Riding profile

Thornbury and Yate

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Thornbury and Yate: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

Thornbury and Yate, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 32% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Claire Young

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.4
P(close race)
8%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 32.1%
  • Conservative 26.8%
  • Reform UK 25.6%
  • Green 7.2%
  • Labour 7.0%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Green
HereThornbury and Yate 32.1%26.8%25.6%7.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +20.5 18.9% +7.9 25.3% +0.2 11.8% −4.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
5.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.3 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Claire Young Elected Lib Dems 20,815 39.0
Luke Hall Conservative 17,801 33.4
Andrew Banwell Reform UK 7,529 14.1
Rob Logan Labour 5,057 9.5
Alexandra Jenner-Fust Green 2,165 4.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,475
Median age
44
Employment rate
82.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029