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display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>5 May 2016<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2016-05-05</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/4th_Scottish_Parliament" title="4th Scottish Parliament">outgoing members</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;width:40%; text-align:center;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/5th_Scottish_Parliament" title="5th Scottish Parliament">elected members</a> →</div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />All 129 seats to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a><br />65 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_in_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Opinion polling in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election">Opinion polls</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">Constituency – 55.8% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FDF38E;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicola_Sturgeon_election_infobox_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nicola Sturgeon election infobox 3.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Nicola_Sturgeon_election_infobox_3.jpg/120px-Nicola_Sturgeon_election_infobox_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_National_Party_leadership_election" title="2014 Scottish National Party leadership election">14 November 2014</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Conservative_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election">4 November 2011</a></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership election">15 August 2015</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Southside" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Southside">Glasgow Southside</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament 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data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>16 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>13 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Constituency vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>1,059,898</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">501,844 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">514,261 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>46.5%</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22.0% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22.6% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Regional vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>953,587</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">524,222 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">435,919 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>41.7%</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22.9% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19.1% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fifth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00B140;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Scottish Green Leadership 2016.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg/120px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg/180px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg/240px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FAA61A;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official Portrait of Willie Rennie MSP.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/120px-Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/180px-Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg/240px-Official_Portrait_of_Willie_Rennie_MSP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="384" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a></span> /<br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Maggie Chapman</a></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 November 2008 /<br /> 25 November 2013 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">17 May 2011</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a></span> /<br /><i>Contested <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North<br />East Scotland</a></span> </i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Constituency vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13,172 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">178,238 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">0.6% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.6% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.8% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Regional vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">150,426 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">119,284 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6.6% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.2% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Parliament_election,_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg/450px-Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="600" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg/675px-Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg/900px-Scottish_Parliament_election%2C_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="683" /></a></span><div>The map shows the election results in single-member constituencies. The additional member MSPs in the 8 regions are shown around the map.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>First Minister before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>First Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2016 Scottish parliament election</b> was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016<sup id="cite_ref-fixed_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fixed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to elect 129 members to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>. It was the fifth <a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election">election held</a> since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were eligible to vote, under the provisions of the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Act.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also the first time the three largest parties were led by women. </p><p>Parliament went into dissolution on 24 March 2016, allowing the official period of campaigning to get underway. Five parties had MSPs in the previous parliament: <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) led by <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Davidson" title="Ruth Davidson">Ruth Davidson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>, led by their co-conveners <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Chapman" title="Maggie Chapman">Maggie Chapman</a>. Of those five parties, four changed their leader since the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 election</a>. </p><p>During the campaign, a series of televised debates took place, including party leaders of the elected parties. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a> held the first leaders' debate on 24 March, <a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a> broadcast the next on 29 March, and BBC Scotland hosted the final debate on 1 May. </p><p>The election resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Hung_parliament" title="Hung parliament">hung parliament</a> with the Scottish National Party winning a third term in government, but falling two seats short of securing a second consecutive overall majority.<sup id="cite_ref-results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-map_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservatives saw a significant increase in support and replaced the Labour Party as the second-largest party and main opposition in the Scottish Parliament. This was the first time that Labour had finished in third place at a Scottish election in 98 years.<sup id="cite_ref-results_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-map_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Scottish Greens won six seats on the regional list and overtook the Liberal Democrats, who remained on five seats.<sup id="cite_ref-results_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-map_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-map-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the SNP had lost their majority, it was still by far the largest single party in the Scottish Parliament, with more than double the seats of the Conservatives. Accordingly, Sturgeon announced she would form a <a href="/wiki/Second_Sturgeon_government" title="Second Sturgeon government">minority SNP government</a>. She was voted in for a second term as First Minister on 17 May.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Date">Date</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Date"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a>, an ordinary election to the Scottish Parliament would normally have been held on the first Thursday in May four years after the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 election</a>, i.e. in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotlandAct1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotlandAct1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">new UK Government</a> stated in its <a href="/wiki/Conservative%E2%80%93Liberal_Democrat_coalition_agreement" title="Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition agreement">coalition agreement</a> that the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">next general election</a> would also be held in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal was criticised by the Scottish National Party and Labour, as it had been recommended after the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 election</a> that elections with different voting systems should be held on separate days: a recommendation which all of the political parties had then accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to this criticism, Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Nick Clegg</a> offered the right to vary the date of the Scottish Parliament election by a year either way.