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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* </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>2* </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Constituency vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>902,915</b> </td> <td 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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>0.5% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">13.9% <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>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Regional vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>876,421</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">523,469 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">245,967 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>44.0%</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>13.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">26.3% <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>2.9% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">12.4% <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>1.5% </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 #FAA61A;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 120px; height: 160px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 140px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TavishScottMSP20110510.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="TavishScottMSP20110510.JPG" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/TavishScottMSP20110510.JPG/140px-TavishScottMSP20110510.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/TavishScottMSP20110510.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="201" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </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: 125px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Scottish Green Leadership 2011.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg/125px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg/188px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg/250px-Scottish_Green_Leadership_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a> /<br /><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Scott" title="Eleanor Scott">Eleanor Scott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Shetland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Shetland</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> /<br /><i>Contested <a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands<br />and Islands</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16 seats </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 seats </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <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>12* </td> <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>1* </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Constituency vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">157,714 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Did not contest</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.9% <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>8.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>Did not contest</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Regional vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">103,472 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">86,939 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">% and swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">5.2% <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>6.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4.4% <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>0.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Swinney_government" title="Swinney government">Swinney government</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Great_Seal_of_Scotland" title="Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland">Keeper of the Great Seal</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="Deputy First Minister of Scotland">Deputy First Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Kate_Forbes" title="Kate Forbes">Kate Forbes</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government#Cabinet" title="Scottish Government">Cabinet Secretaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government#Junior_Scottish_Ministers" title="Scottish Government">Junior Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_budget" title="Scottish budget">Scottish budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Scotland" title="Taxation in Scotland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorates_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Directorates of the Scottish Government">Directorates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_agencies_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Executive agencies of the Scottish Government">Executive agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_bodies_of_the_Scottish_Government" title="Public bodies of the Scottish Government">Public bodies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprises_of_the_United_Kingdom#Scottish_Government" title="State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom">State-owned enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bute_House" title="Bute House">Bute House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_House" title="St Andrew's House">St Andrew's House</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_relations_of_Scotland" title="International relations of Scotland">International relations</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">Sixth session</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer</a> </b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Primary legislation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Committees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions_(Scottish_Parliament)" title="First Minister's Questions (Scottish Parliament)">First Minister's Questions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standards_Commission_for_Scotland" title="Standards Commission for Scotland">Standards Commission for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Adjacent_Waters_Boundaries_Order_1999" title="Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999">Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union_(Continuity)_(Scotland)_Act_2020" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2020">EU Continuity Act 2020</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Law and justice</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Justice_and_Home_Affairs" title="Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs">Cabinet Secretary for Justice</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Angela_Constance" title="Angela Constance">Angela Constance</a> <small><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSP</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Advocate" title="Lord Advocate">Lord Advocate</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bain" title="Dorothy Bain">Dorothy Bain</a> <small><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Court_of_Session" title="Lord President of the Court of Session">Lord President</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><small><a href="/wiki/The_Rt_Hon" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rt Hon">The Rt Hon</a></small> <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sutherland,_Lord_Carloway" title="Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway">Lord Carloway</a> <small><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Counsel" title="King's Counsel">KC</a> <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">PC</a></small> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udal_law" title="Udal law">Udal law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Scotland" title="Judiciary of Scotland">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Courts_and_Tribunals_Service" title="Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service">Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Office_and_Procurator_Fiscal_Service" title="Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service">Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Prison_Service" title="Scottish Prison Service">Scottish Prison Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General_for_Scotland" title="Advocate General for Scotland">Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_Scotland" title="Solicitor General for Scotland">Solicitor General</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Elections and referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Scottish_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">Scottish Parliament elections</a></b><br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#UK_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">United Kingdom Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_(Scotland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom (Scotland) (page does not exist)">1801 co-option</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1802_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1802 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1806_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1806 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1806</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1807_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1807 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1807</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1812_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1812 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1812</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1818_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1818 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1818</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1820_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1820 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1820</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1826_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1826 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1830_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1830 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1830</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1831_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1831 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1832_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1832 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1832</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1835_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1835 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1837_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1837 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1837</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1841_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1841 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1847_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1847 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1847</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1857_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1857 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1859_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1859 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1865_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1865 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1868_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1868 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1874_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1874 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1880 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1885 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1886_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1886 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1892 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1895_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1895 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1895</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1900_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1900 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1906_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1906 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Jan)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (page does not exist)">1910 (Dec)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1923 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1924 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1929 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1931 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1935 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1945 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1950 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1951 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1955 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1959 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1964 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1966 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1974 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1983 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1987 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2019</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#European_Parliament" title="Elections in Scotland">European Parliament elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Local_councils" title="Elections in Scotland">Local elections</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Scottish_local_elections" title="1967 Scottish local elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Scottish_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Scottish local elections (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Scottish_local_elections" title="1969 Scottish local elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Scottish_local_elections" title="1970 Scottish local elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Scottish_local_elections" title="1971 Scottish local elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Scottish_local_elections" title="1972 Scottish local elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Scottish_local_elections" title="1973 Scottish local elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Scottish_local_elections" title="1974 Scottish local elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Scottish_local_elections" title="1977 Scottish local elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Scottish_local_elections" title="1980 Scottish local elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1982 Scottish regional elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Scottish_local_elections" title="1984 Scottish local elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1986 Scottish regional elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Scottish_local_elections" title="1988 Scottish local elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1990 Scottish regional elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Scottish_local_elections" title="1992 Scottish local elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Scottish_regional_elections" title="1994 Scottish regional elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Scottish_local_elections" title="1995 Scottish local elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_local_elections" title="1999 Scottish local elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_local_elections" title="2003 Scottish local elections">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_local_elections" title="2007 Scottish local elections">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Scottish_local_elections" title="2012 Scottish local elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_local_elections" title="2017 Scottish local elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Scottish_local_elections" title="2022 Scottish local elections">2022</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland#Referendums" title="Elections in Scotland">Referendums</a></b><br /> </p> <ul><li><a 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remarkable feat as the <a href="/wiki/Additional_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member system">Additional Member System</a> used to elect <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSPs</a> was allegedly originally implemented to prevent any party achieving an overall parliamentary majority.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) won a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide</a> of 69 seats, the most the party has ever held at either a Holyrood or Westminster election, allowing leader <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> to remain as <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister of Scotland</a> for a second term. The SNP gained 32 constituencies, twenty two from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a>, nine from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> and one from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a>. Such was the scale of their gains that, of the 73 constituencies in Scotland, only 20 came to be represented by <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">MSPs</a> of other political parties. Scottish Labour lost seven seats and suffered their worst election defeat in Scotland since <a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a>, with huge losses in their traditional <a href="/wiki/Central_Belt" title="Central Belt">Central Belt</a> constituencies and for the first time having to rely on the <a href="/wiki/Additional_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member system">regional lists</a> to elect members within these areas. They did, however, remain the largest opposition party. Party leader <a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> announced his resignation following his party's disappointing result. The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> were soundly defeated; their popular vote share was cut in half and their seat total reduced from 16 to 5. <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> announced his resignation as party leader shortly after the election.<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> For <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a>, the election proved disappointing as their popular vote dropped slightly and their number of seats fell by 2, with party leader <a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a> also announcing her resignation.