Current MSP: Tavish Scott (Liberal Democrats) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
Liberal Democrat Tavish Scott * 4462 -2069 47.5 -19.2
Independent Billy Fox 2845 +2845 30.3 +30.3
SNP Jean Urquhart 1134 -488 12.1 -4.5
Labour Jamie Kerr 620 -50 6.6 -0.2
Conservative Sandy Cross # 330 -642 3.5 -6.4
Majority 1617 Turnout 9321 Swing +0.0% LD hold

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott held his constituency seat with a reduced majority. First elected 1999, he successfully held off a challenge from an anti-wind farm campaigner, being one of only two Liberal Democrats to hold their constituency seats in 2011 alongside his Orkney colleague Liam McArthur, but he resigned as party leader after the election. The SNP’s Jean Urquhart, a Highland councillor, was elected as a regional 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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