Riding profile

Hemel Hempstead

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Hemel Hempstead: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Hemel Hempstead, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 11-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 28% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

David Taylor

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 28.3%
  • Labour 25.5%
  • Conservative 23.1%
  • Lib Dems 11.5%
  • Green 10.4%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Lib Dems
HereHemel Hempstead 28.3%25.5%23.1%11.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +2.9 21.7% +3.8 18.9% +4.2 11.6% −0.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
11.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David Taylor Elected Labour 16,844 38.2
Andrew Williams Conservative 11,987 27.2
Noel Willcox Reform UK 7,689 17.4
Sammy Barry-Mears Lib Dems 5,096 11.6
Sherief Hassan Green 2,492 5.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
104,046
Median age
38
Employment rate
90.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029