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Name: Matt Bishop
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38.0%; Cons: 24.0%; Lab: 19.0%
YouGov September 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 35.0%; Cons: 20.0%; Lab: 19.0%; Green: 14.0%; LD: 10.0%
More in Common September 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 36.0%; Cons: 26.0%; Lab: 17.0%; Green: 12.0%
More in Common July 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38.0%; Cons: 24.0%; Green: 15.0%; Lab: 15.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 31.0%; Cons: 26.0%; Lab: 22.0%; Green: 11.0%
YouGov June 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 32.0%; Cons: 22.0%; Lab: 20.0%; Green: 15.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Cons: 29.0%; Ref: 29.0%; Lab: 23.0%; Green: 10.0%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 31.0%; Ref: 28.0%; Lab: 21.0%; Green: 11.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 32.0%; Ref: 25.0%; Lab: 20.0%; Green: 11.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 31.0%; Lab: 26.0%; Ref: 25.0%; Green: 11.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Cons	Victory chances: Cons: 93.0%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 278 (0.57%)
Turnout: 66.01%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Matt Bishop	Labour Party	16373
Mark Harper	Conservative and Unionist Party	16095
Stanley Goodin	Reform UK	8194
Chris McFarling	Green Party	4735
James Michael Joyce	Liberal Democrats	2604
Saiham Sikder	Socialist Labour Party	90

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Conservative
Majority: 15869 (30.82%)
Turnout: 72%

Party	Votes
Conservative	30680
Labour	14811
Green	4681
Other	1303