Current MSP: Gil Paterson (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Gil Paterson ^ 12278 +3362 43.3 +13.3
Labour Des McNulty * 11564 -510 40.8 +0.2
Conservative Alice Struthers 2758 -1527 9.7 -4.7
Liberal Democrat John Duncan 1769 -2165 6.2 -7.0
Majority 714 Turnout 28369 Swing +6.6% SNP gain

Gil Paterson was first elected in 1999 for Central Scotland, then for West of Scotland in 2007, before beating long-serving Labour MSP and former Minister Des McNulty in 2011 despite a small increase in his vote.

Notes: Given boundary changes since 2007, variations in votes and share between seats with different boundaries would be misleading. We use the Denver figures, essentially a calculation of the 2007 votes cast within 2011 boundaries. More information on this here.

Symbols used:

* – Incumbent
^ – Challenger holding a list seat in previous Parliament
# – Lost deposit
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