Riding profile

North Herefordshire

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

North Herefordshire: a safe seat for the Green Party?

Editorial read

North Herefordshire, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Green Party in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Green Party ahead at 42% vote share, against 24% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dr Ellie Chowns

Sits with Green

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Green

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Green 42.4%
  • Conservative 24.0%
  • Reform UK 23.4%
  • Lib Dems 4.3%
  • Labour 4.0%
  • Other 1.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Green Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems
HereNorth Herefordshire 42.4%24.0%23.4%4.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.8% +30.5 18.9% +5.1 25.3% −1.9 11.6% −7.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Green
Margin
11.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Ellie Chowns Elected Green 21,736 43.2
Bill Wiggin Conservative 15,842 31.5
Andrew Dye Reform UK 8,048 16.0
Jon Browning Labour 3,205 6.4
Cat Hornsey Lib Dems 1,436 2.9
Michael Guest Other 95 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
91,362
Median age
52
Employment rate
74.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029