2015 UK Parliamentary Election Forecast (13th OCT)

This report was generated on 13 October 2014 at 18:13. To read commentary on the election using these forecasts, follow Election4castUK on Twitter. If you would like to give us feedback on this forecast, please email us at feedback@electionforecast.co.uk

Our current prediction is that there will be no overall majority, but that the Conservatives will be the largest party with 297 seats. However, based on the historical relationships between the sources of information we are using in our forecast and the outcome of UK elections, we know there is substantial uncertainty in our forecast. The sidebar at right includes predictive probabilities of the key outcomes of the election, as well as vote and seat forecasts for each party with 90% uncertainty intervals.

• And now the party forecast...
  • Conservatives. Holding steady over the past fortnight. Seat loss probable. Majority unlikely. Plurality possible.
  • Labour. Fading slightly. Seat gain very likely. Majority unlikely. Plurality possible.
  • Liberal Democrats. Rising slightly. Seat loss almost certain.
  • SNP. Holding steady. Seat gain almost certain.
  • Plaid Cymru. Holding steady. Seat loss very likely.
  • Greens. Holding steady. Seat loss moderately unlikely.
  • UKIP. Holding steady. Seat gain almost certain.

Party	Lo	Seats	Hi	Swing
Conservatives	248	297	347	-9
Labour	244	292	335	34
Liberal Democrats	13	24	38	-33
SNP	7	12	18	6
Plaid Cymru	1	2	3	-1
Greens	0	1	1	0
UKIP	0	3	6	3
Other	1	1	1	0