Current MSP: Kenneth Gibson (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Kenneth Gibson * 15539 +6252 52.6 +21.9
Labour Allan Wilson 9422 +175 31.9 +1.3
Conservative Maurice Golden 4032 -1427 13.7 -4.4
Liberal Democrat Mallika Punkukollu # 543 -1267 1.8 -4.2
Majority 6117 Turnout 29536 Swing +10.3% SNP hold
Cunninghame North was famously won in 2007 by Kenny Gibson with a majority of only 46 votes over Allan Wilson, enough to put the SNP ahead of Labour nationally, with 47 MSPs to their 46. A higher margin would have eased Kenneth Gibson’s worries in 2011, but he nevertheless increased his majority substantially over Allan Wilson this time.

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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