Riding profile

Hornchurch and Upminster

UK constituency — England · Urban · london

The question

Hornchurch and Upminster: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Hornchurch and Upminster, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Julia Lopez

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.0%
  • Conservative 26.1%
  • Labour 15.0%
  • Lib Dems 12.0%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Other 2.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereHornchurch and Upminster 35.0%26.1%15.0%12.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +9.6 18.9% +7.2 21.7% −6.6 11.6% +0.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
4.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Julia Lopez Elected Conservative 15,260 32.5
Nicholas Palmer Reform UK 13,317 28.4
Sunny Brar Labour 12,939 27.6
Melanie Collins Green 2,620 5.6
Ian Sanderson Lib Dems 2,381 5.1
David Warren Durant Other 394 0.8

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
107,933
Median age
40
Employment rate
78.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029