Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Dunbartonshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Boundary of Mid Dunbartonshire in Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	East Dunbartonshire
Electorate	75,099 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements	Bearsden, Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch, Lenzie, Milngavie
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Susan Murray (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	East Dunbartonshire

Mid Dunbartonshire is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election, when it was won by Susan Murray of the Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries from 2024

The constituency comprises the following wards of the East Dunbartonshire council area: ^{[3] [4]}

• In full: Milngavie, Bearsden North, Bearsden South, Bishopbriggs North and Campsie, Bishopbriggs South.
• In part: Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (virtually all the electorate), Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (small part comprising the northern areas of the town of Kirkintilloch).

It covers virtually all of the former East Dunbartonshire constituency, together with a small part of the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency (renamed Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch), including Lennoxtown and Milton of Campsie. ^[5]

Constituency profile

Electoral Calculus characterises the seat as "Strong Left", with left-wing economic and socially liberal views, high levels of university education and an internationalist outlook including strong opposition to Brexit. ^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Susan Murray	Scottish Liberal Democrats

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2024 general election: Mid Dunbartonshire ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Murray	22,349	42.4	+7.9
	SNP	Amy Callaghan	12,676	24.0	−13.9
	Labour	Lorna Dougall	10,993	20.8	+11.4
	Conservative	Alix Mathieson	2,452	4.6	−11.0
	Reform UK	David McNabb	2,099	4.0	N/A
	Scottish Green	Carolynn Scrimgeour	1,720	3.3	+1.7
	Alba	Ray James	449	0.9	N/A
Majority			9,673	18.4
Turnout			52,738	71.7	−6.3
Registered electors			73,603
	Liberal Democrats gain from SNP		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [a] [9]
Party		Vote	%
	Scottish National Party	22,179	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	20,193	34.5
	Conservative	9,118	15.6
	Labour	5,520	9.4
	Scottish Greens	916	1.6
	Other (3 candidates)	626	1.1
Majority		1,986	3.4
Turnout		58,552	78.0
Electorate		75,099

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 final recs news release" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland.
2. "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
3. 2023 Review UK Parliament constituencies Boundary Commission for Scotland
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
5. "New Seat Details - Mid Dunbartonshire". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
6. "Electoral Calculus".
7. "Mid Dunbartonshire County Constituency UK General Election 2024 Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
8. "Mid Dunbartonshire results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
9. "Mid Dunbartonshire 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

• Mid Dunbartonshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK