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Grangemouth, in the Alloa and Grangemouth constituency

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Alloa and Grangemouth

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Photograph shows Grangemouth. The constituency reaches beyond the town itself.

Your member of parliament

Brian Leishman

Labour

Labour won Alloa and Grangemouth at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,122 votes, or 14.9 points. A swing of 7.5 points to Scottish National Party would take it. That makes it safer than 337 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 313.

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How safe is this seat?

Competitive

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 14.9 points, which is larger than 337 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Scottish National Party by 6,122 votes.

Majority

6,122

14.9% of votes cast.

Turnout

58.3%

-1.4 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

9

41,201 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Brian LeishmanElectedLabour18,03943.8%+10.1
John NicolsonScottish National Party11,91728.9%+26.4
Richard FairleyReform UK3,8049.2%-5.1
Rachel NunnConservative3,1277.6%-16.1
Nariese WhyteScottish Green Party1,4213.4%+3.1
Adrian MayLiberal Democrat1,1512.8%-9.4
Eva ComrieIndependent8812.1%+0.1
Kenny MacAskillAlba Party6381.5%+1.5
Tom FlanaganWorkers Party of Britain2230.5%-0.2

Competitive. Close enough that a modest swing would change hands. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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