Riding profile

North East Fife

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

North East Fife: a safe seat for the Lib Dems?

Editorial read

North East Fife, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Lib Dems in the previous cycle, with a 32-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Lib Dems ahead at 53% vote share, against 20% for the SNP, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Wendy Chamberlain

Sits with Lib Dems

Since
2019-12-12
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Lib Dems

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
33.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Lib Dems 53.2%
  • SNP 19.7%
  • Reform UK 12.7%
  • Conservative 5.2%
  • Green 4.6%
  • Other 2.6%
  • Labour 1.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Lib Dems SNP Reform UK Conservative
HereNorth East Fife 53.2%19.7%12.7%5.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 11.6% +41.6 2.5% +17.2 25.3% −12.6 18.9% −13.7

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Lib Dems
Margin
31.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+2.0 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Wendy Chamberlain Elected Lib Dems 23,384 54.7
Stefan Hoggan-Radu SNP 9,905 23.2
Jennifer Gallagher Labour 4,026 9.4
Matthew Wren Reform UK 2,094 4.9
Bill Bowman Conservative 1,666 3.9
Morven Ovenstone-Jones Green 1,653 3.9

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
69.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029