Next United Kingdom general election in Scotland

The next United Kingdom general election must be held no later than 15 August 2029, and all 57 Scottish Westminster seats will be contested. The election will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which in turn determines the government of the United Kingdom.

Next United Kingdom general election in Scotland

← 2024
On or before 15 August 2029
outgoing members

All 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons
Party Leader Last election
Labour Keir Starmer 37
SNP John Swinney 9
Liberal Democrats Ed Davey 6
Conservative Kemi Badenoch 5
Incumbent Prime Minister
Keir Starmer
Labour

Date

The Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 mandates that any Parliament automatically dissolves five years after it first met, unless it is dissolved earlier at the request of the prime minister. Polling day must occur no more than 25 working days following dissolution.

Opinion polling

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 2024 general election on 4 July 2024 to the present day.

Target seats

Identified potential target seats using calculation of requiring 5% swing or less from winning party at the 2024 general election for the seat to change hands. For those parties with no target seats using this calculation shows the three seats with smallest swing required for that party to win a seat. Each constituency is linked to data about that constituency that includes details about the 2024 general election result.

Labour

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Dundee Central Scottish National Party 0.87%
2 Arbroath and Broughty Ferry Scottish National Party 0.97%
3 Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Scottish National Party 1.05%
4 Aberdeen North Scottish National Party 2.09%
5 Aberdeen South Scottish National Party 4.05%
6 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Conservative Party 5.49%

Scottish National Party

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Gordon and Buchan Conservative Party 1.00%
2 Dumfries and Galloway Conservative Party 1.02%
3 Stirling and Strathallan Labour Party 1.40%
4 Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire Liberal Democrats 2.25%
5 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Conservative Party 3.51%
6 Livingston Labour Party 3.93%
7 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Labour Party 4.08%
8 Glenrothes and Mid Fife Labour Party 4.09%
9 Ayrshire North and Arran Labour Party 4.20%
10 Glasgow South West Labour Party 4.60%
11 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Conservative Party 4.80%
12 Glasgow South Labour Party 4.90%
13 Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch Labour Party 5.06%
14 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Labour Party 5.07%
15 Glasgow North Labour Party 5.09%
16 Glasgow East Labour Party 5.34%
17 Falkirk Labour Party 5.86%

Liberal Democrats

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Argyll, Bute and Lochaber South Scottish National Party 9.16%
2 Gordon and Buchan Conservative Party 14.22%
3 Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine Conservative Party 15.62%

Conservative

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Scottish National Party 1.08%
2 Aberdeenshire North and Moray East Scottish National Party 1.23%
3 Perth and Kinross-shire Scottish National Party 4.12%
4 Aberdeen South Scottish National Party 4.22%
5 Angus and Perthshire Glens Scottish National Party 5.14%

Greens

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Dumfries and Galloway Conservative Party 13.44%
2 Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey Scottish National Party 14.25%
3 Glasgow South Labour Party 14.35%

Reform UK

Rank Constituency Winning party 2024 Swing
required
1 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Conservative Party 15.69%
2 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Labour Party 17.67%
3 Aberdeen South Labour Party 17.81%

MPs not seeking re-election

Members of Parliament not standing for re-election
MP Consti­tuency First elected Affiliation Date announced Note
None N/A

See also

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