![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
On 22 May 2024, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the 2024 general election would be held on 4 July 2024. [2] The election includes Scotland, with all 57 Scottish Westminster seats to be contested.
The Scottish National Party (SNP) changed leaders and first ministers three times, from Nicola Sturgeon (2014–2023) to Humza Yousaf (2023–2024) to John Swinney (since 6 May 2024). Sturgeon resigned in 2023 following heavy criticism for her positions on gender reforms and claimed occupational burnout was the reason for her resignation, [3] while Yousaf resigned in 2024 amid a government crisis following his termination of a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. [4] Swinney assumed the leadership on 8 May 2024. [5] In 2022, Ian Blackford stepped down as the leader of the SNP in the House of Commons and was succeeded by Stephen Flynn. [6]
All polling companies listed here are members of the British Polling Council (BPC) and abide by its disclosure and sample size rules.
The dates for these opinion polls range from the 2019 general election on 12 December to the present day.
Date(s) conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | SNP | Con | Lab | Lib Dems | Green | Reform | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5–10 Jun2024 | Opinium | N/A | 1,017 | 34% | 14% | 35% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 1 |
3–9 Jun2024 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,136 | 36% | 13% | 36% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 2% Alba on 1% Other on 1% | Tie |
1–2 Jun2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 29% | 17% | 39% | 8% | 3% | 4% | 2% Alba on 1% Other on 1% | 10 |
24–28 May2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,067 | 33% | 17% | 37% | 7% | – | – | 5% | 4 |
23–27 May2024 | Survation | True North | 1,026 | 32% | 17% | 36% | 9% | – | – | 6% | 4 |
22–25 May2024 | More in Common | N/A | 817 | 30% | 17% | 35% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 5 |
22 May | Rishi Sunak announces that a general election will be held on 4 July 2024 | ||||||||||
13–17 May2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,114 | 29% | 12% | 39% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 10 |
8–9 May2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,078 | 31% | 14% | 38% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | 7 |
6–8 May | John Swinney is elected Leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland | ||||||||||
3–8 May2024 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,080 | 33% | 17% | 37% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 4 |
30 Apr–3 May2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,014 | 29% | 16% | 34% | 8% | 4% | 6% | 4% Alba on 3% Other on 1% | 5 |
29 Apr2024 | Humza Yousaf announces his resignation as First Minister of Scotland. | ||||||||||
26–29 Apr2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,043 | 33% | 14% | 34% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 1 |
9–12 Apr2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,086 | 32% | 16% | 32% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 3% Alba on 2% Other on 1% | Tie |
6–7 Apr2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 32% | 17% | 33% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 2% Alba on 2% Other on 0% | 1 |
25 Mar–2 Apr2024 | YouGov | N/A | 1,100 | 31% | 14% | 33% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 1% | 2 |
10–11 Mar2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 34% | 16% | 34% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | Tie |
14–20 Feb2024 | Survation | Quantum Communications | 1,043 | 38% | 15% | 33% | 8% | – | – | 7% | 5 |
3–4 Feb2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 33% | 18% | 34% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 1% Alba on 1% Other on 0% | 1 |
25–31 Jan2024 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,005 | 39% | 14% | 32% | 6% | 4% | – | 5% | 7 |
23–25 Jan2024 | Survation | True North | 1,029 | 36% | 16% | 34% | 8% | – | – | 7% | 2 |
