Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (UK Parliament constituency)

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
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.The seat is currently held by Stephen Gethins of the Scottish National Party. Gethin had previously been the MP for North East Fife from 2015 to 2019.

The constituency name refers to the Angus town of Arbroath and the Dundee suburb of Broughty Ferry.

Boundaries

Further to the 2023 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):

• In full: the Angus Council wards of Arbroath East and Lunan, Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim, Carnoustie and District; and the City of Dundee Council wards of North East and The Ferry.
• In part: the Angus Council ward of Monifieth and Sidlaw (to the east of the A90); and the Dundee City Council ward of East End (Douglas and Angus area) . ^{[1] [2]}

The Dundee City areas and the towns of Monifieth and Carnoustie were previously part of the abolished Dundee East constituency; Arbroath and surrounding areas were previously part of the abolished Angus constituency. ^[3]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Arbroath and Broughty Ferry ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	2,249	5.1	−2.9
	Alba	Ghazi Khan	693	1.6	N/A
	Sovereignty	Moira Brown	231	0.5	N/A
Majority			859	1.9
Turnout			44,278	57.9
	SNP hold		Swing

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	26,550	50.9
	Conservative	15,773	30.3
	Labour	5,321	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	4,168	8.0
	Independent	312	0.6
Majority		10,777	20.7
Turnout		52,124	67.9
Electorate		76,810

Notes

1. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place

References

1. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
3. "New Seat Details - Arbroath and Broughty Ferry". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
4. "Declaration of Results Arbroath & Broughty Ferry constituency" (PDF). Angus Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
5. "Arbroath and Broughty Ferry results". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
6. "Arbroath and Broughty Ferry notional election - December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Arbroath and Broughty Ferry UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK