Riding profile

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

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

Current forecast

Conservative

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.1
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 32.2%
  • Reform UK 25.1%
  • SNP 22.1%
  • Lib Dems 11.6%
  • Green 4.7%
  • Labour 2.4%
  • Other 1.7%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Conservative Reform UK SNP Lib Dems
HereWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 32.2%25.1%22.1%11.6%
National averageUnited Kingdom 19.3% +12.9 25.4% −0.2 2.8% +19.3 11.4% +0.3

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

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 32% vote share, against 25% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Andrew Bowie

Sits with Conservative

Since
2017-06-08
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Conservative
Margin
7.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.0 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