Riding profile

West Suffolk

UK constituency — England · Mixed · east of england

The question

West Suffolk: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

West Suffolk, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 27% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Nick Timothy

Sits with Conservative

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
5.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.1%
  • Conservative 27.5%
  • Labour 14.9%
  • Green 10.8%
  • Lib Dems 10.2%
  • Other 3.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereWest Suffolk 33.1%27.5%14.9%10.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.8 18.9% +8.6 21.7% −6.7 11.8% −1.0

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-1.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nick Timothy Elected Conservative 15,814 34.3
Rebecca Denness Labour 12,567 27.2
David Bull Reform UK 9,623 20.9
Henry Batchelor Lib Dems 4,284 9.3
Mark Ereira Green 2,910 6.3
Katie Parker Other 485 1.1
Luke O'Brien Other 345 0.8
Ivan Kinsman Other 133 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
119,754
Median age
40
Employment rate
80.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029