Riding profile

Bridlington and The Wolds

UK constituency — England · Mixed · yorkshire and the humber

The question

Bridlington and The Wolds: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.3
P(close race)
8%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 34.0%
  • Conservative 28.7%
  • Labour 16.1%
  • Lib Dems 8.6%
  • Green 7.7%
  • Other 4.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereBridlington and The Wolds 34.0%28.7%16.1%8.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +8.7 19.3% +9.4 21.8% −5.8 11.4% −2.8

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

Editorial read

Bridlington and The Wolds, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 29% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Charlie Dewhirst

Sits with Conservative

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Charlie Dewhirst Elected Conservative 14,846 34.6
Sarah Carter Labour 11,721 27.3
Maria Bowtell Reform UK 10,350 24.1
Jayne Phoenix Lib Dems 3,097 7.2
Gill Leek Green 1,595 3.7
Tim Norman Other 915 2.1
Tom Cone Other 309 0.7
Carlo Verda Other 104 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
93,389
Median age
52
Employment rate
70.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029