Riding profile

Wellingborough and Rushden

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east midlands

The question

Wellingborough and Rushden: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Wellingborough and Rushden, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 25% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Gen Kitchen

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-02-15
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.7%
  • Labour 24.7%
  • Conservative 23.6%
  • Green 11.0%
  • Lib Dems 5.4%
  • Other 2.4%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereWellingborough and Rushden 32.7%24.7%23.6%11.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.4 21.7% +3.0 18.9% +4.7 11.8% −0.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
12.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Gen Kitchen Elected Labour 17,734 40.3
David Goss Conservative 12,248 27.9
Ben Habib Reform UK 9,456 21.5
Paul Mannion Green 2,704 6.2
Christopher Townsend Lib Dems 1,570 3.6
Jeremy Brittin Other 273 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
113,555
Median age
40
Employment rate
71.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029