Riding profile

Torfaen

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Torfaen: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Torfaen, 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 31% vote share, against 21% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Sits with Labour

Since
2015-05-07
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.8
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 31.0%
  • Labour 20.9%
  • Conservative 13.8%
  • Plaid Cymru 12.6%
  • Green 12.3%
  • Lib Dems 5.7%
  • Other 3.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Plaid Cymru
HereTorfaen 31.0%20.9%13.8%12.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +5.6 21.7% −0.7 18.9% −5.1 1.0% +11.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
20.5 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Nick Thomas-Symonds Elected Labour 15,176 42.5
Ian Williams Reform UK 7,854 22.0
Nathan Edmunds Conservative 5,737 16.1
Matthew Jones Plaid Cymru 2,571 7.2
Philip Davies Green 1,705 4.8
Brendan Roberts Lib Dems 1,644 4.6
Lee Dunning Other 881 2.5
Nikki Brooke Other 137 0.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
92,860
Median age
42
Employment rate
75.2%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029