Riding profile

Glenrothes and Mid Fife

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Glenrothes and Mid Fife: will Labour lose this seat to SNP?

Editorial read

Glenrothes and Mid Fife, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 8-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 32% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Richard Baker

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

SNP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
8.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 32.0%
  • Reform UK 24.2%
  • Labour 22.2%
  • Green 9.1%
  • Lib Dems 6.4%
  • Conservative 5.1%
  • Other 0.8%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Reform UK Labour Green
HereGlenrothes and Mid Fife 32.0%24.2%22.2%9.1%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +29.4 25.3% −1.1 21.7% +0.5 11.8% −2.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
8.2 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Richard Baker Elected Labour 15,994 44.3 —
John Beare SNP 13,040 36.1 —
Ian Smith Reform UK 3,528 9.8 —
Debbie MacCallum Conservative 1,973 5.5 —
Jill Reilly Lib Dems 1,604 4.4 —

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
72.4%

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

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029