Current MSP: Sandra White (SNP) [MSP website]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | +/– | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Sandra White ^ | 10640 | +4023 | 43.3 | +14.0 | |
| Labour | Pauline McNeill * | 9758 | +2134 | 39.8 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Natalie McKee | 1900 | -1167 | 7.7 | -5.9 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Davidson | 1845 | -35 | 7.5 | -0.8 | |
| Independent | Tom Muirhead # | 405 | +405 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 882 | Turnout | 24548 | Swing | +4.0% | SNP gain |
This was the fourth time in four Holyrood elections that Sandra White had challenged Pauline McNeill for Glasgow Kelvin, finally making the breakthrough to win the constituency. Conservative Ruth Davidson was her party’s top list candidate in the region, and was returned to Holyrood for the first time as a Glasgow region MSP.
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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