Riding profile

Wyre Forest

UK constituency — England · Mixed · west midlands

The question

Wyre Forest: will Conservative lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Wyre Forest, a mixed constituency in England, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 33% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Mark Garnier

Sits with Conservative

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 33.2%
  • Conservative 26.4%
  • Labour 17.5%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Lib Dems 8.4%
  • Other 5.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Conservative Labour Green
HereWyre Forest 33.2%26.4%17.5%9.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.9 18.9% +7.6 21.7% −4.1 11.8% −2.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
1.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+5.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Mark Garnier Elected Conservative 14,489 32.1
Vicki Smith Labour 13,677 30.3
Bill Hopkins Reform UK 9,682 21.4
Shazu Miah Lib Dems 2,809 6.2
John Davis Green 2,443 5.4
Leigh Whitehouse Other 1,535 3.4
Nigel Geary Other 523 1.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
102,328
Median age
47
Employment rate
82.3%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029