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the main political parties then stated their support for delaying the election by a year.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Fixed-term_Parliaments_Act_2011" title="Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011">Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011</a>, a statute of the UK Parliament, moved the date of the Scottish Parliament election to 5 May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-fixed_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fixed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The date of the poll may be varied by up to one month either way by the <a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">monarch</a>, on the proposal of the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotlandAct1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotlandAct1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If Parliament itself resolves that it should be dissolved, with at least two-thirds of the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Members</a> (i.e. 86 Members) voting in favour, the Presiding Officer proposes a date for an extraordinary election and the Parliament is dissolved by the monarch by <a href="/wiki/Royal_proclamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal proclamation">royal proclamation</a>. </p><p>It does not necessarily require a two-thirds majority to precipitate an extraordinary election, because under the Scotland Act Parliament is also dissolved if it fails to nominate one of its members to be <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> within certain time limits, irrespective of whether at the beginning or in the middle of a parliamentary term. Therefore, if the First Minister resigned, Parliament would then have 28 days to elect a successor (s46(2)b and s46(3)a). If no new First Minister was elected then the Presiding Officer would ask for Parliament to be dissolved under s3(1)a. This process could also be triggered if the First Minister lost a <a href="/wiki/Vote_of_confidence" class="mw-redirect" title="Vote of confidence">vote of confidence</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">simple majority</a> (i.e. more than 50%), as they must then resign (Scotland Act 1998 s45(2)). To date the Parliament has never held a vote of no confidence in a First Minister. </p><p>No extraordinary elections have been held to date. Any extraordinary elections would be in addition to ordinary elections, unless held less than six months before the due date of an ordinary election, in which case they supplant it. The subsequent ordinary election reverts to the first Thursday in May, a multiple of four years after 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotlandAct3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotlandAct3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was envisaged that the election would still have taken place as scheduled if Scotland had voted in favour of <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">independence</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retiring_MSPs">Retiring MSPs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Retiring MSPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%; margin-bottom:0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency/Region </th> <th>Departing MSP </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marco_Biagi_(politician)" title="Marco Biagi (politician)">Marco Biagi</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Burgess" title="Margaret Burgess">Margaret Burgess</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross" class="mw-redirect" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Ross">Caithness, Sutherland and Ross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Gibson" title="Rob Gibson">Rob Gibson</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cumnock_and_Doon_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Ingram_(SNP_politician)" title="Adam Ingram (SNP politician)">Adam Ingram</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Eastern">Edinburgh Eastern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenny_MacAskill" title="Kenny MacAskill">Kenny MacAskill</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Strathkelvin_and_Bearsden_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Strathkelvin and Bearsden</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fiona_McLeod" title="Fiona McLeod">Fiona McLeod</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeenshire East">Aberdeenshire East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skye,_Lochaber_and_Badenoch" class="mw-redirect" title="Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch">Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Thompson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Dave Thompson (Scottish politician)">Dave Thompson</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(Scottish_politician)" title="Richard Baker (Scottish politician)">Richard Baker</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith">Edinburgh Northern and Leith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Chisholm" title="Malcolm Chisholm">Malcolm Chisholm</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrewshire South">Renfrewshire South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Henry" title="Hugh Henry">Hugh Henry</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McDougall" title="Margaret McDougall">Margaret McDougall</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Inverclyde_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Greenock and Inverclyde</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duncan_McNeil" title="Duncan McNeil">Duncan McNeil</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Pearson" title="Graeme Pearson">Graeme Pearson</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Simpson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Richard Simpson (Scottish politician)">Richard Simpson</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drew_Smith_(politician)" title="Drew Smith (politician)">Drew Smith</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Brown_(politician)" title="Gavin Brown (politician)">Gavin Brown</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Buchanan_(politician)" title="Cameron Buchanan (politician)">Cameron Buchanan</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_West_Dumfries" class="mw-redirect" title="Galloway and West Dumfries">Galloway and West Dumfries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Fergusson_(politician)" title="Alex Fergusson (politician)">Alex Fergusson</a><sup id="cite_ref-milne_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milne-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_McGrigor" title="Jamie McGrigor">Jamie McGrigor</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nanette_Milne" title="Nanette Milne">Nanette Milne</a><sup id="cite_ref-milne_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milne-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mary_Scanlon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Mary Scanlon (Scottish politician)">Mary Scanlon</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes">Mid Fife and Glenrothes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tricia_Marwick" title="Tricia Marwick">Tricia Marwick</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #000000"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deselected_MSPs">Deselected MSPs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Deselected MSPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Changes to the SNP's selection procedures the previous year in order to ensure gender balance of candidates meant that any incumbent constituency MSP who chose to retire would have their replacement selected from an <a href="/wiki/All-woman_shortlist" class="mw-redirect" title="All-woman shortlist">all-woman shortlist</a>. The only ways for a new male candidate to receive a constituency nomination would be to stand in a constituency currently held by an opposition MSP or to run a de-selection campaign against a sitting MSP. For that reason there were far more challenges than normal within the SNP, but only two were successful: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%; margin-bottom:0"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency </th> <th>Selected candidate </th> <th>Deselected MSP </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Retained position on regional list </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Angus_North_and_Mearns_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus North and Mearns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mairi_Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="Mairi Evans">Mairi Evans</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Don" title="Nigel Don">Nigel Don</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td> <td>Yes (<a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Western">Edinburgh Western</a> </td> <td>Toni Giugliano </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Keir" title="Colin Keir">Colin Keir</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>No </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_system,_seats,_and_regions"><span id="Election_system.2C_seats.2C_and_regions"></span>Election system, seats, and regions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Election system, seats, and regions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions_(2011%E2%80%93present)" title="List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2011–present)">List of Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions (2011–present)</a></div> <p>The total number of <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of the Scottish Parliament">Members of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSPs) elected to the Parliament is 129. </p><p>The First Periodical Review of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament's constituencies and regions</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_Commission_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundary Commission for Scotland">Boundary Commission for Scotland</a>, was announced on 3 July 2007. The Commission published its provisional proposals for the regional boundaries in 2009. </p><p>The Scottish Parliament uses an <a href="/wiki/Additional_Members_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional Members System">Additional Members System</a>, designed to produce approximate <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> for each region. There are 8 regions, each sub-divided into smaller constituencies. There are a total of 73 <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">constituencies</a>. Each constituency elects one MSP by the <a href="/wiki/Plurality_voting" title="Plurality voting">plurality</a> (<a href="/wiki/First_past_the_post" class="mw-redirect" title="First past the post">first past the post</a>) system of election. Each region elects 7 additional MSPs using an <a href="/wiki/Mixed-member_proportional_representation" title="Mixed-member proportional representation">additional member</a> system. A modified <a href="/wiki/D%27Hondt_method" title="D'Hondt method">D'Hondt method</a>, using the constituency results, is used to elect these additional MSPs.