Riding profile

Castle Point

UK constituency — England · Urban · east of england

The question

Castle Point: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Castle Point, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 41% vote share, against 30% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Rebecca Harris

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 41.2%
  • Conservative 30.1%
  • Labour 11.3%
  • Green 8.9%
  • Lib Dems 7.1%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereCastle Point 41.2%30.1%11.3%8.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +15.8 18.9% +11.2 21.7% −10.3 11.8% −2.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
8.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Rebecca Harris Elected Conservative 15,485 38.1
Keiron McGill Reform UK 12,234 30.1
Mark Maguire Labour 9,455 23.3
Bob Chapman Green 2,118 5.2
James Willis Lib Dems 1,341 3.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
91,681
Median age
46
Employment rate
76.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029