The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 73,603 · 2023 boundaries

Mid Dunbartonshire.

Liberal Democrats MP Susan Murray holds the seat on 42.4% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentSusan Murray · Liberal Democrats
CouncilEast Dunbartonshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000097
Electorate · 2024
73.6k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
42.4%
Liberal Democrats · +18.3pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Murray's most distinctive recent move was backing a vote to refer Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee over the Peter Mandelson appointment -- a position she shared with other Lib Dems as part of a cross-party push for parliamentary accountability. Her sole rebel vote came on the assisted dying bill, where she backed New Clause 2 while her party voted against it, placing her slightly below the Lib Dem average on assisted dying safeguards. Locally, she has been vocal against the SNP's NHS record, advocating publicly for a health and care centre in her constituency and attacking Reform candidates over welfare policy.

At 63% voting participation she sits below the Commons average, though Scottish MPs sometimes record lower figures due to Holyrood's jurisdiction over devolved matters. She votes as a near-perfect 99.7% party-line Lib Dem on contested divisions, with strong alignment on Lords scrutiny (96%), parliamentary oversight (95%), and climate action (90%). She opposes the government's power to direct pension fund investments, backed the Lords' repeated attempts to strip that reserve power from the Pension Schemes Bill, and voted against regulations allowing asylum support to be withdrawn from people working illegally. Her 126 contributions span economy and jobs, social care, and health -- the last of which maps directly onto her constituency campaigning.

She sits on the Scottish Affairs Committee, which contextualises her focus on NHS Scotland and SNP performance. Her above-party-average score on criminal justice reform (+10 percentage points) is a minor but consistent deviation worth watching. News coverage over the past 90 days has been modest -- six articles, mostly health and cost-of-living -- with no negative reporting. No data gaps of note.

42.4%
LD vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
5
Wards · 16 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.5 wards · 16 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Bearsden North(3 seats)Reid · Smith · Cumming4,819East Dunbartonshire IndMay 2022
Bearsden South(3 seats)Polson · Gallagher · Moody4,441East Dunbartonshire IndMay 2022
Bishopbriggs North Campsie(4 seats)Hendry · McDiarmid · Williamson · Ferretti6,148East Dunbartonshire IndMay 2022
Bishopbriggs South(3 seats)Moir · Rose · Low4,651East Dunbartonshire IndMay 2022
Milngavie(3 seats)Polson · Mathieson · Gibbons3,890East Dunbartonshire IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.1% Female 51.9% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£31,200
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£42,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,585
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£426m
Taxpayers56,000
Median per taxpayer£3,340
Mean per taxpayer£7,570

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Susan MurrayWONLD22,34942.4
Amy CallaghanSNP12,67624.0
Lorna DougallLab10,99320.8
Alix MathiesonCon2,4524.7
David McNabbRef2,0994.0
Carolynn ScrimgeourInd1,7203.3
Ray JamesInd4490.8

Turnout 52,738

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission