Riding profile

Alloa and Grangemouth

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Alloa and Grangemouth: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Alloa and Grangemouth, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 28% vote share, against 27% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Brian Leishman

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

SNP

Toss-up

Probability
97%
Mean margin (pts)
1.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 27.6%
  • Reform UK 26.8%
  • Labour 20.0%
  • Conservative 7.4%
  • Green 7.1%
  • Other 6.4%
  • Lib Dems 4.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Reform UK Labour Conservative
HereAlloa and Grangemouth 27.6%26.8%20.0%7.4%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +25.0 25.3% +1.5 21.7% −1.6 18.9% −11.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
14.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-13.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Brian Leishman Elected Labour 18,039 43.8
John Nicolson SNP 11,917 28.9
Richard Fairley Reform UK 3,804 9.2
Rachel Nunn Conservative 3,127 7.6
Nariese Whyte Green 1,421 3.5
Adrian May Lib Dems 1,151 2.8
Eva Comrie Other 881 2.1
Kenny MacAskill Other 638 1.6
Tom Flanagan Other 223 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
73.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029