Riding profile

Newark

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Newark: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Newark, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 32% vote share, against 29% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Robert Jenrick

Sits with Reform UK

Since
2014-06-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.2
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 32.2%
  • Reform UK 29.1%
  • Labour 19.0%
  • Green 8.5%
  • Lib Dems 7.4%
  • Other 3.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereNewark 32.2%29.1%19.0%8.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +13.3 25.3% +3.7 21.7% −2.6 11.8% −3.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
6.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Robert Jenrick Elected Conservative 20,968 39.2
Saj Ahmad Labour 17,396 32.5
Robert Palmer Reform UK 8,280 15.5
David Watts Lib Dems 3,026 5.7
Michael Ackroyd Green 2,345 4.4
Adrian Amer Other 809 1.5
Lyn Galbraith Other 329 0.6
Matthew Darrington Other 156 0.3
Collan Siddique Other 150 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
107,221
Median age
46
Employment rate
70.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029