Riding profile

Bradford South

UK constituency — England · Urban · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Bradford South: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Bradford South, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Judith Cummins

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.0%
  • Labour 21.7%
  • Green 16.0%
  • Conservative 12.3%
  • Other 12.2%
  • Lib Dems 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Green Conservative
HereBradford South 33.0%21.7%16.0%12.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.7 21.7% +0.1 11.8% +4.2 18.9% −6.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Judith Cummins Elected Labour 11,833 35.8
Ian Eglin Reform UK 7,441 22.5
Zaf Shah Conservative 4,853 14.7
Matt Edwards Green 3,366 10.2
Rehiana Ali Other 3,345 10.1
Anthony Smith Lib Dems 954 2.9
Harry Boota Other 513 1.6
Jonathan Barras Other 489 1.5
Therese Hirst Other 248 0.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
110,478
Median age
36
Employment rate
76.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029