Mid Dunbartonshire.
Liberal Democrats MP Susan Murray holds the seat on 42.4% of the vote.
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to strip that reserve power from the Pension Schemes Bill, and voted against regulations allowing asylum support to be withdrawn from people working illegally.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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bearsden North(3 seats) | Reid · Smith · Cumming | 4,819 | East Dunbartonshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Bearsden South(3 seats) | Polson · Gallagher · Moody | 4,441 | East Dunbartonshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Bishopbriggs North Campsie(4 seats) | Hendry · McDiarmid · Williamson · Ferretti | 6,148 | East Dunbartonshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Bishopbriggs South(3 seats) | Moir · Rose · Low | 4,651 | East Dunbartonshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Milngavie(3 seats) | Polson · Mathieson · Gibbons | 3,890 | East Dunbartonshire Ind | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £426m |
| Taxpayers | 56,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £3,340 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £7,570 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan MurrayWON | LD | 22,349 | 42.4 |
| Amy Callaghan | SNP | 12,676 | 24.0 |
| Lorna Dougall | Lab | 10,993 | 20.8 |
| Alix Mathieson | Con | 2,452 | 4.7 |
| David McNabb | Ref | 2,099 | 4.0 |
| Carolynn Scrimgeour | Ind | 1,720 | 3.3 |
| Ray James | Ind | 449 | 0.8 |
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
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo