Constituency profile

Bristol North East

South West · Borough constituency

Damien Egan MP
Sitting MP

Damien Egan

Labour

First elected February 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
South West
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LLLLL
Labour 5/5
EU referendum 2016
48.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -3.3pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +0.1pp
vs Green 29.0%
SouthernBrexit-marginal

Who lives in Bristol North East? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
48.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
31.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
18.1%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
60.3%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
38.4%
UK average ~36%
Median age
36.9
UK median ~40
Age 65+
18.8%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
35.4%
UK average ~28%

How did Bristol North East vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 11,167 votes (26.6pp) · turnout 59.9%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Bristol North East

Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.

Council layer (not Westminster)

Bristol North East within Bristol, City of and South Gloucestershire

Bristol North East crosses multiple council boundaries: Bristol, City of (52%), South Gloucestershire (48%). The figures below come from the council elections held on Thursday 7 May 2026 in each constituent council.

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Bristol, City of
29 LSOAs
52%
South Gloucestershire
27 LSOAs
48%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward. Where May 2026 elections happened, those are shown; otherwise the most recent year on the ward’s pre-2026 boundary (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024). The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.

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Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Bristol North East at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Bristol North East at past general elections?

2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdKerry McCarthy Bristol East MP36.6%28.3%24.4%3.4% UKIP1.8%5.5%3,72264.8%
2015predecessorLab holdKerry McCarthy Bristol East MP39.3%30.7%5.8%15.5% UKIP8.3%0.5%3,98064.9%
2017predecessorLab holdKerry McCarthy Bristol East MP60.7%34.4%2.7%-2.2%-13,39470.1%
2019notionalLabour winnerKerry McCarthy Bristol East MP, pre-review boundary50.3%39.1%5.1%-4.0%1.5%5,46470.1%
2024Lab holdDamien Egan45.3%14.8%4.7%12.9% Ref18.7%3.7%11,16759.9%

Bristol North East was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Bristol East (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Bristol North East

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Bristol North East. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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