Riding profile

Sussex Weald

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Sussex Weald: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Sussex Weald, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 14-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 28% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Ms Nusrat Ghani

Sits with Conservative

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
99%
Mean margin (pts)
0.4
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 28.0%
  • Reform UK 27.6%
  • Lib Dems 18.1%
  • Green 12.1%
  • Labour 10.3%
  • Other 3.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Lib Dems Green
HereSussex Weald 28.0%27.6%18.1%12.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +9.1 25.3% +2.3 11.6% +6.4 11.8% +0.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
13.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-13.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nus Ghani Elected Conservative 16,758 34.1
Danielle Newson Lib Dems 9,916 20.2
David Morgan Reform UK 8,920 18.1
Dipesh Patel Labour 8,239 16.8
Austin Henderson Green 3,762 7.7
Shaun Bowler Other 953 1.9
Stephen Gander Other 319 0.7
Dominie Stemp Other 156 0.3
Chris Magness Other 152 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,620
Median age
48
Employment rate
79.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029