Riding profile

Bath

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Bath: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Bath, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 36% vote share, against 18% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Wera Hobhouse

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 36.4%
  • Reform UK 17.9%
  • Green 15.2%
  • Labour 14.2%
  • Conservative 11.6%
  • Other 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Reform UK Green Labour
HereBath 36.4%17.9%15.2%14.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +24.8 25.3% −7.5 11.8% +3.4 21.7% −7.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
23.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Wera Hobhouse Elected Lib Dems 19,883 41.3
Dan Bewley Labour 8,665 18.0
James Wright Conservative 7,659 15.9
Dom Tristram Green 5,952 12.4
Teresa Hall Reform UK 3,798 7.9
Colin Blackburn Other 1,749 3.6
Matthew Alford Other 230 0.5
Bill Blockhead Other 169 0.3
A ON Other 25 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
103,776
Median age
35
Employment rate
71.6%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029