Riding profile

Folkestone and Hythe

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Folkestone and Hythe: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.7%
  • Conservative 25.7%
  • Labour 20.2%
  • Green 12.0%
  • Lib Dems 6.1%
  • Other 2.9%

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 Green
HereFolkestone and Hythe 32.7%25.7%20.2%12.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +7.3 19.3% +6.4 21.8% −1.6 10.8% +1.2

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

Editorial read

Folkestone and Hythe, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Tony Vaughan

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
8.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Tony Vaughan Elected Labour 15,020 34.7
Damian Collins Conservative 11,291 26.1
Bill Wright Reform UK 10,685 24.7
Marianne Brett Green 3,954 9.1
Larry Ngan Lib Dems 1,736 4.0
Momtaz Khanom Other 249 0.6
David Allen Other 240 0.6
Andy Thomas Other 71 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,073
Median age
47
Employment rate
68.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029