Riding profile
East Renfrewshire
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
Current forecast
Labour
Toss-up
- Probability
- 98%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 1.1
- P(close race)
- 100%
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
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
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029