22–25 Jan2024 | Norstat | The Sunday Times | 1,007 | 33% | 16% | 36% | 7% | – | – | 8% | 3 |
9–11 Jan2024 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,040 | 35% | 17% | 35% | 9% | 2% | 2% | 1% | Tie |
26–27 Nov2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,054 | 34% | 17% | 36% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 0% | 2 |
20–26 Nov2023 | Ipsos | N/A | 990 | 40% | 15% | 30% | 6% | 3% | – | 5% | 10 |
29–30 Oct2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,092 | 32% | 23% | 32% | 8% | 2% | 2% | 1% | Tie |
20–25 Oct2023 | YouGov | Scottish Elections Study | 1,200 | 32% | 16% | 38% | 6% | 4% | – | 4% | 6 |
6–11 Oct2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,018 | 35% | 19% | 35% | 6% | – | – | 4% | Tie |
2–6 Oct2023 | YouGov | N/A | 1,028 | 33% | 20% | 32% | 5% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 1 |
5 Oct2023 | Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election | ||||||||||
4–5 Oct2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,095 | 34% | 21% | 32% | 9% | 2% | – | 2% | 4 |
5–14 Sep2023 | Opinium | Tony Blair Institute | 1,004 | 37% | 18% | 28% | 8% | 4% | – | 4% | 9 |
8–13 Sep2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,103 | 38% | 16% | 27% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 11 |
2–4 Sep2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,100 | 35% | 15% | 35% | 8% | 4% | – | 3% | Tie |
15–18 Aug2023 | Survation | True North | 1,022 | 37% | 17% | 35% | 6% | – | – | 5% | 2 |
3–8 Aug2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,086 | 36% | 15% | 32% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 4 |
5–6 Aug2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,050 | 37% | 17% | 34% | 7% | 2% | – | 3% | 3 |
1–2 Jul2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,030 | 35% | 21% | 32% | 7% | 2% | – | 3% | 3 |
23–28 Jun2023 | Survation | – | 2,026 | 37% | 17% | 34% | 9% | – | – | 4% | 3 |
12–15 Jun2023 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,007 | 34% | 18% | 34% | 7% | – | – | 7% | Tie |
9–14 Jun2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,018 | 38% | 17% | 34% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 4 |
9–13 Jun2023 | YouGov | Scottish Elections Study | 1,200 | 33% | 17% | 36% | 7% | 4% | – | 3% | 3 |
3–5 Jun2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,466 | 37% | 20% | 28% | 9% | 3% | – | 3% | 9 |
15–21 May2023 | Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,090 | 41% | 16% | 29% | 6% | 3% | – | 4% | 12 |
27 Apr–3 May2023 | Survation | True North | 1,009 | 38% | 18% | 31% | 9% | 2% | – | 4% | 7 |
30 Apr–2 May2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,295 | 35% | 18% | 32% | 9% | 3% | – | 3% | 3 |
17–20 Apr2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,032 | 37% | 17% | 28% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 9 |
29 Mar–3 Apr2023 | Survation | N/A | 1,001 | 40% | 17% | 32% | 7% | 1% | – | 3% | 8 |
31 Mar–1 Apr2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 36% | 19% | 31% | 10% | 2% | – | 3% | 5 |
28–31 Mar2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,009 | 39% | 19% | 33% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 6 |
28–30 Mar2023 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,089 | 39% | 19% | 31% | 5% | – | – | 6% | 8 |
27 Mar2023 | Humza Yousaf is elected leader of the Scottish National Party | ||||||||||
9–13 Mar2023 | YouGov | Sky News | 1,002 | 39% | 16% | 29% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 10 |
8–10 Mar2023 | Survation | Diffley Partnership | 1,037 | 40% | 18% | 32% | 6% | 2% | – | 3% | 8 |
7–10 Mar2023 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,013 | 40% | 16% | 33% | 6% | – | – | 5% | 7 |
2–5 Mar2023 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,050 | 39% | 22% | 29% | 6% | 2% | – | 3% | 10 |
17–20 Feb2023 | YouGov | The Times | 1,017 | 38% | 19% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 9 |
15–17 Feb2023 | Survation | N/A | 1,034 | 43% | 17% | 30% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 13 |
