Riding profile

St Ives

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

St Ives: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

St Ives, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 29-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 43% vote share, against 25% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Andrew George

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
17.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 42.6%
  • Reform UK 25.1%
  • Conservative 18.2%
  • Green 6.1%
  • Labour 5.4%
  • Other 2.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Reform UK Conservative Green
HereSt Ives 42.6%25.1%18.2%6.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +31.0 25.3% −0.3 18.9% −0.7 11.8% −5.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
28.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-11.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Andrew George Elected Lib Dems 25,033 52.0
Derek Thomas Conservative 11,247 23.4
Giane Mortimer Reform UK 6,492 13.5
Filson Ali Labour 2,788 5.8
Ian Flindall Green 1,797 3.7
Dave Laity Other 360 0.8
Paul Nicholson Other 187 0.4
Jason Saunders Other 111 0.2
John Harris Other 91 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
89,172
Median age
51
Employment rate
83.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029