<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> </p><p>During the campaign, the four main party leaders engaged in a series of televised debates, as they had in every previous general election. These key debates were held on 29 March (<a href="/wiki/STV_(TV_channel)" title="STV (TV channel)">STV</a>), 1 May (<a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC</a>), and 3 May (STV). The results of the election were broadcast live on BBC Scotland and STV, on the night of the election. </p><p>It was the fourth <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general election</a> since the devolved parliament was established in 1999 and was held on the same day as elections to the <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">National Assembly for Wales</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2011 United Kingdom local elections">English local elections</a> and the UK-wide <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">referendum on the alternative vote</a>. </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=2011_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 general election to the Scottish Parliament was held on the first Thursday in May four years after the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotlandAct1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotlandAct1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of the problems of voter confusion and a <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election#Incidents" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">high number of spoilt ballots in 2007</a> due to holding Scottish parliamentary and local elections simultaneously and under different voting systems, the next Scottish local elections were held in <a href="/wiki/2012_Scottish_local_elections" title="2012 Scottish local elections">2012</a> instead of 2011. This policy decision was contradicted, however, by the staging of the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">Alternative Vote referendum</a> on 5 May 2011 as well.<sup id="cite_ref-date_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labour MP <a href="/wiki/Ian_Davidson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Ian Davidson (Scottish politician)">Ian Davidson</a> expressed opposition to the referendum being staged on the same date as other elections.<sup id="cite_ref-date_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland" title="Secretary of State for Scotland">Scottish Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> stated that having the referendum on another date would cost an additional £17 million.<sup id="cite_ref-date_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/British_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="British citizen">British</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish citizen">Irish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_citizen" title="Commonwealth citizen">Commonwealth</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> citizens living in Scotland who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline to <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#Registration_procedure" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">register to vote</a> in the election was midnight on Friday 15 April 2011, though anyone who qualified as an <a href="/wiki/Anonymous_elector#United_Kingdom" title="Anonymous elector">anonymous elector</a> had until midnight on Tuesday 26 April 2011 to register.<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><p>It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">local councils</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">Northern Irish Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">Welsh Assembly</a> elections, a number of local elections in England and the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundary_Review">Boundary Review</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Boundary Review"><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/First_Periodic_Review_of_Scottish_Parliament_Boundaries" class="mw-redirect" title="First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries">First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries</a></div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_NOTIONAL.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2011_NOTIONAL.svg/240px-2011_NOTIONAL.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="397" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2011_NOTIONAL.svg/360px-2011_NOTIONAL.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/2011_NOTIONAL.svg/480px-2011_NOTIONAL.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="691" data-file-height="1142" /></a><figcaption>The notional results of the 2007 election, based on the new boundaries</figcaption></figure> <p>The table below shows the notional figures for seats won by each party at the last election. The Conservatives have been the biggest gainers as a result of the boundary changes, winning an extra three seats, while Labour has lost the most seats, losing two overall. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Party </th> <th>Constituency<br />seats </th> <th>Regional<br />seats </th> <th>Total<br />seats </th> <th>Seat<br />change </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>25</td> <td>46</td> <td>–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>9</td> <td>44</td> <td>–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>20</td> <td>+3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrat</a></td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>17</td> <td>+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Green</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>–1 </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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election system, seats, and regions"><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/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/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member 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 constituencies and electoral regions</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">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_member_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Additional member 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_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and 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_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first past the post</a>) system of election. Each region elects seven additional member 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 calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </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 Westminster 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>). </p><p>For details of the Revised proposals for constituencies at the Next Scottish Parliament election - <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions_from_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions from 2011">Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions from 2011</a> </p><p>The Boundary Commission have also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations<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> can be summarised below; </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> was reduced from 10 constituency seats to 9. <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Govan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Govan (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Govan</a> was largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Southside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Southside</a>. The seats of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Springburn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Baillieston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Baillieston</a> were abolished and their territory was divided between the newly created <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Provan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Provan (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Provan</a>, as well as the existing <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a> seat which was moved eastwards.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highlands_and_Islands_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Highlands and Islands</a> retained 8 constituency seats. <a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</a> was replaced with the larger <a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Ross</a> seat. <a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Inverness_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Inverness West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inverness_East,_Nairn_and_Lochaber_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber</a> were abolished with most of their area being divided between <a href="/wiki/Skye,_Lochaber_and_Badenoch_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Inverness and Nairn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West of Scotland</a> was renamed <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a>. It was increased from 9 constituency seats to 10, as <a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame South</a> was transferred from the South Scotland region. The seats of <a href="/wiki/Paisley_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paisley_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley South</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire</a> were abolished and their area was divided between the new seats of <a href="/wiki/Paisley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_North_and_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire North and West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire North and West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> was reduced from 10 constituency seats to 9, as the territory of <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Loudoun_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock and Loudoun</a> was transferred to South Scotland. Some territory to the south was also transferred to South Scotland, reducing the land area of <a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_North_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton North and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton