Riding profile

Central Ayrshire

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Central Ayrshire: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Central Ayrshire, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 17-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 26% vote share, against 24% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Alan Gemmell

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

SNP

Toss-up

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
2.3
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 26.3%
  • Reform UK 24.2%
  • Labour 21.4%
  • Conservative 13.6%
  • Green 6.6%
  • Lib Dems 4.3%
  • Other 3.5%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Reform UK Labour Conservative
HereCentral Ayrshire 26.3%24.2%21.4%13.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +23.7 25.3% −1.1 21.7% −0.2 18.9% −5.3

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
16.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-14.2 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alan Gemmell Elected Labour 18,091 43.7
Annie McIndoe SNP 11,222 27.1
David Rocks Conservative 6,147 14.8
Kevin Blades Reform UK 3,420 8.3
Tom Kerr Green 1,039 2.5
Elaine Ford Lib Dems 983 2.4
Louise McDaid Other 329 0.8
Alan MacMillan Other 188 0.5

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
71.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029