Riding profile

Thurrock

UK constituency — England · Urban · east of england

The question

Thurrock: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Thurrock, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 36% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jen Craft

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 36.0%
  • Labour 26.4%
  • Conservative 18.1%
  • Green 9.7%
  • Lib Dems 4.9%
  • Other 4.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereThurrock 36.0%26.4%18.1%9.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +10.7 21.7% +4.8 18.9% −0.8 11.8% −2.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
17.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-6.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jen Craft Elected Labour 16,050 42.7
Sophie Preston-Hall Reform UK 9,576 25.5
Jacqueline Doyle-Price Conservative 8,009 21.3
Eugene McCarthy Green 1,632 4.3
Michael Bukola Lib Dems 1,157 3.1
Yousaff Khan Other 691 1.8
Nimal Raj Other 443 1.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
121,226
Median age
35
Employment rate
71.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029