Riding profile

Aberafan Maesteg

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Aberafan Maesteg: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
56%
Mean margin (pts)
0.7
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 27.2%
  • Plaid Cymru 26.9%
  • Reform UK 26.4%
  • Green 8.5%
  • Conservative 5.5%
  • Other 3.2%
  • Lib Dems 2.0%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour Plaid Cymru Reform UK Green
HereAberafan Maesteg 27.2%26.9%26.4%8.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.8% +5.4 1.2% +25.7 25.4% +1.1 10.8% −2.3

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

Editorial read

Aberafan Maesteg, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 29-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 27% vote share, against 27% for Plaid Cymru, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Stephen Kinnock

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
29.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-28.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Stephen Kinnock Elected Labour 17,838 49.9
Mark Griffiths Reform UK 7,484 20.9
Colin Deere Plaid Cymru 4,719 13.2
Abigail Mainon Conservative 2,903 8.1
Nigel Hill Green 1,094 3.1
Justin Griffiths Lib Dems 916 2.6
Captain Beany Other 618 1.7
Rhiannon Morrissey Other 183 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,319
Median age
42
Employment rate
72.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029