Riding profile

Walsall and Bloxwich

UK constituency — England · Urban · west midlands

The question

Walsall and Bloxwich: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Walsall and Bloxwich, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 13-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 31% vote share, against 21% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Valerie Vaz

Sits with Labour

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 30.9%
  • Labour 21.3%
  • Other 16.5%
  • Conservative 15.5%
  • Green 11.1%
  • Lib Dems 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Other Conservative
HereWalsall and Bloxwich 30.9%21.3%16.5%15.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.5 21.7% −0.3 4.8% +11.7 18.9% −3.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
13.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Valerie Vaz Elected Labour 12,514 33.6
Aftab Nawaz Other 7,600 20.4
Elaine Williams Reform UK 7,293 19.6
Shannon Lloyd Conservative 6,679 18.0
Sadat Hussain Green 2,288 6.2
Patrick Stillman Lib Dems 817 2.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
118,282
Median age
35
Employment rate
63.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029