Riding profile

Lichfield

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

Lichfield: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.9%
  • Conservative 27.7%
  • Labour 19.9%
  • Lib Dems 8.0%
  • Green 7.7%
  • Other 2.4%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereLichfield 33.9%27.7%19.9%8.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.4% +8.5 19.3% +8.4 21.8% −1.9 11.4% −3.4

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

Editorial read

Lichfield, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 34% vote share, against 28% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dave Robertson

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
1.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Dave Robertson Elected Labour 17,232 35.1
Michael Fabricant Conservative 16,422 33.4
Richard Howard Reform UK 9,734 19.8
Paul Ray Lib Dems 3,572 7.3
Heather McNeillis Green 1,724 3.5
Pete Longman Other 322 0.7
John Madden Other 98 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
98,104
Median age
46
Employment rate
80.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029