Riding profile

Caerphilly

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Caerphilly: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Caerphilly, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 26% vote share, against 25% for Plaid Cymru, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Chris Evans

Sits with Labour

Since
2010-05-06
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Toss-up

Probability
73%
Mean margin (pts)
1.0
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 26.0%
  • Plaid Cymru 25.4%
  • Labour 20.2%
  • Green 11.9%
  • Conservative 9.8%
  • Lib Dems 5.8%
  • Other 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Plaid Cymru Labour Green
HereCaerphilly 26.0%25.4%20.2%11.9%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +0.7 1.0% +24.3 21.7% −1.4 11.8% +0.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-15.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Evans Elected Labour 14,538 38.0
Lindsay Whittle Plaid Cymru 8,119 21.2
Joshua Kim Reform UK 7,754 20.3
Brandon Gorman Conservative 4,385 11.5
Steve Aicheler Lib Dems 1,788 4.7
Mark Thomas Green 1,650 4.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
96,268
Median age
42
Employment rate
77.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029