Riding profile
Bexhill and Battle
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
Current forecast
Reform UK
Toss-up
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 2.6
- P(close race)
- 100%
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
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
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029