Riding profile

Brentwood and Ongar

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Brentwood and Ongar: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Brentwood and Ongar, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 31% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Alex Burghart

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.6
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.1%
  • Conservative 30.5%
  • Labour 13.6%
  • Lib Dems 11.9%
  • Green 7.5%
  • Other 2.1%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereBrentwood and Ongar 34.1%30.5%13.6%11.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +8.8 18.9% +11.6 21.7% −8.0 11.6% +0.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
12.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alex Burghart Elected Conservative 17,731 36.7
Paul Godfrey Reform UK 11,751 24.3
Gareth Barrett Labour 11,082 22.9
David Kendall Lib Dems 5,809 12.0
RJ Learmouth Green 1,770 3.7
Robin Tilbrook Other 189 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
98,423
Median age
43
Employment rate
78.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029