Mid Dunbartonshire
| Mid Dunbartonshire | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| <mapframe height="200" frameless="1" align="center" width="250">{{Wikipedia:Map data/Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}</mapframe> Interactive map of boundaries from 2024 | |
 Boundary of Mid Dunbartonshire in Scotland | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | East Dunbartonshire |
| Electorate | 75,099 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, Milngavie |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Susan Murray (Liberal Democrats) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | East Dunbartonshire |
Mid Dunbartonshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Susan Murray of the Liberal Democrats.
Boundaries
[edit | edit source]<mapframe height="250" text="Map of boundaries from 2024" width="300">{{Wikipedia:Map data/Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}</mapframe> The constituency comprises the following wards of the East Dunbartonshire council area:[3][4]
- In full: Milngavie, Bearsden North, Bearsden South, Bishopbriggs North and Campsie, Bishopbriggs South.
- In part: Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (virtually all the electorate), Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (small part comprising the northern areas of the town of Kirkintilloch).
It covers virtually all of the former East Dunbartonshire constituency, together with a small part of the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency (renamed Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch), including Lennoxtown and Milton of Campsie.[5]
Constituency profile
[edit | edit source]Electoral Calculus characterises the seat as "Strong Left", with left-wing economic and socially liberal views, high levels of university education and an internationalist outlook including strong opposition to Brexit.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit | edit source]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Susan Murray | Scottish Liberal Democrats | |
Election results
[edit | edit source]Elections in the 2020s
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Murray | 22,349 | 42.4 | +7.9 | |
| SNP | Amy Callaghan | 12,676 | 24.0 | −13.9 | |
| Labour | Lorna Dougall | 10,993 | 20.8 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | Alix Mathieson | 2,452 | 4.6 | −11.0 | |
| Reform | David McNabb | 2,099 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Carolynn Scrimgeour | 1,720 | 3.3 | +1.7 | |
| Alba | Ray James | 449 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,673 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 52,738 | 71.7 | −6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 73,603 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from SNP | Swing | +10.9 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
[edit | edit source]| 2019 notional result [a] [9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| SNP | 22,179 | 37.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 20,193 | 34.5 | |
| Conservative | 9,118 | 15.6 | |
| Labour | 5,520 | 9.4 | |
| Scottish Greens | 916 | 1.6 | |
| Other (3 candidates) | 626 | 1.1 | |
| Majority | 1,986 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | 58,552 | 78.0 | |
| Electorate | 75,099 | ||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Mid Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK