Riding profile

Dorking and Horley

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Dorking and Horley: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Dorking and Horley, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 34% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Chris Coghlan

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 34.3%
  • Conservative 25.5%
  • Reform UK 22.9%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Labour 6.8%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Green
HereDorking and Horley 34.3%25.5%22.9%9.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +22.6 18.9% +6.6 25.3% −2.4 11.8% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
10.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Coghlan Elected Lib Dems 20,921 41.9
Marisa Heath Conservative 15,530 31.1
Craig Young Reform UK 6,898 13.8
Nadia Burrell Labour 4,053 8.1
Lisa Scott Green 2,563 5.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,882
Median age
45
Employment rate
75.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029