This is our tactical voting guide to keeping out SNP candidates in the 2024 general election. This page takes the set of constituencies where SNP candidates stood last time and divides them into three categories using the rules below.
Rules
We assume that tactical voting is only a good idea against a SNP candidate in a particular constituency when, in the last election, they held the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points ahead of the second placed candidate or did not win the constituency and were no more than 40 percentage points behind the winning candidate.
If a by-election has taken place after the last election then that result is used instead of the one from the last election.
Usage Guide
In my opinion, the best way of using this guide is as follows:
For tactical voting against other parties see here.
For the newer (and more sophisticated) tactical voting calculator see here.
Our recommendation: Vote for the parties recommended in this table. If there are two such parties, the first choice is probably the most effective.
Scotland | Vote For | ||
---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen North | Conservative | ||
Aberdeen South | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Airdrie and Shotts | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Alloa and Grangemouth | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Angus and Perthshire Glens | Conservative | ||
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | Conservative | ||
Argyll, Bute and Lochaber South | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Ayrshire Central | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Ayrshire North and Arran | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Bathgate and Linlithgow | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 1. Liberal Democrat | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Coatbridge and Bellshill | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Dumfries and Galloway | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Dunbartonshire Mid | 1. Liberal Democrat | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Dunbartonshire West | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Dundee Central | Labour | ||
Dunfermline and Dollar | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
East Kilbride and Strathaven | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
East Lothian | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Edinburgh North and Leith | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Edinburgh South | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Edinburgh South West | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Edinburgh West | 1. Liberal Democrat | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Falkirk | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Fife North East | 1. Liberal Democrat | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow East | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow North | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow North East | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow South | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow South West | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glasgow West | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Glenrothes and Mid Fife | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Gordon and Buchan | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Hamilton and Clyde Valley | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Inverness, Skye and Ross-shire West | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Livingston | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Midlothian | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Orkney and Shetland | 1. Liberal Democrat | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Perth and Kinross-shire | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Liberal Democrat | |||
Renfrewshire East | 1. Conservative | ||
2. Labour | |||
Rutherglen | 1. Labour | ||
2. Conservative | |||
Stirling and Strathallan | Conservative |
There are no such constituencies.
There are no such constituencies.