Riding profile

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 3-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 27% vote share, against 22% for the Conservatives, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

David Chadwick

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.1
P(close race)
95%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 26.5%
  • Conservative 22.4%
  • Reform UK 21.9%
  • Green 10.6%
  • Plaid Cymru 8.6%
  • Labour 6.3%
  • Other 3.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems Conservative Reform UK Green
HereBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe 26.5%22.4%21.9%10.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +14.9 18.9% +3.5 25.3% −3.4 11.8% −1.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
3.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
David Chadwick Elected Lib Dems 13,736 29.5
Fay Jones Conservative 12,264 26.4
Matthew Dorrance Labour 9,904 21.3
Adam Hill Reform UK 6,567 14.1
Emily Durrant-Munro Plaid Cymru 2,280 4.9
Amerjit Kaur-Dhaliwal Green 1,188 2.5
Jonathan Harrington Other 372 0.8
Lady Lily The Pink Other 237 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
91,992
Median age
50
Employment rate
69.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029