Riding profile

North West Essex

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

North West Essex: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

North West Essex, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 5-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 29% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
1.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.9%
  • Reform UK 27.6%
  • Labour 17.7%
  • Lib Dems 12.4%
  • Green 9.3%
  • Other 3.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Lib Dems
HereNorth West Essex 28.9%27.6%17.7%12.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +10.0 25.3% +2.2 21.7% −3.9 11.6% +0.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

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

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Kemi Badenoch Elected Conservative 19,360 35.6
Issy Waite Labour 16,750 30.8
Grant StClair-Armstrong Reform UK 7,668 14.1
Smita Rajesh Lib Dems 6,055 11.1
Edward Gildea Green 2,846 5.2
Andrew Green Other 852 1.6
Erik Bonino Other 699 1.3
Niko Omilana Other 156 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
106,580
Median age
43
Employment rate
76.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029