Estimated electorate: 75,001
Based on the updated constituency boundaries and current opinion polls, we project that the result in Washington and Gateshead South will be as follows:
Based on predicted vote shares (GB): Labour: 44% | Conservative: 27% | Liberal Democrat: 11.3% | Green: 6.8% | Reform/Brexit: 6.1%
For all new seats and a full forecast of the next general election, please see our Electoral Analysis.
The following candidates are expected to stand in the new Washington and Gateshead South constituency at the next election:
There may be further candidates standing for whom data is not yet available.
Data Source: https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk
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If we can recruit 14,291 members in Washington and Gateshead South, we can potentially swing the seat at the next election to whichever of Labour or Conservative has the best climate policy. That's 19.1% of the electorate in this seat.
We need 14,875 members in this constituency to have a chance of swinging the seat to whichever of Labour, Conservative or Reform/Brexit has the best climate policy. That's 19.8% of the electorate in this seat.
We need 19,601 members in this constituency to be able to elect a Green MP. That's 26.1% of the electorate.