Riding profile

Falkirk

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Falkirk: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Falkirk, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 12-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 30% vote share, against 26% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Euan Stainbank

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

SNP

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
3.9
P(close race)
98%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 29.6%
  • Reform UK 26.1%
  • Labour 19.3%
  • Conservative 8.0%
  • Green 7.2%
  • Other 5.5%
  • Lib Dems 4.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Reform UK Labour Conservative
HereFalkirk 29.6%26.1%19.3%8.0%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +27.1 25.3% +0.7 21.7% −2.4 18.9% −10.9

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
11.7 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.8 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Euan Stainbank Elected Labour 18,343 43.0
Toni Giugliano SNP 13,347 31.3
James Bundy Conservative 3,576 8.4
Keith Barrow Reform UK 3,375 7.9
Rachel Kidd Green 1,711 4.0
Tim McKay Lib Dems 1,092 2.6
Mark Tunnicliff Other 600 1.4
Zohaib Arshad Other 581 1.4

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
79.5%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029