The Forecast

Updated 1 hour ago·Lab-203vs yesterday
Reform
231
+226 vs 2024
116347
Con
118
3 vs 2024
39205
Lab
100
311 vs 2024
44163
Lib Dem
93
+21 vs 2024
83109
SNP
43
+34 vs 2024
3747
Green
29
+25 vs 2024
1250
Plaid
7
+3 vs 2024
510
Reform 231
Con 118
Lab 100
Lib Dem 93
SNP 43
Green 29
326 majority

Local elections — May 7

Three scenarios
Explore scenarios
73
councils changing control
83
projected NOC
40
Labour holds
19%
avg Reform vote share

136 English councils · Mild / Central / Severe scenarios · Interactive sliders

Scottish Parliament — May 7

See Scottish forecast
100%
SNP largest party
50–68
SNP seat range
8–26
Labour seat range
13
Reform seats projected

73 constituency MSPs + 56 regional list = 129 total · Mixed-member proportional

Senedd — May 7

See Senedd forecast
69%
Plaid largest party
5–25
Labour seat range
35
Plaid seats projected
30
Reform seats projected

Expanded 96-seat Senedd · 16 six-member constituencies · Closed-list PR

Scenario explorer

Four scenarios show how the result changes under different assumptions about turnout and tactical voting. These are bracketed possibilities, not probability-weighted forecasts.

Opposition coordination →
FragmentedCoordinated
Low← TurnoutHigh
Reform dominant
Reform289
Lab203
Lib Dem75
→ Explore
Contested
Lab280
Reform180
Lib Dem78
→ Explore
Hung parliament
Lab350
Con82
Reform80
→ Explore
Labour holds
Lab390
Con85
Lib Dem80
→ Explore

632 Constituencies

England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland's 18 seats are not included as they have a separate party system.

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Model Waterfall

How each model layer transforms the raw projection. Radical transparency — see exactly what drives the forecast.

Step 1Regional swing
Polling applied with regional differentials
Lab 395
Reform 32
Con 133
Lib Dem 61
Green 4
Step 2Vote source model
Differential switching rates by constituency type
Lab 68
Reform 350
Con 36
Lib Dem 83
Green 34
SNP 46
Lab -327Reform +318Con -97Lib Dem +22Green +30SNP +46
Step 3Turnout adjustment
Non-traditional voter bases get turnout discount
Lab 110
Reform 239
Con 124
Lib Dem 83
Green 15
SNP 45
Lab +42Reform -111Con +88Green -19SNP -1
Step 4Tactical voting
Multi-directional squeeze at 18% base rate
Lab 125
Reform 226
Con 119
Lib Dem 88
Green 15
SNP 42
Lab +15Reform -13Con -5Lib Dem +5SNP -3

Polling Tracker

549polls · Individual polls as dots, trend line as moving average

Regional breakdown

Bars are normalised to share within each region. Click a row to filter the constituency cube to that region.

Latest Polls

549 polls tracked
Date
Pollster
N
Ref
Con
Lab
LD
Grn
27 May
Find Out Now
2111
25
18
16
12
19
26 May
YouGov
2354
24
19
17
14
16
25 May
More in Common
2111
30
20
19
12
13
22 May
Opinium
1500
27
18
20
12
15
21 May
JL Partners
1741
29
19
21
12
12

Model updates

28 May, 16:34
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28 May, 16:01
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28 May, 04:39
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