Riding profile

Pontypridd

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Pontypridd: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

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Pontypridd, 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 28% vote share, against 22% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alex Davies-Jones

Sits with Labour

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.7
P(close race)
1%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 28.0%
  • Labour 22.0%
  • Plaid Cymru 17.7%
  • Green 12.3%
  • Conservative 7.8%
  • Other 6.7%
  • Lib Dems 5.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Plaid Cymru Green
HerePontypridd 28.0%22.0%17.7%12.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +2.7 21.7% +0.3 1.0% +16.7 11.8% +0.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
21.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-13.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alex Davies-Jones Elected Labour 16,225 41.2
Steven Bayliss Reform UK 7,823 19.9
William Rees Plaid Cymru 5,275 13.4
Jack Robson Conservative 3,775 9.6
Wayne Owen Other 2,567 6.5
Angela Karadog Green 1,865 4.7
David Mathias Lib Dems 1,606 4.1
Joe Biddulph Other 198 0.5
Jonathan Bishop Other 44 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
102,658
Median age
40
Employment rate
64.4%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029