Riding profile

Aberdeen South

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Aberdeen South: a safe seat for the SNP?

Editorial read

Aberdeen South, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the SNP in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 28% vote share, against 26% for the Conservatives, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Current forecast

SNP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 28.2%
  • Conservative 25.6%
  • Reform UK 14.7%
  • Labour 11.8%
  • Lib Dems 7.4%
  • Green 7.0%
  • Other 5.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Conservative Reform UK Labour
HereAberdeen South 28.2%25.6%14.7%11.8%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +25.7 18.9% +6.8 25.3% −10.7 21.7% −9.8

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
SNP
Margin
8.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.9 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Stephen Flynn Elected SNP 15,213 32.8
Mohammad Malik Labour 11,455 24.7
John Wheeler Conservative 11,300 24.4
Michael Pearce Reform UK 3,199 6.9
Jeff Goodhall Lib Dems 2,921 6.3
Guy Ingerson Green 1,609 3.5
Graeme Craib Other 423 0.9
Sophie Molly Other 225 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
77.7%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029