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Forest of Dean

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Current MP

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 April 2026	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 34%; Cons: 26%; Lab: 15%; Green: 13%
More in Common April 2026	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 31%; Cons: 29%; Lab: 16%; Green: 14%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR January 2026	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Cons: 39%; Ref: 39%
More in Common January 2026	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38%; Cons: 30%; Green: 16%; Lab: 13%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38%; Cons: 24%; Lab: 19%
YouGov September 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 35%; Cons: 20%; Lab: 19%; Green: 14%; LD: 10%
More in Common September 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 36%; Cons: 26%; Lab: 17%; Green: 12%
More in Common July 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38%; Cons: 24%; Green: 15%; Lab: 15%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 31%; Cons: 26%; Lab: 22%; Green: 11%
YouGov June 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 32%; Cons: 22%; Lab: 20%; Green: 15%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Cons: 29%; Ref: 29%; Lab: 23%; Green: 10%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 31%; Ref: 28%; Lab: 21%; Green: 11%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 32%; Ref: 25%; Lab: 20%; Green: 11%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Cons	Vote shares: Cons: 31%; Lab: 26%; Ref: 25%; Green: 11%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Cons	Victory chances: Cons: 93%

2024 results

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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matt Bishop	Labour Party	16373	34.0%
Mark Harper	Conservative and Unionist Party	16095	33.5%
Stanley Goodin	Reform UK	8194	17.0%
Chris McFarling	Green Party	4735	9.8%
James Michael Joyce	Liberal Democrats	2604	5.4%
Saiham Sikder	Socialist Labour Party	90	0.2%

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2019 notional results

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