Riding profile

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch: will Labour lose this seat to SNP?

Current forecast

SNP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 34.7%
  • Reform UK 27.7%
  • Labour 18.7%
  • Green 7.6%
  • Conservative 5.7%
  • Lib Dems 4.2%
  • Other 1.1%

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

SNP Reform UK Labour Green
HereCumbernauld and Kirkintilloch 34.7%27.7%18.7%7.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.8% +31.9 25.4% +2.3 21.8% −3.1 10.8% −3.2

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

Editorial read

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 10-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 35% vote share, against 28% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Katrina Murray

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
10.1 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Katrina Murray Elected Labour 18,513 45.2
Stuart McDonald SNP 14,369 35.1
Billy Ross Reform UK 3,167 7.7
Satbir Gill Conservative 1,939 4.7
Anne McCrossan Green 1,694 4.1
Adam Harley Lib Dems 1,294 3.2

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
75.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029