Constituency profile

Spelthorne

South East · Borough constituency · Spelthorne borough

Lincoln Jopp MP
Sitting MP

Lincoln Jopp

Conservative

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South East
Borough constituency, Spelthorne council
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCC
Conservative 5/5
EU referendum 2016
60.3% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +8.4pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +3.6pp
Vulnerability score 6/10 (Conservative projected to lose)
SouthernStrong Leave area

About the Spelthorne constituency

Spelthorne is a borough constituency in the South East. The sitting MP is Lincoln Jopp (Conservative), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, the Conservatives won with 30.4% to 27.0% for Labour, a majority of 1,590 votes on a 62.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 28.4% and the Conservatives on 24.8%, a margin of 3.6 points - a projected change of hands from the Conservatives.

Who lives in Spelthorne? Constituency demographics

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

Leave vote 2016
60.3%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
33.6%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
16.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
68.1%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
30.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
41.3
UK median ~40
Age 65+
22.0%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.8%
UK average ~28%

How did Spelthorne 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

Con hold · majority 1,590 votes (3.4pp) · turnout 62.6%

Current projection

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

Map of Spelthorne

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)

Spelthorne within Spelthorne

Spelthorne sits entirely within Spelthorne Council. Spelthorne 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
Spelthorne
61 LSOAs
100%

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
16 Oct 2025Staines
Spelthorne
LD GAIN from GrnLD 38% Ref 24% Other 12%
19 Jun 2025Ashford Town
Spelthorne
LD GAIN from ConLD 27% Ref 23% Con 19%
19 Jul 2024Ashford East
Spelthorne
Con GAIN from Ind
10 Sep 2023Ashford Town
Spelthorne
Con GAIN from Ind

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
Ashford CommonConservative 33.3%vs Labour 24.8%2023 Conservative 48.0%vs Independent 31.2%-131.5%
Ashford EastConservative 34.9%vs Labour 25.5%2023 Independent 46.4%vs Conservative 34.8%-125.9%
Ashford North and Stanwell SouthLabour 31.0%vs Conservative 29.9%2023 Labour 45.5%vs Conservative 32.9%-109.0%
Ashford TownConservative 31.7%vs Labour 27.7%2023 Conservative 36.0%vs Independent 32.2%-135.6%
Halliford and Sunbury WestConservative 27.8%vs Lib Dem 25.3%2023 Lib Dem 61.5%vs Conservative 32.3%-105.0%
Laleham and Shepperton GreenConservative 33.8%vs Labour 24.7%2023 Conservative 50.5%vs Green 25.6%-143.9%
Riverside and LalehamConservative 31.2%vs Labour 25.4%2023 Independent 42.3%vs Conservative 38.4%-139.4%
Shepperton TownConservative 37.8%vs Labour 23.8%2023 Conservative 56.7%vs Green 12.8%-158.4%
StainesLabour 31.9%vs Conservative 24.9%2023 Green 44.1%vs Conservative 24.9%-160.9%
Staines SouthLabour 25.6%vs Conservative 25.5%2023 Lib Dem 53.7%vs Conservative 27.8%-144.2%
Stanwell NorthLabour 31.0%vs Conservative 26.6%2023 Labour 57.9%vs Conservative 42.1%-94.0%
Sunbury CommonLabour 28.0%vs Conservative 25.0%2023 Lib Dem 52.8%vs Independent 22.8%-125.2%
Sunbury EastConservative 31.1%vs Labour 26.4%2023 Conservative 50.0%vs Lib Dem 36.4%-128.5%

Projection trajectory

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

Who has won Spelthorne 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 holdKwasi Kwarteng16.5%47.1%25.9%8.5% UKIP-2.1%10,01967.1%
2015Con holdKwasi Kwarteng18.6%49.7%6.4%20.9% UKIP3.5%0.9%14,15268.6%+1.5
2017Con holdKwasi Kwarteng30.5%57.3%5.5%4.6% UKIP2.2%-13,42569.0%+0.4
2019notionalConservative winnerKwasi Kwarteng 2019 MP, pre-review boundary21.7%58.9%15.1%-4.3%-18,39367.9%-1.1
2024Con holdLincoln Jopp27.0%30.4%18.9%17.9% Ref5.2%0.6%1,59062.6%-5.3

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

Constituencies most like Spelthorne

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Spelthorne. 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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