Constituency profile

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

Scotland · County constituency · East Dunbartonshire borough

Katrina Murray MP
Sitting MP

Katrina Murray

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
Scotland
County constituency, East Dunbartonshire council
Last 5 GE winners
LSSSL
SNP 3/5, Labour 2/5
EU referendum 2016
36.6% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -15.3pp below mean
Current outlook
SNP +6.2pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
ScottishRemain-leaningGraduate-heavy

About the Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch constituency

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch is a county constituency in Scotland. The sitting MP is Katrina Murray (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 45.2% to 35.1% for the SNP, a majority of 4,144 votes on a 58.2% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has the SNP on 37.0% and Labour on 30.8%, a margin of 6.2 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
36.6%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
42.0%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
17.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
68.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
30.6%
UK average ~36%
Median age
43.7
UK median ~40
Age 65+
23.6%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
27.6%
UK average ~28%

How did Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from SNP · majority 4,144 votes (10.1pp) · turnout 58.2%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from Scotland's 2022 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Holyrood 2026 layer

How Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch voted at the Scottish Parliament election (7 May 2026)

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch crosses multiple Holyrood boundaries: Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (70%), Strathkelvin and Bearsden (16%), Coatbridge and Chryston (10%), Falkirk West (1%). Scotland uses the Additional Member System: voters cast one ballot for a constituency MSP and a second for a regional list. The figures below are the constituency vote.

Holyrood constituencyShare of Cumbernauld and KirkintillochWinnerRunner-upElected MSP
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth70%SNP 50.8%Labour 23.8%Jamie Hepburn
Strathkelvin and Bearsden16%Liberal Democrats 39.5%SNP 33.0%Adam Harley
Coatbridge and Chryston10%SNP 49.1%Labour 26.1%Fulton MacGregor
Falkirk West1%SNP 41.2%Reform UK 22.6%Gary Bouse

Holyrood 2026 constituency results from official declarations. Overlap percentages are area-based using the post-2024 Westminster boundary against the new Holyrood second-review boundary (in force from 7 May 2026).

Council layer (not Westminster)

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch within East Dunbartonshire

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch sits entirely within East Dunbartonshire Council. East Dunbartonshire was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
East Dunbartonshire
1 LSOAs
100%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Cumbernauld NorthLabour 44.0%vs SNP 40.3%2022 SNP 50.3%vs Labour 27.7%-45.9%
Cumbernauld SouthLabour 46.9%vs SNP 37.4%2022 SNP 51.8%vs Labour 35.5%-44.7%
KilsythLabour 58.6%vs SNP 29.0%2022 Labour 52.4%vs SNP 37.4%-43.9%
Kirkintilloch East and TwecharLabour 40.6%vs SNP 31.8%No council data--

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLab holdGregg McClymont Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP57.2%8.3%9.5%--1.2%13,75564.3%
2015predecessorSNP gain from LabStuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP30.0%7.9%2.2%---14,75273.6%+9.3
2017predecessorSNP holdStuart McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP33.9%18.3%2.8%1.4% UKIP--4,26465.9%-7.7
2019notionalScottish National Party winnerStuart C. McDonald Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East MP, pre-review boundary27.1%15.0%5.6%--52.3%12,00568.3%
2024Lab gain from SNPKatrina Murray45.2%4.7%3.2%7.7% Ref4.1%-4,14458.2%-10.1

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

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Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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