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Scottish Parliament constituencies have not been coterminous with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies">Scottish Westminster constituencies</a> since the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>, when the 72 former UK Parliament constituencies were replaced with a new set of 59, generally larger, constituencies (see <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_(Constituencies)_Act_2004" title="Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004">Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004</a>). The boundaries used for the Scottish Parliament elections were then revised for the 2011 election. The Boundary Commission also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were also implemented in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 February 2016, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Scotland_2016" title="Scotland 2016">Scotland 2016</a></i> current affairs programme held a debate focusing on education featuring the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Education_and_Lifelong_Learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning">Education Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Angela_Constance" title="Angela Constance">Angela Constance</a> and three party leaders: <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Davidson" title="Ruth Davidson">Ruth Davidson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 March 2016, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a> held a debate in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> which was televised that featured Dugdale, Davidson, Rennie, <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Coburn_(politician)" title="David Coburn (politician)">David Coburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 March 2016, <a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a> hosted a televised leaders' debate, featuring the five leaders of the parties which held seats in the last Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 5–26 April 2016, <i><a href="/wiki/Scotland_2016" title="Scotland 2016">Scotland 2016</a></i> also held a series of weekly subject debates on Tuesday nights. The subjects were Tax, Health, Energy & Environment, and Housing.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, six parties (<a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> and <a href="/wiki/UKIP" class="mw-redirect" title="UKIP">UKIP</a>) were invited to the Tax debate.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parties_contesting_the_election">Parties contesting the election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Parties contesting the election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official nomination period closed on 1 April 2016, lists of candidates were then published by local councils once the applications had been processed.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2015, the Scottish Greens balloted their members to select candidates for their regional lists.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The SNP released their regional candidate list in October 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Conservative regional candidate list followed in December.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, <a href="/wiki/RISE_%E2%80%93_Scotland%27s_Left_Alliance" title="RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance">RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance</a> announced list candidates for all regions except the North East.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labour had announced a new selection process for regional candidates in November 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then revealed their full list of regional candidates in February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> UKIP's regional candidates were picked by their executive committee, prompting one prospective candidate to resign his party membership.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contesting_constituency_and_regional_ballot">Contesting constituency and regional ballot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Contesting constituency and regional ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The SNP, the Scottish Labour, the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats fielded candidates in all 73 constituencies.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FDF38E; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B140; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a> – contesting all regions and <a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Chryston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Chryston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvin_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvin</a> constituencies.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F0DC83; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Libertarian_Party" title="Scottish Libertarian Party">Scottish Libertarian Party</a> − contesting <a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West of Scotland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-West_region_list_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West_region_list-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland Fife</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> region only<sup id="cite_ref-NE_candidates_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NE_candidates-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> constituency<sup id="cite_ref-EEN_1Apr2016_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EEN_1Apr2016-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contesting_regional_ballot_only">Contesting regional ballot only</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Contesting regional ballot only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent – contesting <a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F93822; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist Party</a> – contesting <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a><sup id="cite_ref-NE_candidates_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NE_candidates-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:MidnightBlue; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> – contesting <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> only<sup id="cite_ref-NE_candidates_57-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NE_candidates-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f15723; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/RISE_%E2%80%93_Scotland%27s_Left_Alliance" title="RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance">RISE – Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism</a> – contesting all regions</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9966CC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Christian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Christian Party">Scottish Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship"</a> – contesting <a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and North East<sup id="cite_ref-NE_candidates_57-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NE_candidates-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#a22f32; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Scotland)" title="Solidarity (Scotland)">Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement</a> – contesting all regions<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6D3177; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> – contesting all regions<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#432360; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Party" title="Women's Equality Party">Women's Equality Party</a> – contesting <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a><sup id="cite_ref-EEN_1Apr2016_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EEN_1Apr2016-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contesting_constituency_ballot_only">Contesting constituency ballot only</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Contesting constituency ballot only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EC008C; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition</a> (TUSC): <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathcart_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Cathcart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_North_and_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrewshire North and West">Renfrewshire North and West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Dundee City East">Dundee City East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee City West</a><sup id="cite_ref-TUSC_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TUSC-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> Independent candidates</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polling">Opinion polling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Opinion polling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election">Opinion polling for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election</a></div> <p>The chart shows the relative state of the parties since polling began from 2012, until the date of the election. The constituency vote is shown as semi-transparent lines, while the regional vote is shown in full lines. