Riding profile

Mid Bedfordshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

Mid Bedfordshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Mid Bedfordshire, 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 30% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Blake Stephenson

Sits with Conservative

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.9
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.2%
  • Conservative 27.3%
  • Labour 17.6%
  • Lib Dems 10.8%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Other 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereMid Bedfordshire 30.2%27.3%17.6%10.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +4.9 18.9% +8.4 21.7% −4.0 11.6% −0.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
2.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Blake Stephenson Elected Conservative 16,912 34.1
Maahwish Mirza Labour 15,591 31.4
Dave Holland Reform UK 8,594 17.3
Stuart Roberts Lib Dems 4,068 8.2
Cade Sibley Green 2,584 5.2
Gareth Mackey Other 1,700 3.4
Richard Brunning Other 172 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
102,868
Median age
40
Employment rate
85.0%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029