15–17 Feb2023 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,004 | 42% | 17% | 32% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 10 |
10–15 Feb2023 | YouGov | Scottish Election Study | 1,239 | 38% | 16% | 35% | 6% | 3% | – | 3% | 3 |
1–7 Feb2023 | Survation | N/A | TBA | 42% | 18% | 29% | 6% | – | – | 0% | 13 |
23–26 Jan2023 | YouGov | The Sunday Times | 1,088 | 42% | 15% | 29% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 13 |
10–12 Jan2023 | Survation | True North | 1,002 | 43% | 18% | 29% | 7% | – | – | 2% | 14 |
22 Dec–1 Jan2023 | Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,025 | 44% | 16% | 31% | 6% | – | – | 1% | 13 |
16–21 Dec2022 | Savanta | The Scotsman | 1,048 | 43% | 19% | 30% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 13 |
6–9 Dec2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,090 | 43% | 14% | 29% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 14 |
28 Nov–5 Dec2022 | Ipsos MORI | STV News | 1,045 | 51% | 13% | 25% | 6% | 3% | – | 0% | 26 |
26–27 Nov2022 | Redfield & Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 41% | 16% | 31% | 8% | 2% | – | 3% | 10 |
7–11 Oct2022 | Panelbase | Alba Party | 1,000+ | 42% | 16% | 30% | 6% | 2% | – | 2% | 12 |
5–7 Oct2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,017 | 45% | 15% | 30% | 5% | – | – | 4% | 15 |
30 Sep–4 Oct2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,067 | 45% | 12% | 31% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 14 |
30 Sep–4 Oct2022 | ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,029 | 46% | 15% | 30% | 8% | – | – | 1% | 16 |
28–29 Sep2022 | Survation | Scotland in Union | 1,011 | 44% | 15% | 31% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 13 |
17–19 Aug2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,133 | 44% | 20% | 23% | 8% | – | – | 5% | 21 |
29 Jun–1 Jul2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,010 | 47% | 19% | 23% | 8% | – | – | 3% | 24 |
23–28 Jun2022 | Savanta ComRes | The Scotsman | 1,029 | 46% | 18% | 25% | 8% | – | – | 3% | 21 |
23–29 May2022 | Ipsos | STV News | 1,000 | 44% | 19% | 23% | 10% | 3% | – | 2% | 21 |
18–23 May2022 | YouGov | The Times | 1,115 | 46% | 19% | 22% | 6% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 24 |
5 May 2022 | Local elections held in Scotland | ||||||||||
26–29 Apr2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,009 | 42% | 21% | 24% | 7% | – | – | 5% | 18 |
25–31 Mar2022 | BMG | The Herald | 1,012 | 42% | 19% | 26% | 6% | 4% | – | 2% | 16 |
24–28 Mar2022 | Survation | Ballot Box Scotland | 1,002 | 45% | 19% | 27% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 18 |
1–4 Feb2022 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,128 | 44% | 20% | 24% | 8% | 2% | – | 2% | 20 |
15–22 Dec2021 | Opinium | Daily Record | 1,328 | 48% | 17% | 22% | 7% | 3% | – | 4% | 26 |
18–22 Nov2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,060 | 48% | 20% | 18% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 28 |
9–12 Nov2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,000~ | 48% | 21% | 20% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 27 |
20–26 Oct2021 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,001 | 48% | 21% | 21% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 27 |
6–10 Sep2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 2,003 | 47% | 23% | 19% | 7% | – | – | 4% | 24 |
2–8 Sep2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,014 | 51% | 21% | 17% | 5% | 2% | – | 3% | 30 |
20 Aug2021 | Alex Cole-Hamilton becomes leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats [7] | ||||||||||
16–24 Jun2021 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,287 | 47% | 25% | 18% | 6% | – | – | 4% | 22 |
13 May2021 | Airdrie and Shotts by-election | ||||||||||
6 May2021 | Election to the Scottish Parliament [8] | ||||||||||
2–4 May2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,144 | 48% | 22% | 19% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 26 |
30 Apr–4 May2021 | Survation | DC Thomson | 1,008 | 48% | 22% | 20% | 7% | 1% | – | 1% | 26 |
28 Apr–03 May2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,015 | 47% | 25% | 20% | 6% | 1% | – | 1% | 22 |
