Riding profile

Tonbridge

UK constituency — England · Mixed · south east

The question

Tonbridge: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Editorial read

Tonbridge, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 34% vote share, against 23% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Tom Tugendhat

Sits with Conservative

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.4
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 34.3%
  • Reform UK 22.9%
  • Green 20.0%
  • Labour 10.9%
  • Lib Dems 8.7%
  • Other 2.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Green Labour
HereTonbridge 34.3%22.9%20.0%10.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +15.4 25.3% −2.4 11.8% +8.2 21.7% −10.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
22.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-10.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Tom Tugendhat Elected Conservative 20,517 40.8
Lewis Bailey Labour 9,351 18.6
Anna Cope Green 7,596 15.1
Teresa Hansford Reform UK 7,548 15.0
John Woollcombe Lib Dems 4,234 8.4
Tim Shaw Other 926 1.8
Ian Grattidge Other 156 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
97,582
Median age
44
Employment rate
81.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029