Riding profile

East Renfrewshire

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

East Renfrewshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

East Renfrewshire, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 27% vote share, against 24% for the SNP, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Blair McDougall

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Labour

Toss-up

Probability
98%
Mean margin (pts)
1.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Labour 27.4%
  • SNP 24.4%
  • Reform UK 16.4%
  • Conservative 13.7%
  • Green 7.5%
  • Other 6.7%
  • Lib Dems 3.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Labour SNP Reform UK Conservative
HereEast Renfrewshire 27.4%24.4%16.4%13.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 21.7% +5.7 2.5% +21.9 25.3% −8.9 18.9% −5.2

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-15.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Blair McDougall Elected Labour 21,935 43.7
Kirsten Oswald SNP 13,514 26.9
Sandesh Gulhane Conservative 8,494 16.9
Matt Alexander Reform UK 2,360 4.7
Karen Sharkey Green 1,510 3.0
Alan Grant Lib Dems 1,150 2.3
Maria Reid Other 487 1.0
Allan Steele Other 481 1.0
Colette Walker Other 296 0.6

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
75.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029