27–30 Apr2021 | BMG | The Herald | 1,023 | 48% | 20% | 20% | 7% | 3% | – | 1% | 28 |
23–26 Apr2021 | Survation | Good Morning Britain | 1,008 | 46% | 22% | 22% | 8% | – | – | 2% | 24 |
21–26 Apr2021 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,075 | 45% | 22% | 19% | 7% | 4% | – | 3% | 23 |
20–22 Apr2021 | Survation | DC Thomson | 1,037 | 47% | 21% | 22% | 8% | 1% | – | 1% | 25 |
16–20 Apr2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,204 | 48% | 24% | 19% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 24 |
1–6 Apr2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,023 | 50% | 24% | 19% | 4% | 1% | – | 1% | 26 |
29–30 Mar2021 | Survation | The Courier | 1,021 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 8% | 1% | – | 0% | 28 |
19–22 Mar2021 | YouGov | The Times | TBA | 49% | 24% | 17% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 25 |
16–19 Mar2021 | BMG | The Herald | 1,021 | 47% | 21% | 19% | 7% | 3% | – | 3% | 26 |
11–18 Mar2021 | Survation | The Courier | 1,452 | 49% | 21% | 21% | 7% | 1% | – | 1% | 28 |
11–16 Mar2021 | Opinium | Sky News | 1,096 | 50% | 23% | 19% | 5% | 3% | – | 1% | 27 |
4–8 Mar2021 | YouGov | The Times | 1,100 | 50% | 23% | 17% | 5% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 27 |
27 Feb2021 | Anas Sarwar is elected leader of Scottish Labour [9] | ||||||||||
25–26 Feb2021 | Survation | Daily Record | 1,011 | 48% | 23% | 21% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 25 |
11–13 Jan2021 | Survation | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 48% | 19% | 23% | 7% | – | – | 3% | 25 |
4–9 Dec2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,009 | 51% | 20% | 21% | 6% | 3% | – | – | 30 |
5–11 Nov2020 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,020 | 50% | 21% | 20% | 5% | 2% | – | – | 29 |
6–10 Nov2020 | YouGov | The Times | 1,089 | 53% | 19% | 17% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 1% | 34 |
28 Oct–4 Nov2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,059 | 52% | 18% | 20% | 8% | – | – | 2% | 32 |
17–21 Sep2020 | JL Partners | Politico | 1,016 | 56% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 3% | – | 0% | 38 |
2–7 Sep2020 | Survation | N/A | 1,018 | 51% | 20% | 21% | 6% | – | – | 3% | 30 |
6–10 Aug2020 | YouGov | The Times | 1,142 | 54% | 20% | 16% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 34 |
5 Aug2020 | Douglas Ross becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives [10] | ||||||||||
30 Jun–3 Jul2020 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,026 | 53% | 21% | 19% | 6% | – | – | 2% | 32 |
1–5 Jun2020 | Panelbase | Scot Goes Pop | 1,022 | 51% | 21% | 19% | 6% | 2% | – | 1% | 30 |
1–5 May2020 | Panelbase | Wings Over Scotland | 1,086 | 50% | 26% | 17% | 5% | 2% | – | 1% | 24 |
24–27 Apr2020 | YouGov | N/A | 1,095 | 51% | 25% | 15% | 6% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 26 |
24–26 Mar2020 | Panelbase | The Sunday Times | 1,023 | 48% | 27% | 16% | 5% | 3% | – | – | 21 |
14 Feb2020 | Jackson Carlaw becomes leader of the Scottish Conservatives [11] | ||||||||||
12 Dec2019 | 2019 general election | – | 45.0% | 25.1% | 18.6% | 9.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 19.9 |
In March 2020, Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith confirmed that the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies would be based on retaining 650 seats. [12] [13] The previous relevant legislation was amended by the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 [14] and the four boundary commissions formally launched their 2023 reviews on 5 January 2021. [15] [16] [17] [18] They were required to issue their final reports prior to 1 July 2023. The Scottish commission published its own report on 28 June. [19] [20] As the reports were laid before Parliament, Orders in Council giving effect to the final proposals must be made within four months, unless "there are exceptional circumstances". Prior to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020, boundary changes could not be implemented until they were approved by both Houses of Parliament.
