Riding profile

Bridgwater

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Bridgwater: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Bridgwater, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 25% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Sir Ashley Fox

Sits with Conservative

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.5%
  • Conservative 25.0%
  • Labour 16.1%
  • Lib Dems 13.9%
  • Green 7.5%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereBridgwater 34.5%25.0%16.1%13.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.2 18.9% +6.1 21.7% −5.6 11.6% +2.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
3.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Ashley Fox Elected Conservative 12,281 30.6
Leigh Redman Labour 10,932 27.2
Wiliam Fagg Reform UK 8,913 22.2
Claire Sully Lib Dems 5,781 14.4
Charles Graham Green 1,720 4.3
Pelé Barnes Other 334 0.8
Gregory Tanner Other 168 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,065
Median age
44
Employment rate
80.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029