Riding profile

Neath and Swansea East

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Neath and Swansea East: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Neath and Swansea East, 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 32% vote share, against 23% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Carolyn Harris

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 32.4%
  • Labour 22.6%
  • Plaid Cymru 18.3%
  • Green 11.4%
  • Conservative 8.1%
  • Lib Dems 6.4%
  • Other 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Plaid Cymru Green
HereNeath and Swansea East 32.4%22.6%18.3%11.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +7.1 21.7% +1.0 1.0% +17.2 11.8% −0.4

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-4.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Carolyn Harris Elected Labour 16,797 41.9
Dai Richards Reform UK 10,170 25.3
Andrew Jenkins Plaid Cymru 5,350 13.3
Samantha Chohan Conservative 3,765 9.4
Helen Clarke Lib Dems 2,344 5.8
Jan Dowden Green 1,711 4.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
99,765
Median age
41
Employment rate
74.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029