Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Westminster constituency · Scotland

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the SNP a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 20.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 37.9%
  • Reform UK 16.9%
  • Conservative 16.7%
  • Labour 15.5%
  • Lib Dems 5.1%
  • Green 4.1%
  • Other 3.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

SNP Reform UK Conservative Labour
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry 37.9%16.9%16.7%15.5%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.9%+34.9 23.1%−6.2 20.4%−3.7 24.3%−8.8

Simple average of the 650 ridings, not weighted by population.

Local profile

Employment rate77.0%

Source: Office for National Statistics: mid-2022 population, January 2026 labour market

Previous election (2024)

The SNP won by 2.0 points.

Our current projection: the SNP ahead by 20.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2024

Candidate Party Votes %
Stephen Gethins Elected SNP 15,581 35.3
Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank Labour 14,722 33.4
Richard Brooks Conservative 6,841 15.5
Gwen Wood Reform UK 3,800 8.6
David Evans Lib Dems 2,249 5.1
Ghazi Khan Other 693 1.6
Moira Brown Other 231 0.5

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Birmingham Hall Green and MoseleyLabour50%1.2-point gap
  2. Hertford and StortfordReform UK44%1.4-point gap
  3. Romsey and Southampton NorthConservative54%1.4-point gap
Forecast updated