Mid Dunbartonshire

2025 parliamentary constituency

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous two new constituencies:

East Dunbartonshire

Covered approximately 100% of this new constituency’s population, and 98% of this new constituency’s area.

Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East

Covered approximately 11% of this new constituency’s population, and 37% of this new constituency’s area.

Constituency age distribution

This area National average
Ages 0 - 15 17.7% 18.3%
Ages 16 - 24 8.1% 10.5%
Ages 25 - 34 8.7% 13.2%
Ages 35 - 49 18.7% 19.1%
Ages 50 - 64 22.2% 19.8%
Ages 65 and over 24.7% 19.1%

Ethnicity

This area National average
Asian / Asian British 2.0% 8.1%
African, Caribbean or Black 0.8% 1.3%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups 2.8% 2.8%
Other ethnic groups 0.7% 1.8%
Other White 0.4% 6.3%
White British 93.4% 77.5%

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

28.9%

31.5% national average

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

20.9%

23.6% national average

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

15.4%

19.0% national average

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

31.1%

37.5% national average

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

21.0%

28.7% national average

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

29.9%

40.0% national average

Country of the UK

Scotland

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

4

2.8 national average

Public opinion

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

This area National average
Enriched 50.7% 37.2%
Neither 13.5% 12.5%
Undermined 35.8% 47.3%

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

This area National average
Expanded 38.1% 34.1%
Neither 14.1% 11.5%
Reduced 47.8% 51.5%

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

This area National average
Comfortable 53.8% 44.3%
Neither 5.8% 6.0%
Uncomfortable 40.3% 46.8%

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

This area National average
Comfortable 60.8% 52.5%
Neither 5.6% 7.6%
Uncomfortable 33.6% 37.0%

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

This area National average
Neither 21.3% 21.1%
Oppose 12.4% 17.8%
Support 66.3% 58.2%

Second placed party at most recent election

Scottish National Party

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

This area National average
Net agree 78.4% 72.6%
Net disagree 8.2% 8.7%
Strongly agree 38.6% 33.8%
Partly agree 39.8% 38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree 13.4% 18.7%
Partly disagree 6% 5.9%
Strongly disagree 2.1% 2.7%

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

This area National average
Net agree 64.5% 58.9%
Net disagree 17% 17.6%
Strongly agree 26.0% 24.2%
Somewhat agree 37.6% 34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree 19.4% 23.4%
Somewhat disagree 10% 10.5%
Strongly disagree 7.0% 7.1%

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

This area National average
Should be a priority 64.4% 57.5%
Should not be a priority 35.6% 42.5%

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

21%

26.2% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

16.6%

24.3% national average

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

87.6%

84.3% national average

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

41.7%

52.0% national average

Movement

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0

0.2 national average

Number of RSPB Reserves

0

0.3 national average

Number of Save the Children shops

1

0.2 national average

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

0

2.4 national average