Riding profile

Aberdeen South

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Aberdeen South: who wins this toss-up?

Current forecast

Conservative

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
4.7
P(close race)
68%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 31.4%
  • SNP 26.7%
  • Reform UK 16.2%
  • Labour 11.2%
  • Lib Dems 7.0%
  • Green 5.2%
  • Other 2.1%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative SNP Reform UK Labour
HereAberdeen South 31.4%26.7%16.2%11.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 19.3% +12.1 2.8% +23.9 25.4% −9.2 21.8% −10.6

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

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 Conservatives ahead at 31% vote share, against 27% for the SNP, and the race could swing.

Previous election · 2024

Won by
SNP
Margin
8.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.4 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