North and Bellshill</a> was largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Uddingston_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Uddingston and Bellshill</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton South</a> was largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Larkhall_and_Stonehouse_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothians_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothians</a> was renamed <a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> and retained 9 constituency seats. The seat of <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a> was split, with its southern areas transferred to South Scotland. Its northern parts merged with Musselburgh to form <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian North and Musselburgh</a>. <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_East_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh East and Musselburgh</a>, thus with Musselburgh removed, was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Eastern</a>. The seats of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_North_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh North and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh North and Leith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a> were respectively renamed <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern and Leith</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Southern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a> while redrawn. In West Lothian, <a href="/wiki/Livingston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Livingston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Livingston</a> was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Almond Valley</a>, which traded territory with the retained <a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</a> seat.</li> <li><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> retained 9 constituencies. <a href="/wiki/North_Tayside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Tayside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North Tayside</a> was mostly replaced by <a href="/wiki/Perthshire_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire North</a>, with some of the former's territory being transferred to North East Scotland. <a href="/wiki/Ochil_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ochil (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ochil</a> was split, with its eastern parts merging with the former seat of <a href="/wiki/Perth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perth (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perth</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Perthshire_South_and_Kinross-shire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire South and Kinross-shire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire_and_Dunblane_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clackmannanshire and Dunblane</a> was created, consisting mostly of the more populous western part of Ochil. In Fife, <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline West</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fife_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fife Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Fife Central</a> were respectively largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Mid Fife and Glenrothes</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> was increased from 9 to 10 constituency seats. The seat of <a href="/wiki/Angus_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus</a> was split between two new seats: <a href="/wiki/Angus_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus South</a>, which included territory transferred from Mid Scotland and Fife, and <a href="/wiki/Angus_North_and_Mearns_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus North and Mearns</a>. Both <a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire_and_Kincardine_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)">West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gordon (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Gordon</a> were split. The former was divided between the new seat of <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire West</a>, Angus North and Mearns and an enlarged <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a>, which under new boundaries was named <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_and_North_Kincardine_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South and North Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South and North Kincardine</a>. A redrawn <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen North</a> was renamed <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Donside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Donside</a>. Gordon was split between Aberdeenshire West and another new seat: <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire East</a>. Some territory was also traded with <a href="/wiki/Banff_and_Buchan_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banff and Buchan (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Banff and Buchan</a>, which was largely replaced by <a href="/wiki/Banffshire_and_Buchan_Coast_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Banffshire and Buchan Coast</a>. The two Dundee seats were redrawn and renamed from <a href="/wiki/Dundee_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dundee_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee East</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee City West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee City East</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">South of Scotland</a> was renamed <a href="/wiki/South_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">South Scotland</a>. It retained 9 constituencies, losing <a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame South</a> to West Scotland but gaining the new <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Irvine_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley</a> constituency, which replaced the previous constituency of <a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Loudoun_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock and Loudoun</a>. Some territory was transferred from <a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Galloway and Upper Nithsdale</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dumfries_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumfries</a>; the redrawn seats were then renamed <a href="/wiki/Galloway_and_West_Dumfries_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Galloway and West Dumfries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumfriesshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dumfriesshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dumfriesshire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tweeddale,_Ettrick_and_Lauderdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale</a> lost territory to <a href="/wiki/Roxburgh_and_Berwickshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Roxburgh and Berwickshire</a> but gained some from the Lothian area to the north. These seats were redrawn and renamed <a href="/wiki/Midlothian_South,_Tweeddale_and_Lauderdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ettrick,_Roxburgh_and_Berwickshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire</a>.</li></ul> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Retiring MSPs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the dissolution of Parliament on 22 March 2011, twenty MSPs were not seeking re-election.<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> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency/Region </th> <th>Departing MSP </th> <th colspan="2">Party </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/Christopher_Harvie" title="Christopher Harvie">Christopher Harvie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">SNP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Argyll and Bute</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Mather" title="Jim Mather">Jim Mather</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lothians_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKee" title="Ian McKee">Ian McKee</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">South of Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alasdair_Morgan" title="Alasdair Morgan">Alasdair Morgan</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Angus_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Angus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Welsh_(politician)" title="Andrew Welsh (politician)">Andrew Welsh</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Paisley_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Paisley North</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Alexander" title="Wendy Alexander">Wendy Alexander</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhona_Brankin" title="Rhona Brankin">Rhona Brankin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Baillieston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Baillieston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Baillieston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Curran" title="Margaret Curran">Margaret Curran</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lothians_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Foulkes,_Baron_Foulkes_of_Cumnock" title="George Foulkes, Baron Foulkes of Cumnock">George Foulkes</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </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/Marlyn_Glen" title="Marlyn Glen">Marlyn Glen</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Renfrewshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">West Renfrewshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Trish_Godman" title="Trish Godman">Trish Godman</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </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/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell and Wishaw</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </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/Peter_Peacock" title="Peter Peacock">Peter Peacock</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Inverness_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Inverness West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Inverness West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Farquhar_Munro" title="John Farquhar Munro">John Farquhar Munro</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Stone_(politician)" title="Jamie Stone (politician)">Jamie Stone</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </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/Bill_Aitken_(politician)" title="Bill Aitken (politician)">Bill Aitken</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservative</a> </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/Ted_Brocklebank" title="Ted Brocklebank">Ted Brocklebank</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lothians_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothians (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robin_Harper" title="Robin Harper">Robin Harper</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00B140"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Green</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The parliament was dissolved on 22 March 2011 and the campaign began thereafter. The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservatives</a> saw 3 of their candidates drop out of the election during the period 25–28 March: Malcolm McAskill from the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow regional ballot</a>, Iain Whyte from the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn</a> constituency ballot and David Meikle from the Glasgow regional ballot. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrat</a> regional candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central Scotland</a> region <a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Donnell_(politician)" title="Hugh O'Donnell (politician)">Hugh O'Donnell</a> also withdrew on 27 March, citing discontent with the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition at Westminster.<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> Another Liberal Democrat, <a href="/wiki/John_Farquhar_Munro" title="John Farquhar Munro">John Farquhar Munro</a>, came out in support of Alex Salmond for First Minister, even though he also claimed not to support the SNP.<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> In the <a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydesdale</a> constituency, the Liberal Democrat candidate John Paton-Day failed to lodge his papers in time for the nomination deadline, leaving the constituency as the only one in Scotland with no Liberal Democrat candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 April, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> described himself as 'uncomfortable' with his Scottish party being 'related' to the Conservatives due to the coalition at Westminster. </p><p>A televised debate between the four main party leaders was shown on STV on 29 March, with SNP leader <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> and Conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a> identified as the strongest performers.<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> The <i>Scottish Sun</i> newspaper came out in support of the SNP's campaign to win a second term, even though the newspaper does not back <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">independence</a>. </p><p>Whilst campaigning in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central station</a>, the Scottish Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> was ambushed by a group of anti-cuts protestors who chased him into a nearby <a href="/wiki/Subway_(restaurant)" title="Subway (restaurant)">fast-food outlet.</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> The same protesters had already targeted Conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a> a month earlier. On 27 April, <a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> and SNP leader <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> were both present simultaneously in an <a href="/wiki/Ardrossan" title="Ardrossan">Ardrossan</a> branch of the <a href="/wiki/Asda" title="Asda">Asda</a> supermarket chain; both parties alleged that the other party's leader 'ran away' from the possibility of an encounter with the other.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Policy_platforms">Policy platforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Policy platforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main parties contesting the election all outlined the following main aims:<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_National_Party"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scottish National Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Legislate to give Scotland a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">independence</a>.</li> <li>Maintain the <a href="/wiki/Council_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Council tax">council tax</a> freeze throughout the next parliament.</li> <li>Attempt to generate 100% of Scotland's electricity from <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable sources</a> by 2020.</li> <li>Continue offering free university tuition to Scottish students.</li> <li>Maintain high police numbers.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Labour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Introduce Scottish Living Wage of £7.15 an hour, starting in the public sector.</li> <li>Abolish youth unemployment and aim to create 250,000 jobs by 2020.</li> <li>Compulsory six-month jail sentences for people convicted of knife-carrying.</li> <li>Initiate two-year council tax freeze.</li> <li>Re-instate the proposed <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_Rail_Link" title="Glasgow Airport Rail Link">rail link</a> between <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow Central station">Glasgow Central station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Glasgow International Airport">Glasgow International Airport</a>, which was cancelled in 2009.</li> <li>Continue free University tuition fees for all Scottish students.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservatives"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Conservatives</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Conservatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A council tax freeze during the period 2012–2013.</li> <li>Re-introduce prescription charges at 2009 standards (£5 for a single item).</li> <li>Consider building new nuclear power stations, but not on new sites.</li> <li>Bring in Variable University Graduate Fee, with no more than £4,000 being paid annually per student.</li> <li>Replace community service with short prison sentences.</li> <li>Centralising the Scottish police forces into a single police force.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Liberal_Democrats"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Liberal Democrats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Maintain free university tuition for Scottish students.</li> <li>Aim to create 100,000 new jobs through selling off <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Water" title="Scottish Water">Scottish Water</a> which would free £1.5 billion for investment purposes.</li> <li>Oppose moves to create a centralised Scottish police force.</li> <li>Maintain the Scottish bus pass, but progressively bring the qualifying age up to 65.</li> <li>Reform the council tax.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greens"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Greens</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Greens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bring in large-scale ecosystem restoration projects.</li> <li>Replace council tax with <a href="/wiki/Land_value_tax" title="Land value tax">land value tax</a>.</li> <li>Maintain free university tuition for Scottish students.</li> <li>Focus on bringing restorative justice within Scotland's justice system.</li> <li>Abolish the <a href="/wiki/Queensferry_Crossing" title="Queensferry Crossing">Forth Replacement Crossing</a>.</li></ul> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parties contesting the election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Contesting constituency and regional ballot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Conservative Party contested all constituencies.