Current MSP: Paul Martin (Labour) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
Labour Paul Martin * 10037 -1037 52.3 -3.9
SNP Anne McLaughlin ^ 7958 +2444 41.5 +13.5
Conservative Majid Hussain # 777 -478 4.1 -2.3
Liberal Democrat Michael O’Donnell # 413 -860 2.2 -4.3
Majority 2079 Turnout 19185 Swing +8.7% LAB hold
Glasgow Provan consists of the former Glasgow Springburn (57%) and Glasgow Baillieston (43%) constituencies. A selection contest between Labour MSPs was avoided when Margaret Curran opted to stand for Westminster in the equivalent seat in 2010. Labour’s Paul Martin returned to Holyrood with over 50% of the vote and one of Labour’s most healthy majorities of just over 2,000. Anne McLaughlin – who replaced the late Bashir Ahmad as an MSP for Glasgow region on his death in 2009 – failed to be re-elected in Glasgow. Both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates lost their deposits.

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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