Riding profile

Hastings and Rye

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Hastings and Rye: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Hastings and Rye, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 27% vote share, against 25% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Helena Dollimore

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
64%
Mean margin (pts)
0.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 26.9%
  • Reform UK 25.5%
  • Conservative 20.0%
  • Green 17.9%
  • Lib Dems 6.9%
  • Other 2.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Reform UK Conservative Green
HereHastings and Rye 26.9%25.5%20.0%17.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +5.2 25.3% +0.2 18.9% +1.1 11.8% +6.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
18.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-18.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Helena Dollimore Elected Labour 19,134 41.6
Sally-Ann Hart Conservative 10,481 22.8
Lucian Fernando Reform UK 7,401 16.1
Becca Horn Green 5,761 12.5
Guy Harris Lib Dems 2,586 5.6
Phil Colley Other 362 0.8
Nicolas Davies Other 136 0.3
Paul Crosland Other 129 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
104,498
Median age
45
Employment rate
70.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029