<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><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> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> – Contesting all constituencies except <a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydesdale</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></li> <li>All Scotland Pensioner's Party/<a href="/wiki/Scottish_Senior_Citizens_Unity_Party" title="Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party">Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party</a> – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Mid Fife & Glenrothes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell & Wishaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Party_(UK)" title="Christian Party (UK)">Scottish Christian Party</a> – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Inverness & Nairn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_and_Wishaw_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Motherwell & Wishaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal Party</a> – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Argyll & Bute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (United Kingdom)">National Front</a> – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Central_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Donside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeen Donside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeen Donside</a>, <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>, <a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Almond Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</a> and only the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a> region</li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UK Independence Party</a> (UKIP) – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Inverness_and_Nairn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness and Nairn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Inverness & Nairn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moray_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Moray (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Moray</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a></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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Contesting regional ballot only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Scotland)" title="Solidarity (Scotland)">Solidarity</a> – all regions except <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Respect_Party" title="Respect Party">Respect Party</a> 'Coalition Against Cuts' – <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> only <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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">British National Party</a> (BNP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Labour Party (UK)">Socialist Labour Party</a></li> <li>Scottish Homeland Party<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> – contesting <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Central</a> regions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_UK" title="Pirate Party UK">Pirate Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Unionist_Party_(1986)" title="Scottish Unionist Party (1986)">Scottish Unionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">Christian Peoples Alliance</a></li> <li>Ban Bankers Bonuses<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> – contesting the Highlands and Islands and West of Scotland regional lists.</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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Contesting constituency ballot only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Britain" title="Communist Party of Britain">Communist Party of Britain</a> – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Anniesland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Anniesland</a></li> <li>Land Party – Contesting <a href="/wiki/Cowdenbeath_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cowdenbeath (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cowdenbeath</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><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">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Opinion polling for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election">Opinion polling for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election</a></div> <p>In March 2011, two months before the election, Labour held a double-digit lead over the SNP in the opinion polls,<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 44% to 29%.<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> The SNP's support subsequently rallied, with the two parties level in April polling. In the final poll on the eve of the election, the SNP were eleven points clear of Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-scotsman1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scotsman1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>The chart shows the relative state of the parties since polling began from 2009, 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_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election.png/900px-Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election.png" decoding="async" width="900" height="459" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election.png/1350px-Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_Scottish_Parliament_election.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Opinion_polling_for_the_2011_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 2011 Scottish Parliament election. Results from 30 January 2009 to 4 May 2011</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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg/500px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="372" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg/750px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg/1000px-Scottish_Parliament_election_map_2011.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2105" data-file-height="1567" /></a><figcaption>Election result with constituency names labeled</figcaption></figure> <p>The election produced a majority SNP government, making this the first time in the Scottish Parliament where a party had commanded a parliamentary majority. The SNP took 16 seats from Labour, many of whose key figures failed to be returned to parliament, although Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Iain_Gray" title="Iain Gray">Iain Gray</a> retained <a href="/wiki/East_Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Lothian</a> by 151 votes. The SNP took a further eight seats from the Liberal Democrats and one seat from the Conservatives. The SNP overall majority meant that there was sufficient support in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> to hold a referendum on <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Labour's defeat was attributed to several factors: the party focused too heavily on criticising the Conservative-led coalition at Westminster, and assumed that former Lib Dem voters would automatically switch their vote to Labour, when in fact they appeared to have haemorrhaged support to the SNP.<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> <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Baillie" title="Jackie Baillie">Jackie Baillie</a> compared the result to Labour's performance in the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 UK general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Iain Gray <a href="/wiki/Concession_(politics)" title="Concession (politics)">conceded defeat</a> to Alex Salmond and announced his intention to resign as leader of the Labour group of MSPs that autumn.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The election saw a rout of the Liberal Democrats, with no victories in mainland constituencies<sup id="cite_ref-LD_collapse_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LD_collapse-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 25 lost deposits (candidates gaining less than five per cent of the vote).<sup id="cite_ref-LD_collapse_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LD_collapse-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Leader <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> said their performance was due to the Liberal Democrats' involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Westminster Government</a>, which had been unpopular with many former LibDem supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-SNPPress_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNPPress-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott resigned as leader two days after the election.<sup id="cite_ref-SNPPress_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SNPPress-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Conservatives, the main disappointment was the loss of <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Pentlands_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Pentlands (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Pentlands</a>, the seat of former party leader <a href="/wiki/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a>, to the SNP. McLetchie was elected on the Lothian regional list and the Conservatives only made a net loss of five seats, with leader <a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a> claiming that their support had held firm.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> congratulated the SNP on the result, but vowed to campaign for the Union in any independence referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green Party">Scottish Greens</a> won two seats, including their co-convenor <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Harvie" title="Patrick Harvie">Patrick Harvie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Margo_MacDonald" title="Margo MacDonald">Margo MacDonald</a> again won election as an independent on the Lothian regional list.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a>, under a Unionist anti-cuts banner, failed to receive enough votes to be elected to the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow regional list</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-snp_win_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snp_win-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The SNP's overall majority assured Salmond of another term as First Minister, and he was reelected unopposed on 18 May.