Riding profile

Rhondda and Ogmore

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Rhondda and Ogmore: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Rhondda and Ogmore, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 22-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 32% vote share, against 25% for Plaid Cymru, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Chris Bryant

Sits with Labour

Since
2001-06-07
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 32.0%
  • Plaid Cymru 24.5%
  • Labour 21.0%
  • Green 11.3%
  • Conservative 5.7%
  • Lib Dems 4.6%
  • Other 0.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Plaid Cymru Labour Green
HereRhondda and Ogmore 32.0%24.5%21.0%11.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +6.7 1.0% +23.5 21.7% −0.6 11.8% −0.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
21.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Chris Bryant Elected Labour 17,118 47.8
Darren James Reform UK 9,328 26.1
Owen Cutler Plaid Cymru 5,198 14.5
Adam Robinson Conservative 2,050 5.7
Christine Glossop Green 1,177 3.3
Gerald Francis Lib Dems 935 2.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
100,022
Median age
41
Employment rate
63.9%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029