Riding profile

Harwich and North Essex

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Harwich and North Essex: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Harwich and North Essex, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 29% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Sir Bernard Jenkin

Sits with Conservative

Since
1992-04-09
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.4%
  • Conservative 28.5%
  • Labour 19.8%
  • Green 9.6%
  • Lib Dems 8.4%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereHarwich and North Essex 32.4%28.5%19.8%9.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.0 18.9% +9.6 21.7% −1.9 11.8% −2.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
2.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Bernard Jenkin Elected Conservative 16,522 34.4
Alex Diner Labour 15,360 32.0
Mark Cole Reform UK 9,806 20.4
Natalie Sommers Lib Dems 3,561 7.4
Andrew Canessa Green 2,794 5.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,425
Median age
46
Employment rate
71.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029