<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> </p> <table style="width:70%; text-align:center;"> <caption>↓ </caption> <tbody><tr style="color:white;"> <td style="background:#FDF38E; color:black; width:53.49%;"><b>69</b> </td> <td style="background:#E4003B; width:28.68%;"><b>37</b> </td> <td style="background:#0087DC; width:11.63%;"><b>15</b> </td> <td style="background:#FAA61A; width:3.88%;"><b>5</b> </td> <td style="background:#00B140; width:1.55%;"><b>2</b> </td> <td style="background:gray; width:0.78%;"> </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) 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href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election#Election_results" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">←</a> Scottish general election, 2011 (+/- seats based on notional 2007 result)<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> <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election#Result" title="2016 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,_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.svg/360px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.svg/540px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.svg/720px-Scottish_Parliament_elected_members%2C_2011.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;">902,915 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.4 </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>12.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53 </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>32 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">876,421 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.0 </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>13.0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16 </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 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>69</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>23 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">53.5 </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;">630,461 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">31.7 </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>0.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15 </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>20 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">523,469 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">26.3 </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>2.9 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">22 </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>13 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>37</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>7 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">28.7 </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;">276,652 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.9 </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>2.7 </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>3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">245,967 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.4 </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>1.5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12 </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>15</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>5 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.6 </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;">157,714 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.9 </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>8.2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </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 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">103,472 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.2 </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>6.1 </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>3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5</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>12 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.9 </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;">— </td> <td style="text-align:right;">— </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;">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;">86,939 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.4 </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>0.3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2 </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 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2</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>1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: white;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Margo_MacDonald" title="Margo MacDonald">Margo MacDonald</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;">18,732 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </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="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;"><b>1</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;">0.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #CC66CC;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Senior_Citizens_Unity_Party" title="Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party">Scottish Senior Citizens</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,618 </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;">33,253 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.7 </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>0.2 </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: #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;">2,508 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </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>0.1 </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;">18,138 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </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>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;">1,193 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </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>0.2 </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;">16,466 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </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>0.5 </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: #EE1C25;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Socialist Labour Party (UK)">Socialist Labour</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;">16,847 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9 </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>0.2 </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: #2e3b74;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/British_National_Party" title="British National Party">BNP</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;">15,580 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.8 </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>0.4 </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: #ff0000;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Socialist_Party" title="Scottish Socialist Party">Scottish Socialist</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;">8,272 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4 </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>0.2 </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: #46801c;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Respect_-_The_Unity_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Respect - The Unity Coalition">Respect</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;">6,972 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4 </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: #5555FF;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Unionist_Party_(1986)" title="Scottish Unionist Party (1986)">Scottish Unionist</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;">3,002 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </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;">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: white;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Ban Bankers Bonuses </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;">2,968 </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: #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;">2,837 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </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>1.4 </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: #EB7A43;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK,_1989)" title="Liberal Party (UK, 1989)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">436 </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;">2,393 </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;">1,515 </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;">640 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.03 </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;">Angus Independents Representatives </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,321 </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;">471 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.03 </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: #990099;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pirate_Party_UK" title="Pirate Party UK">Pirate</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;">1,431 </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: #813887;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Peoples_Alliance" title="Christian Peoples Alliance">CPA</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;">1,191 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1 </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>0.7 </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: