Riding profile

Monmouthshire

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Monmouthshire: will Labour lose this seat to Conservative?

Editorial read

Monmouthshire, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 30% vote share, against 20% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Catherine Fookes

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
10.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 30.4%
  • Reform UK 20.1%
  • Labour 19.0%
  • Green 13.6%
  • Lib Dems 6.3%
  • Plaid Cymru 5.8%
  • Other 4.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK Labour Green
HereMonmouthshire 30.4%20.1%19.0%13.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +11.5 25.3% −5.2 21.7% −2.7 11.8% +1.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
6.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Catherine Fookes Elected Labour 21,010 41.3
David Davies Conservative 17,672 34.8
Max Windsor-Peplow Reform UK 5,438 10.7
Ian Chandler Green 2,357 4.6
William Powell Lib Dems 2,279 4.5
Ioan Bellin Plaid Cymru 1,273 2.5
Owen Lewis Other 457 0.9
June Davies Other 255 0.5
Emma Meredith Other 103 0.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
93,886
Median age
49
Employment rate
75.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029