Riding profile

Hereford and South Herefordshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

Hereford and South Herefordshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Hereford and South Herefordshire, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Jesse Norman

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.8%
  • Conservative 26.4%
  • Labour 17.5%
  • Lib Dems 13.0%
  • Green 10.1%
  • Other 1.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereHereford and South Herefordshire 30.8%26.4%17.5%13.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.4 18.9% +7.5 21.7% −4.2 11.6% +1.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
2.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+1.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jesse Norman Elected Conservative 14,871 32.6
Joe Emmett Labour 13,592 29.8
Nigel Ely Reform UK 8,395 18.4
Dan Powell Lib Dems 5,325 11.7
Diana Toynbee Green 3,175 7.0
Mark Weaden Other 214 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,357
Median age
45
Employment rate
80.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029