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png/900px-Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png" decoding="async" width="900" height="459" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png/1350px-Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Opinion_polling_for_the_2016_Scottish_Parliament_election.png 2x" data-file-width="1436" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption>Average 30 day trend line of poll results for the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Results from 29 January 2012 to 4 May 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="width:70%; text-align:center;"> <caption>↓ </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FDF38E; color:black; width:48.84%;"><b>63</b> </td> <td style="background:#0087DC; width:24.03%;"><b>31</b> </td> <td style="background:#E4003B; width:18.60%;"><b>24</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B140; width:4.65%;"><b>6</b> </td> <td style="background:#FAA61A; width:3.88%;"><b>5</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:black"><b>SNP</b></span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#0087DC"><b>Conservative</b></span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#E4003B"><b>Labour</b></span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#00B140"><small><b>Green</b></small></span> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FAA61A"><small><b>LD</b></small></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg/500px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="372" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg/750px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg/1000px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2105" data-file-height="1567" /></a><figcaption>Election result with constituency names labeled</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election#Result" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">←</a> 2016 Scottish Parliament election<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">→</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:white" colspan="15"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Parliament_elected_members,_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg/360px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg/540px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg/720px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="5">Constituencies </th> <th colspan="5">Regional <a href="/wiki/Additional_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member system">additional members</a> </th> <th colspan="5">Total seats </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes</th> <th>%</th> <th>±</th> <th>Seats</th> <th>±</th> <th>Votes</th> <th>%</th> <th>±</th> <th>Seats</th> <th>±</th> <th>Total</th> <th>±</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,059,898 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">953,587 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>63</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #0087DC;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">501,844 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>8.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">524,222 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>31</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>16 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">514,261 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>9.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">435,919 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>7.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>24</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #00B140;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,172 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">150,426 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>6</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">178,238 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.8 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">119,284 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #6D3177;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46,426 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #a22f32;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Scotland)" title="Solidarity (Scotland)">Solidarity</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,333 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #9966CC;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Christian_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Christian Party">Scottish Christian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,162 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,686 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #f15723;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/RISE_%E2%80%93_Scotland%27s_Left_Alliance" title="RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance">RISE</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,911 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #432360;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Equality_Party" title="Women's Equality Party">Women's Equality</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,968 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #000080;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/A_Better_Britain_%E2%80%93_Unionist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="A Better Britain – Unionist Party">BUP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,453 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: white;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent </td> <td style="text-align:right;">909 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,485 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EE3263;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Welfare_Party" title="Animal Welfare Party">Animal Welfare</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,819 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #F0DC83;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Libertarian_Party" title="Scottish Libertarian Party">Scottish Libertarian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">119 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,686 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: MidnightBlue;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">617 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #F93822;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">510 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #EC008C;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trade_Unionist_and_Socialist_Coalition" title="Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition">TUSC</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,540 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>new</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #DCDCDC;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,011 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,420 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="2"><b>Valid votes</b></td> <td><b>2,279,154</b></td> <td><b>99.6</b></td> <td><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1</b></td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><b>2,285,752</b></td> <td><b>99.8</b></td> <td><b><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1</b></td> <td colspan="5">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="2">Spoilt votes</td> <td>9,215</td> <td>0.4</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>3,812</td> <td>0.2</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0.1</td> <td colspan="5">  </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2">Total</th> <th>2,288,369</th> <th>100</th> <th> </th> <th>73</th> <th>–</th> <th>2,289,564</th> <th>100</th> <th> </th> <th>56</th> <th>–</th> <th>129</th> <th>–</th> <th>100 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="2">Electorate/Turnout</td> <td>4,099,907</td> <td>55.8</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5.3</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>4,099,907</td> <td>55.8</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5.3</td> <td colspan="5">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_summary">Votes summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Votes summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular Vote (Constituency)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>SNP</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; border:1px solid darkgray; width:46.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">46.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:22.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">22.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:22.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">22.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FAA61A; width:7.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Green</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00B140; width:0.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:0.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular Vote (Regional)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>SNP</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; border:1px solid darkgray; width:41.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">41.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:22.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">22.9%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:19.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">19.