Riding profile

Tiverton and Minehead

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south west

The question

Tiverton and Minehead: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Tiverton and Minehead, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 31% vote share, against 29% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Rachel Gilmour

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 30.8%
  • Reform UK 28.6%
  • Conservative 24.9%
  • Green 8.0%
  • Labour 6.3%
  • Other 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Reform UK Conservative Green
HereTiverton and Minehead 30.8%28.6%24.9%8.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +19.2 25.3% +3.3 18.9% +6.1 11.8% −3.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
7.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-5.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Rachel Gilmour Elected Lib Dems 18,326 38.6
Ian Liddell-Grainger Conservative 14,819 31.2
Fred Keen Reform UK 7,787 16.4
Jonathan Barter Labour 4,325 9.1
Laura Buchanan Green 2,234 4.7

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,152
Median age
51
Employment rate
85.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029