Riding profile

Bexhill and Battle

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Bexhill and Battle: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Bexhill and Battle, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 30% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Dr Kieran Mullan

Sits with Conservative

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.7%
  • Conservative 27.1%
  • Labour 15.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.6%
  • Green 9.9%
  • Other 6.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereBexhill and Battle 29.7%27.1%15.8%10.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.3 18.9% +8.2 21.7% −5.9 11.6% −1.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
5.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kieran Mullan Elected Conservative 16,186 33.9
Christine Bayliss Labour 13,529 28.3
Ian Gribbin Reform UK 7,929 16.6
Becky Jones Lib Dems 3,473 7.3
Jonathan Kent Green 2,972 6.2
Abul Azad Other 2,206 4.6
Jeff Newnham Other 769 1.6
Julia Long Other 332 0.7
Nigel Jacklin Other 210 0.4
Colin Sullivan Other 144 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
90,339
Median age
53
Employment rate
76.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029