Current MSP: Jackie Baillie (Labour) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
Labour Jackie Baillie * 12562 +924 44.1 +5.4
SNP Iain Robertson 10923 +872 38.3 +5.0
Conservative Graham Smith 3395 -1332 11.9 -3.8
Liberal Democrat Helen Watt # 858 -2548 3.0 -8.3
Independent George Rice # 770 +770 2.7 +2.7
Majority 1639 Turnout 28508 Swing +0.2% LAB hold
One of the few constituencies where the increase in Labour’s share of the exceeded the increase in the SNP’s, ensuring Jackie Baillie bucked the trend and won a fourth consecutive election for Labour. She now represents Labour’s most northerly constituency, something which would have seemed unimaginable in previous elections.

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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