Riding profile

Bridgend

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Bridgend: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Bridgend, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Chris Elmore

Sits with Labour

Since
2016-05-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 28.9%
  • Labour 21.7%
  • Conservative 12.6%
  • Plaid Cymru 11.6%
  • Green 11.5%
  • Other 8.8%
  • Lib Dems 4.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Plaid Cymru
HereBridgend 28.9%21.7%12.6%11.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +3.6 21.7% 18.9% −6.3 1.0% +10.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-12.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Elmore Elected Labour 16,516 39.9
Caroline Jones Reform UK 7,921 19.1
Anita Boateng Conservative 6,764 16.4
Iolo Caudy Plaid Cymru 3,629 8.8
Mark John Other 3,338 8.1
Debra Cooper Green 1,760 4.3
Claire Waller Lib Dems 1,446 3.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
95,831
Median age
43
Employment rate
72.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029