Riding profile

Bournemouth West

UK constituency — England · Urban · south west

The question

Bournemouth West: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Bournemouth West, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 23% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jessica Toale

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 29.2%
  • Conservative 22.9%
  • Labour 22.8%
  • Lib Dems 13.1%
  • Green 9.4%
  • Other 2.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereBournemouth West 29.2%22.9%22.8%13.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +3.9 18.9% +4.0 21.7% +1.1 11.6% +1.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
8.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jessica Toale Elected Labour 14,365 36.4
Conor Burns Conservative 11,141 28.3
Ben Aston Reform UK 6,647 16.9
Jeff Hanna Lib Dems 4,311 10.9
Darren Jones Green 2,614 6.6
Julie Vivienne Other 201 0.5
David Warden Other 139 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
109,309
Median age
37
Employment rate
76.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029