Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Angus, Scotland |
Major settlements | Dundee, Arbroath, Broughty Ferry |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Stephen Gethins (SNP) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Dundee East & Angus |
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested in the 2024 general election. [1]
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020): [2]
In the City of Dundee:
And in Angus:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Stephen Gethins | 15,581 | 35.3 | -15.6 | |
Labour | Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank | 14,722 | 33.4 | +23.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Brooks | 6,841 | 15.5 | -14.8 | |
Reform UK | Gwen Wood | 3,800 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Evans | 2,249 | 5.1 | +8.6 | |
Alba | Ghazi Khan | 693 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Sovereignty | Moira Brown | 231 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 859 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 44,278 | 58.15 | -10 | ||
Registered electors | 76,149 | ||||
SNP win (new seat) |
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