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Green</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00B140; width:6.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FAA61A; width:5.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">UKIP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#6D3177; width:2.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#777777; width:2.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">2.5%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliament seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>SNP</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FDF38E; border:1px solid darkgray; width:48.8%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">48.8%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#0087DC; width:24.0%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">24.0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Labour</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#E4003B; width:18.6%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">18.6%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Green</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#00B140; width:4.7%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.7%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal Democrats</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FAA61A; width:3.9%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.9%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Scotland">Central Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Central Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Neil_(politician)" title="Alex Neil (politician)">Alex Neil</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Coatbridge_and_Chryston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Coatbridge and Chryston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Coatbridge and Chryston</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fulton_MacGregor" title="Fulton MacGregor">Fulton MacGregor</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_and_Kilsyth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cumbernauld and Kilsyth</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Hepburn" title="Jamie Hepburn">Jamie Hepburn</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Linda_Fabiani" title="Linda Fabiani">Linda Fabiani</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Falkirk East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Angus_MacDonald_(MSP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Angus MacDonald (MSP)">Angus MacDonald</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Falkirk West</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Matheson_(politician)" title="Michael Matheson (politician)">Michael Matheson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Larkhall_and_Stonehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse">Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Christina_McKelvie" title="Christina McKelvie">Christina McKelvie</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clare_Adamson" title="Clare Adamson">Clare Adamson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Uddingston_and_Bellshill" class="mw-redirect" title="Uddingston and Bellshill">Uddingston and Bellshill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lyle" title="Richard Lyle">Richard Lyle</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">129,082 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Leonard" title="Richard Leonard">Richard Leonard</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Monica_Lennon" title="Monica Lennon">Monica Lennon</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Griffin_(politician)" title="Mark Griffin (politician)">Mark Griffin</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Elaine Smith (Scottish politician)">Elaine Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">67,103 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-10.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell_(Scottish_politician)" title="Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician)">Margaret Mitchell</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Graham_Simpson_(politician)" title="Graham Simpson (politician)">Graham Simpson</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Alison_Harris" title="Alison Harris">Alison Harris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43,602 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,722 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Glasgow">Glasgow</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Glasgow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Anniesland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Anniesland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Kidd" title="Bill Kidd">Bill Kidd</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathcart_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Cathcart</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/James_Dornan" title="James Dornan">James Dornan</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvin_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sandra_White" title="Sandra White">Sandra White</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn">Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Doris" title="Bob Doris">Bob Doris</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Provan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Provan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_McKee" title="Ivan McKee">Ivan McKee</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Mason_(Scottish_politician)" title="John Mason (Scottish politician)">John Mason</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Southside" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Southside">Glasgow Southside</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Sturgeon" title="Nicola Sturgeon">Nicola Sturgeon</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Rutherglen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clare_Haughey" title="Clare Haughey">Clare Haughey</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">111,101 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anas_Sarwar" title="Anas Sarwar">Anas Sarwar</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/James_Kelly_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Kelly (Scottish politician)">James Kelly</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Pauline_McNeill" title="Pauline McNeill">Pauline McNeill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">59,151 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-11.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Adam_Tomkins" title="Adam Tomkins">Adam Tomkins</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Annie_Wells_(politician)" title="Annie Wells (politician)">Annie Wells</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">29,533 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.9% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,398 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.4% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.5% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highlands_and_Islands">Highlands and Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Highlands and Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Argyll and Bute</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Russell_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Russell (Scottish politician)">Michael Russell</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross" class="mw-redirect" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Ross">Caithness, Sutherland and Ross</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gail_Ross" title="Gail Ross">Gail Ross</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Inverness and Nairn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fergus_Ewing" title="Fergus Ewing">Fergus Ewing</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Moray_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Moray</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lochhead" title="Richard Lochhead">Richard Lochhead</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Na_h-Eileanan_an_Iar_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Na h-Eileanan an Iar</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Allan" title="Alasdair Allan">Alasdair Allan</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Orkney_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Orkney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Liam_McArthur" title="Liam McArthur">Liam McArthur</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shetland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Shetland</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Skye,_Lochaber_and_Badenoch" class="mw-redirect" title="Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch">Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kate_Forbes" title="Kate Forbes">Kate Forbes</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maree_Todd" title="Maree Todd">Maree Todd</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">81,600 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Ross_(Scottish_politician)" title="Douglas Ross (Scottish politician)">Douglas Ross</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Mountain,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Mountain, 4th Baronet">Edward Mountain</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Donald_Cameron_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Cameron (Scottish politician)">Donald Cameron</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44,693 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+10.