Riding profile

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Editorial read

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 31% vote share, against 24% for the SNP, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Andrew Bowie

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.9
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 30.9%
  • SNP 23.9%
  • Reform UK 20.2%
  • Lib Dems 14.2%
  • Green 4.5%
  • Other 3.1%
  • Labour 3.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative SNP Reform UK Lib Dems
HereWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 30.9%23.9%20.2%14.2%
National averageUnited Kingdom 18.9% +12.0 2.5% +21.4 25.3% −5.2 11.6% +2.5

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-0.1 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Andrew Bowie Elected Conservative 17,428 35.6
Glen Reynolds SNP 13,987 28.6
Kate Blake Labour 6,397 13.1
Michael Turvey Lib Dems 6,342 12.9
Brandon Innes Reform UK 3,497 7.1
William Linegar Green 1,032 2.1
Iris Leask Other 219 0.5
David Neill Other 56 0.1

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
75.8%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029