Riding profile

South East Cornwall

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

South East Cornwall: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

South East Cornwall, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 23% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Anna Gelderd

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.6%
  • Conservative 22.6%
  • Labour 18.9%
  • Lib Dems 16.6%
  • Green 7.0%
  • Other 2.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Lib Dems
HereSouth East Cornwall 32.6%22.6%18.9%16.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.3 18.9% +3.7 21.7% −2.8 11.6% +4.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
3.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Anna Gelderd Elected Labour 15,670 31.8
Sheryll Murray Conservative 13,759 27.9
Paul Wadley Reform UK 9,311 18.9
Colin Martin Lib Dems 8,284 16.8
Martin Corney Green 1,999 4.1
Graham Cowdry Other 263 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,166
Median age
51
Employment rate
75.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029