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">27,223 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rhoda_Grant" title="Rhoda Grant">Rhoda Grant</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/David_Stewart_(Scottish_politician)" title="David Stewart (Scottish politician)">David Stewart</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22,894 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Green" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Finnie" title="John Finnie">John Finnie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,781 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.1% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lothian">Lothian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Lothian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Almond Valley">Almond Valley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Angela_Constance" title="Angela Constance">Angela Constance</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Davidson" title="Ruth Davidson">Ruth Davidson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Eastern">Edinburgh Eastern</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ash_Denham" class="mw-redirect" title="Ash Denham">Ash Denham</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith">Edinburgh Northern and Leith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Macpherson_(politician)" title="Ben Macpherson (politician)">Ben Macpherson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_MacDonald_(Scottish_politician)" title="Gordon MacDonald (Scottish politician)">Gordon MacDonald</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Southern">Edinburgh Southern</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Johnson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Daniel Johnson (Scottish politician)">Daniel Johnson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Western">Edinburgh Western</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hyslop" title="Fiona Hyslop">Fiona Hyslop</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh">Midlothian North and Musselburgh</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Beattie" title="Colin Beattie">Colin Beattie</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">118,546 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Miles_Briggs" title="Miles Briggs">Miles Briggs</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lindhurst" title="Gordon Lindhurst">Gordon Lindhurst</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Balfour" title="Jeremy Balfour">Jeremy Balfour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">74,972 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.9% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+11.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_Findlay" title="Neil Findlay">Neil Findlay</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">67,991 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andy_Wightman" title="Andy Wightman">Andy Wightman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34,551 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-6.6% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Margo_MacDonald" title="Margo MacDonald">Margo MacDonald</a> had been elected on the Lothian regional list in 2011, as an Independent; she died in 2014. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mid_Scotland_and_Fife">Mid Scotland and Fife</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mid Scotland and Fife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire_and_Dunblane" class="mw-redirect" title="Clackmannanshire and Dunblane">Clackmannanshire and Dunblane</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Brown_(Scottish_politician)" title="Keith Brown (Scottish politician)">Keith Brown</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Annabelle_Ewing" title="Annabelle Ewing">Annabelle Ewing</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shirley-Anne_Somerville" title="Shirley-Anne Somerville">Shirley-Anne Somerville</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kirkcaldy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/David_Torrance_(politician)" title="David Torrance (politician)">David Torrance</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes">Mid Fife and Glenrothes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Gilruth" title="Jenny Gilruth">Jenny Gilruth</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Perthshire_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Perthshire North">Perthshire North</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Perthshire_South_and_Kinross-shire" class="mw-redirect" title="Perthshire South and Kinross-shire">Perthshire South and Kinross-shire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Roseanna_Cunningham" title="Roseanna Cunningham">Roseanna Cunningham</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stirling_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Stirling</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Crawford" title="Bruce Crawford">Bruce Crawford</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120,128 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Murdo_Fraser" title="Murdo Fraser">Murdo Fraser</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Liz_Smith_(politician)" title="Liz Smith (politician)">Liz Smith</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Stewart_(MSP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Stewart (MSP)">Alexander Stewart</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Dean_Lockhart" title="Dean Lockhart">Dean Lockhart</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">73,293 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+11.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Claire_Brennan-Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Claire Brennan-Baker">Claire Brennan-Baker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alex_Rowley" title="Alex Rowley">Alex Rowley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">51,373 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,401 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Ruskell" title="Mark Ruskell">Mark Ruskell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,860 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.9% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_East_Scotland">North East Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: North East Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Stewart_(Scottish_politician)" title="Kevin Stewart (Scottish politician)">Kevin Stewart</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Donside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Donside</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_McDonald_(politician)" title="Mark McDonald (politician)">Mark McDonald</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_and_North_Kincardine_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South & North Kincardine</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Watt" title="Maureen Watt">Maureen Watt</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeenshire East">Aberdeenshire East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Martin" title="Gillian Martin">Gillian Martin</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeenshire West">Aberdeenshire West</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Burnett_(politician)" title="Alexander Burnett (politician)">Alexander Burnett</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Angus_North_and_Mearns_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus North & Mearns</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mairi_Evans" class="mw-redirect" title="Mairi Evans">Mairi Evans</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Angus_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus South</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Graeme_Dey" title="Graeme Dey">Graeme Dey</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Banffshire_%26_Buchan_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Banffshire & Buchan Coast">Banffshire & Buchan Coast</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Stevenson" title="Stewart Stevenson">Stewart Stevenson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_East" class="mw-redirect" title="Dundee City East">Dundee City East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Shona_Robison" title="Shona Robison">Shona Robison</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee City West</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fitzpatrick" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Fitzpatrick">Joe Fitzpatrick</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">137,086 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-8.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Johnstone" title="Alex Johnstone">Alex Johnstone</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ross_Thomson" title="Ross Thomson">Ross Thomson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Peter_Chapman_(politician)" title="Peter Chapman (politician)">Peter Chapman</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Liam_Kerr" title="Liam Kerr">Liam Kerr</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">85,848 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Marra" title="Jenny Marra">Jenny Marra</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_MacDonald" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis MacDonald">Lewis MacDonald</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">38,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-3.