Arbroath and Broughty Ferry: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party) has been the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry since 18 June 2026. On 4 July 2024 Stephen Gethins (Scottish National Party) won 15,581 votes, 35.3% of the valid vote; Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank (Labour) came second with 14,722. 44,117 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 76,149, 57.9% of those registered. The majority was 859. Stephen Gethins won the seat in 2024; Lara Bird has held it since 18 June 2026.
Key figures
What the figures show
In 2024/25, 14.9% of children under 16 in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (2,555) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it fell from 13.9% in 2021/22 to 12.0% in 2024/25.
Workplaces in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry accounted for 26,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,115 local units for March 2026.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £36,400 for jobs in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry and £36,067 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £35,316. The residents' figure ranks 187th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 75.5% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 5.4 points. 21.9% were economically inactive.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 1,890, or 3.2% of the working-age population. September 2025 had 1,715.
MP
Lara Bird, Scottish National Party
- MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry since 18 June 2026
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Lara Bird on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Lara Bird in Hansard, from 14 September 2026 to 19 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 18 spoken contributions by Lara Bird since 4 July 2024.
Scotland is on the frontline of defending the High North, yet despite the very real threats we face, the UK Government spend seven times more on defence in south-east England than in the whole of Scotland combined.
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It is always very obvious when a Labour Government are in place, because the first thing a Labour Prime Minister will do is take a swing at pensioners—so it is not at all surprising that the Prime Minister is already abandoning his promises to WASPI women.
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I will not give way, in the interests of time. Yet although the decision made in Westminster and by Westminster in 2016 is apparently now up for relitigation —in what form seems as yet unclear—Scotland has been told that that same democratic privilege does not apply to us.
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I will not; sorry. Now the Prime Minister has acknowledged that economic and social situations have changed.
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I want to start by congratulating the latest iteration of the Labour Government for finally growing a backbone and doing what anybody with a moral conscience would and should have done years ago.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gethins | Scottish National Party | 15,581 | 35.3% | −15.6 |
| Cheryl-Ann Cruickshank | Labour | 14,722 | 33.4% | +23.2 |
| Richard Brooks | Conservative | 6,841 | 15.5% | −14.8 |
| Gwen Wood | Reform UK | 3,800 | 8.6% | |
| David Evans | Liberal Democrat | 2,249 | 5.1% | −2.9 |
| Ghazi Khan | Alba Party | 693 | 1.6% | |
| Moira Brown | Sovereignty | 231 | 0.5% |
Result summary as published: SNP hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | By-election | Scottish National Party 41.2% | Conservative 19.0% | 5,278 | 31.3% |
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Scottish National Party 35.3% | Labour 33.4% | 859 | 57.9% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Scottish National Party 50.9% | Conservative 30.3% | 10,777 | 67.9% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
- Angus S12000041
- Dundee City S12000042
Who has power over Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Every body that makes decisions for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Arbroath and Broughty Ferry this page: Lara Bird (Scottish National Party) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry?
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party), MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry since 18 June 2026, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry?
The House of Commons Library records 15,581 votes for Stephen Gethins of Scottish National Party and a majority of 859; 57.9% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 1,890, 3.2% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average salary in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £36,067 (April 2025).
How many children in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry live in low income families?
2,555 children under 16, 14.9%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.