Current MSP: Angela Constance (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Fiona Hyslop ^ 17027 +3919 49.8 +10.8
Labour Mary Mulligan * 12936 -466 37.8 -2.0
Conservative Christopher Donnelly 2646 -924 7.7 -2.9
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Lang # 1015 -1532 3.0 -4.6
National Front Mike Coyle # 558 +558 1.6 +1.6
Majority 4091 Turnout 34182 Swing +6.4% SNP gain

Fiona Hyslop had stood for the SNP in this marginal constituency since 2003, winning it for the first time this year from incumbent Labour MSP Mary Mulligan, a former Scottish Executive minister. The National Front put up a candidate for the first time and lost their deposit.

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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