Forest of Dean

7:14am on 5th July

Labour Party GAIN / provisional
Elected: Matt Bishop

Candidates

Photograph of Matt BishopLab / 34.0%
Matt Bishop
Photograph of Mark HarperCon / 33.5%
Mark Harper
Photograph of Stanley GoodinReform / 17.0%
Stanley Goodin
Photograph of Chris McFarlingGreen / 9.8%
Chris McFarling
Photograph of James JoyceLD / 5.4%
James Joyce
Photograph of Saiham SikderSocialist Labour Party / 0.2%
Saiham Sikder

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 91600

Households: 39100

Housing tenure type for Forest of Dean

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.9%
Owned outright
Percentage: 44.5%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 28.5%
Private rented
Percentage: 13.4%
Social rented
Percentage: 12.7%

Age demographic for Forest of Dean

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 16.1%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 9.4%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 10.4%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 16.2%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 22.7%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 25.2%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.