.1%2023 Conservative 51.2%vs Labour 25.2%-67.8%
Lady BayLabour 46.7%vs Conservative 20.1%2023 Green 60.8%vs Labour 29.1%-50.0%
LeakeLabour 38.7%vs Conservative 33.5%2023 Independent 60.6%vs Conservative 32.1%-42.9%
LutterellLabour 50.4%vs Conservative 26.5%2023 Conservative 39.3%vs Labour 30.9%-44.6%
MustersLabour 45.8%vs Conservative 24.6%2023 Labour 41.1%vs Lib Dem 39.0%-46.3%
Nevile & LangarLabour 37.5%vs Conservative 36.6%2023 Conservative 61.6%vs Independent 38.4%-39.5%
Radcliffe on TrentLabour 42.1%vs Conservative 34.3%2023 Conservative 46.6%vs Labour 38.8%-52.0%
RuddingtonLabour 50.1%vs Conservative 25.6%2023 Labour 61.6%vs Conservative 33.2%-46.3%
Soar ValleyLabour 39.8%vs Conservative 35.0%2023 Conservative 54.7%vs Others 27.0%-44.4%
TollertonLabour 38.5%vs Conservative 38.3%2023 Conservative 54.4%vs Labour 33.8%-47.9%
Trent BridgeLabour 57.0%vs Conservative 20.2%2023 Labour 64.7%vs Conservative 22.2%-35.5%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Rushcliffe 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 holdKen Clarke20.7%51.2%21.7%4.1% UKIP2.3%-15,81173.6%
2015Con holdKenneth Clarke26.3%51.4%5.0%10.8% UKIP6.5%-13,82975.3%+1.7
2017Con holdKenneth Clarke38.1%51.8%4.7%2.6% UKIP2.8%-8,01078.0%+2.7
2019notionalConservative winnerRuth Edwards 2019 MP, pre-review boundary35.0%47.3%16.0%1.0% Brx-0.7%7,35478.1%+0.1
2024Lab gain from ConJames Naish43.8%30.9%5.4%11.0% Ref7.6%1.3%7,42672.9%-5.2

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

Constituencies most like Rushcliffe

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Rushcliffe. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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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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