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rumbles" title="Mike Rumbles">Mike Rumbles</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,444 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,123 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.9% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.0% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Scotland">South Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: South Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ayr_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ayr</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Scott_(MSP)" title="John Scott (MSP)">John Scott</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cumnock_and_Doon_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jeane_Freeman" title="Jeane Freeman">Jeane Freeman</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydesdale</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aileen_Campbell" title="Aileen Campbell">Aileen Campbell</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Mundell" title="Oliver Mundell">Oliver Mundell</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ettrick,_Roxburgh_and_Berwickshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire">Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Lamont" title="John Lamont">John Lamont</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_West_Dumfries" class="mw-redirect" title="Galloway and West Dumfries">Galloway and West Dumfries</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Finlay_Carson" title="Finlay Carson">Finlay Carson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Irvine_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Coffey" title="Willie Coffey">Willie Coffey</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_South,_Tweeddale_and_Lauderdale" class="mw-redirect" title="Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale">Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Christine_Grahame" title="Christine Grahame">Christine Grahame</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Joan_McAlpine" title="Joan McAlpine">Joan McAlpine</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Emma_Harper" title="Emma Harper">Emma Harper</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wheelhouse" title="Paul Wheelhouse">Paul Wheelhouse</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">120,217 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rachael_Hamilton" title="Rachael Hamilton">Rachael Hamilton</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Whittle" title="Brian Whittle">Brian Whittle</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">100,753 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Beamish" title="Claudia Beamish">Claudia Beamish</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Smyth" title="Colin Smyth">Colin Smyth</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">56,072 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,773 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,775 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.7 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="West_Scotland">West Scotland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: West Scotland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Constituency </th> <th style="width: 150px">Elected member </th> <th style="width: 300px">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clydebank_and_Milngavie_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydebank and Milngavie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gil_Paterson" title="Gil Paterson">Gil Paterson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame North</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Gibson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Kenneth Gibson (Scottish politician)">Kenneth Gibson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame South</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Maguire" title="Ruth Maguire">Ruth Maguire</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dumbarton_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumbarton</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Inverclyde_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Greenock and Inverclyde</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stuart_McMillan" title="Stuart McMillan">Stuart McMillan</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/George_Adam" title="George Adam">George Adam</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_North_and_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrewshire North and West">Renfrewshire North and West</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Mackay" title="Derek Mackay">Derek Mackay</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrewshire South">Renfrewshire South</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Arthur_(Scottish_politician)" title="Tom Arthur (Scottish politician)">Tom Arthur</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Strathkelvin_and_Bearsden_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Strathkelvin and Bearsden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rona_Mackay" title="Rona Mackay">Rona Mackay</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2016: <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 150px">Party </th> <th>Elected candidates </th> <th style="width: 40px">Seats </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/− </th> <th style="width: 50px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/−% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">-2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">135,827 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">42.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Fee" title="Mary Fee">Mary Fee</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Neil_Bibby" title="Neil Bibby">Neil Bibby</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ken_Macintosh" title="Ken Macintosh">Ken Macintosh</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">72,544 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">-10.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Greene" title="Jamie Greene">Jamie Greene</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Golden" title="Maurice Golden">Maurice Golden</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Corry" title="Maurice Corry">Maurice Corry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">71,528 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ross_Greer" title="Ross Greer">Ross Greer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,218 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Target_seats">Target seats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Target seats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Below are listed all the constituencies which required a <a href="/wiki/Swing_(United_Kingdom)" title="Swing (United Kingdom)">swing</a> of less than 5% from the 2011 result to change hands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="SNP_targets">SNP targets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: SNP targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:550px"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px;">Rank </th> <th style="width:225px;">Constituency </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Winning party 2011 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">SNP's place 2011 </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td>0.24 </td> <td rowspan="13">2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Labour Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Inverclyde_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Greenock & Inverclyde</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>0.91 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b>SNP Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern & Leith</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>0.97 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell & Wishaw</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>1.21 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uddingston_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Uddingston & Bellshill</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>1.43 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_West_Dumfries_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Galloway & West Dumfries</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td>1.44 </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Conservative Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayr_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ayr (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ayr</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservatives"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </td> <td>1.67 </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Pollok_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Pollok</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>1.36 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>SNP Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>2.43 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dumbarton_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumbarton</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>2.87 </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td>Labour Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>3.15 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>SNP Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rutherglen_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Rutherglen</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>3.28 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Renfrewshire South">Renfrewshire South</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>4.81 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour_targets">Labour targets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Labour targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:550px"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px;">Rank </th> <th style="width:225px;">Constituency </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Winning party 2011 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">Labour's place 2011 </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Anniesland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Anniesland</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>0.02 </td> <td rowspan="17">2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td rowspan="2">SNP Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kirkcaldy</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>0.33 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Central</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>0.41 </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><b>Conservative Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>0.49 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td>SNP Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Southern">Edinburgh Southern</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>1.03 </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><b>Labour Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Central</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>1.23 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td rowspan="12">SNP Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clydebank_and_Milngavie_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydebank & Milngavie</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>1.26 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>1.39 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvin_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvin</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>1.80 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strathkelvin_and_Bearsden_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Strathkelvin & Bearsden</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>2.67 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_North_and_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire North and West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire North & West</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>2.85 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathcart_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Cathcart</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>3.04 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>3.26 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Eastern">Edinburgh Eastern</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>3.64 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>4.19 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Larkhall_and_Stonehouse_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>4.37 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_Cumnock_and_Doon_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>4.50 </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservative_targets">Conservative targets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Conservative targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:550px"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px;">Rank </th> <th style="width:225px;">Constituency </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Winning party 2011 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">Con place 2011 </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>2.93 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </td> <td>SNP Hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td>3.16 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Conservative Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td>4.97 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #0087DC"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liberal_Democrat_targets">Liberal Democrat targets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Liberal Democrat targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:550px"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:50px;">Rank </th> <th style="width:225px;">Constituency </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Winning party 2011 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">LD's place 2011 </th> <th colspan="2" style="width:175px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Southern">Edinburgh Southern</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>2.45 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><b>Labour Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Western">Edinburgh Western</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td> <td>4.02 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b>Lib Dem Gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" 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<td>1999 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Community </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siobhan_McMahon" title="Siobhan McMahon">Siobhan McMahon</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Public Services and Wealth Creation </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_McCulloch" title="Margaret McCulloch">Margaret McCulloch</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell, Wishaw and Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Pentland" title="John Pentland">John Pentland</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Opportunity </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn">Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ferguson" title="Patricia Ferguson">Patricia Ferguson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Provan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Provan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin_(Scottish_politician)" title="Paul Martin (Scottish politician)">Paul Martin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanzala_Malik" title="Hanzala Malik">Hanzala Malik</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_McTaggart" title="Anne McTaggart">Anne McTaggart</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Democracy </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">Sarah Boyack</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>1999 </td> <td>Spokesperson for Environmental Justice </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cara_Hilton" title="Cara Hilton">Cara Hilton</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2013 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Opportunity </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Scotland_and_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Mid Scotland and Fife</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jayne_Baxter" title="Jayne Baxter">Jayne Baxter</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2012 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Community </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Murray" title="Elaine Murray">Elaine Murray</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>1999 </td> <td>Shadow Minister for Justice </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lesley_Brennan" title="Lesley Brennan">Lesley Brennan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>2016 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_MacKenzie_(politician)" title="Mike MacKenzie (politician)">Mike MacKenzie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Campbell" title="Roderick Campbell">Roderick Campbell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh Southern">Edinburgh Southern</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Eadie_(politician)" title="Jim Eadie (politician)">Jim Eadie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeenshire West">Aberdeenshire West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Robertson_(politician)" title="Dennis Robertson (politician)">Dennis Robertson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Angus_North_and_Mearns_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus North and Mearns</a> <p>(stood for <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a>) </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Don" title="Nigel Don">Nigel Don</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2007 </td> <td>Convener of the <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Allard" title="Christian Allard">Christian Allard</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aileen_McLeod" title="Aileen McLeod">Aileen McLeod</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Environment,_Climate_Change_and_Land_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform">Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chic_Brodie_(politician)" title="Chic Brodie (politician)">Chic Brodie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stewart_Maxwell" title="Stewart Maxwell">Stewart Maxwell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>2003 </td> <td>Convener of the <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament Education and Culture Committee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alison_McInnes" title="Alison McInnes">Alison McInnes</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Scotland">South Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hume" title="Jim Hume">Jim Hume</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(Scottish_Green_politician)" title="John Wilson (Scottish Green politician)">John Wilson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00B140"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>* </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Urquhart" title="Jean Urquhart">Jean Urquhart</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #f15723"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/RISE_%E2%80%93_Scotland%27s_Left_Alliance" title="RISE – Scotland's Left Alliance">RISE</a>* </td> <td>2011 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><small>* Formerly SNP</small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_elections_in_the_UK_being_held_on_the_same_day">Other elections in the UK being held on the same day</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Other elections in the UK being held on the same day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_London_Assembly_election" title="2016 London Assembly election">2016 London Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_London_mayoral_election" title="2016 London mayoral election">2016 London mayoral election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016 National Assembly for Wales election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2016 United Kingdom local elections">2016 United Kingdom local elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="UK_parliamentary_by-elections">UK parliamentary by-elections</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: UK parliamentary by-elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Ogmore_by-election" title="2016 Ogmore by-election">2016 Ogmore by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Sheffield_Brightside_and_Hillsborough_by-election" title="2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election">2016 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough by-election</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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