Fifty-seven single member constituencies will be used in Scotland for this election, a reduction of two since 2019. A number of constituencies are unchanged, including the two protected constituencies of Na h-Eileanan an Iar covering the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, covering the Northern Isles. [21]
Parties | Number of candidates [22] | |
---|---|---|
Conservative Party | 57 | |
Labour Party | 57 | |
Liberal Democrats | 57 | |
Reform UK | 57 | |
Scottish National Party | 57 | |
Scottish Greens | 44 | |
Independents | 25 (21 constituencies) | |
Alba Party | 19 | |
Scottish Family Party | 16 | |
Co-operative Party | 4 [23] | |
Scottish Libertarian Party | 4 | |
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 4 | |
Communist Party of Britain | 3 | |
Socialist Labour Party | 3 | |
UKIP | 3 | |
British Unionist Party | 2 | |
Christian Party | 2 | |
Independence for Scotland Party | 2 | |
Scottish Socialist Party | 2 | |
Social Democratic Party | 2 | |
Sovereignty | 2 | |
Workers Party of Britain | 2 | |
Freedom Alliance (UK) | 1 | |
Heritage Party | 1 | |
Liberal Party | 1 | |
Socialist Equality Party | 1 | |
Total | 424 |
Candidates in bold were MPs at dissolution and represented a constituency in that parliamentary term which is succeeded at least partially by the constituency in which they are standing for election in at this election, in some cases not for the party they were aligned with when they were originally elected; it also includes those elected at by-elections in the preceding parliament. Italics denotes incumbent MPs not contesting the election. It was reported that SNP, Conservatives and Labour selected all their candidates by 5 June 2024. [24]
MP | Seat | First elected | Party | Date announced | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alister Jack | Dumfries and Galloway | 2017 | Conservative | 17 May 2023 [276] | Current Scottish Secretary | |
Ian Blackford | Ross, Skye and Lochaber | 2015 | SNP | 6 June 2023 [277] | Former leader of SNP Westminster group | |
Peter Grant | Glenrothes | 2015 | SNP | 21 June 2023 [278] | ||
Angela Crawley | Lanark and Hamilton East | 2015 | SNP | 23 June 2023 [279] | Former SNP shadow Attorney General | |
Douglas Chapman | Dunfermline and West Fife | 2015 | SNP | 26 June 2023 [280] | ||
Stewart Hosie | Dundee East | 2005 | SNP | 28 June 2023 [281] | Current SNP shadow Chancellor | |
Mhairi Black | Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 2015 | SNP | 4 July 2023 [282] | Current deputy leader of SNP Westminster group | |
John McNally | Falkirk | 2015 | SNP | 10 July 2023 [283] | ||
Philippa Whitford | Central Ayrshire | 2015 | SNP | 18 July 2023 [284] | Current SNP Spokesperson for Scotland | |
Lisa Cameron | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | 2015 | Conservative [lower-alpha 6] | 17 October 2023 [285] | Elected from SNP |
Annabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, alongside Liam McArthur, since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath constituency since 2016, having previously been an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2011 to 2016.
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in the South of Scotland, within the Dumfries and Galloway, South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders council areas. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the First-past-the-post system of voting. It is currently represented in Westminster by the former Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, a Conservative, who has been the MP since 2005.
Glasgow South is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Inverclyde is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.
Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in Renfrewshire, Scotland to the southwest of Glasgow. It elects one member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.
East Renfrewshire is a constituency of the House of Commons, to the south of Glasgow, Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.
Pamela Nash is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Airdrie and Shotts between 2010 and 2015. She is currently the Chief Executive of Scotland in Union, a campaign group launched in March 2015 to help keep Scotland within the United Kingdom. During her time in Parliament, she was the youngest MP in the House of Commons.
The 2021 Scottish Parliament election took place on 11 May 2021, under the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998. All 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament were elected in the sixth election since the parliament was re-established in 1999. The election was held alongside the Senedd election, English local elections, London Assembly and mayoral election and the Hartlepool by-election.
The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were eligible to vote, under the provisions of the Scottish Elections Act. It was also the first time the three largest parties were led by women.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West since 2015. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration since September 2023.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post, single-member district electoral system. Unlike the 2010 general election, where no seats changed party, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won all but three seats in Scotland in an unprecedented landslide victory, gaining a total of 56 seats. The SNP received what remains the largest number of votes gained by a single political party in a United Kingdom general election in Scotland in British history, breaking the previous record set by the Labour Party in 1964 and taking the largest share of the Scottish vote in sixty years, at approximately 50 per cent.
3,971 candidates stood in the United Kingdom general election of 2015, which was held on 7 May 2015.
Mhairi Black is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2022 to 2024.
Kirsten Frances Oswald is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in 2015; she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022, as well as Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party from 2018 to 2023.
Tommy Sheppard is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh East since May 2015. He has been SNP Spokesperson for Scotland since 2023. He is a former SNP spokesperson for the Cabinet Office and a former SNP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. He is also known for founding The Stand Comedy Clubs in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
David Melvyn Linden is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East since 2017. He served as the SNP Spokesperson for Work and Pensions from 2021 to 2022 and the Spokesperson for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the House of Commons from 2020 to 2021.
Prospective parliamentary candidates were selected for the 2024 general election.
Michael Graeme Shanks is a Scottish Labour politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West since winning a by-election on 5 October 2023.
{{cite press release}}
: CS1 maint: location (link){{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: location (link) Media related to 2024 UK general election in Scotland at Wikimedia Commons