Riding profile

Llanelli

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Llanelli: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Llanelli, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 35% vote share, against 27% for Plaid Cymru, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Dame Nia Griffith

Sits with Labour

Since
2005-05-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.2
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 35.4%
  • Plaid Cymru 27.2%
  • Labour 13.8%
  • Green 9.2%
  • Conservative 7.1%
  • Lib Dems 4.7%
  • Other 2.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Plaid Cymru Labour Green
HereLlanelli 35.4%27.2%13.8%9.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +10.0 1.0% +26.1 21.7% −7.8 11.8% −2.6

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
3.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.5 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nia Griffith Elected Labour 12,751 31.3
Gareth Beer Reform UK 11,247 27.6
Rhodri Davies Plaid Cymru 9,511 23.3
Charlie Evans Conservative 4,275 10.5
Chris Passmore Lib Dems 1,254 3.1
Karen Laurence Green 1,106 2.7
Stan Robinson Other 600 1.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
94,816
Median age
44
Employment rate
70.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029