white;"> </th> <td style="text-align:left;">Scotland Homeland Party </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;">616 </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;">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;">Land Party </td> <td style="text-align:right;">276 </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;">— </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: #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;">256 </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;">— </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;">12,411 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6 </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>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;">4,759 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2 </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>0.1 </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> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="2"><b>Valid votes</b></td> <td><b>1,989,276</b></td> <td><b>99.7</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>3.8</b></td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td><b>1,990,836</b></td> <td><b>99.7</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>2.0</b></td> <td colspan="5">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left" colspan="2">Spoilt votes</td> <td>6,363</td> <td>0.3</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>3.8</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>5,987</td> <td>0.3</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>2.0</td> <td colspan="5">  </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left" colspan="2">Total</th> <th>1,995,639</th> <th>100</th> <th> </th> <th>73</th> <th>–</th> <th>1,996,823</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>3,950,626</td> <td>50.5</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>3.4</td> <td colspan="2"> </td> <td>3,950,626</td> <td>50.5</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>3.5</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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=18" 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:45.39%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">45.39%</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:31.69%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">31.69%</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:13.91%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">13.91%</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:7.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.93%</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:1.08%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.08%</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:44.04%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">44.04%</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:26.31%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">26.31%</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:12.36%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">12.36%</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:5.20%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.20%</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:4.38%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">4.38%</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:7.71%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.71%</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:53.49%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">53.49%</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:28.68%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">28.68%</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:11.63%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">11.63%</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:3.88%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.88%</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:1.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.55%</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:0.78%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.78%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constituency_and_regional_summary">Constituency and regional summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Constituency and regional summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Scotland">Central Scotland</h4><span 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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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Elaine Smith (Scottish politician)">Elaine Smith</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Larkhall_and_Stonehouse_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/John_Pentland" title="John Pentland">John Pentland</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Uddingston_and_Bellshill_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Uddingston and Bellshill (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Uddingston and Bellshill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_McMahon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)">Michael McMahon</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: <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;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Lyle" title="Richard Lyle">Richard Lyle</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(Scottish_Green_politician)" title="John Wilson (Scottish Green politician)">John Wilson</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Clare_Adamson" title="Clare Adamson">Clare Adamson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">−2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">108,261 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.4% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.5% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Siobhan_McMahon" title="Siobhan McMahon">Siobhan McMahon</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Griffin_(politician)" title="Mark Griffin (politician)">Mark Griffin</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_McCulloch" title="Margaret McCulloch">Margaret McCulloch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">82,459 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.6% </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/Margaret_Mitchell_(Scottish_politician)" title="Margaret Mitchell (Scottish politician)">Margaret Mitchell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,870 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.4% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.9% </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;">3,318 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.4% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.8% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Glasgow">Glasgow</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=21" 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 general election, 2011: <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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Maryhill_and_Springburn_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ferguson" title="Patricia Ferguson">Patricia Ferguson</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Paul_Martin_(Scottish_politician)" title="Paul Martin (Scottish politician)">Paul Martin</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Southside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/James_Kelly_(Scottish_politician)" title="James Kelly (Scottish politician)">James Kelly</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: <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;"><a href="/wiki/Humza_Yousaf" title="Humza Yousaf">Humza Yousaf</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Doris" title="Bob Doris">Bob Doris</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">−2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">83,109 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.8% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hanzala_Malik" title="Hanzala Malik">Hanzala Malik</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Drew_Smith_(politician)" title="Drew Smith (politician)">Drew Smith</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Anne_McTaggart" title="Anne McTaggart">Anne McTaggart</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">73,031 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.3% </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/Ruth_Davidson" title="Ruth Davidson">Ruth Davidson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12,749 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.6% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green Party">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;">12,454 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.6% </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;">5,312 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.6% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Highlands_and_Islands">Highlands and Islands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=22" 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 general election, 2011: <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 & 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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland & Ross</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rob_Gibson" title="Rob Gibson">Rob Gibson</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </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 & 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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Skye,_Lochaber_and_Badenoch_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Thompson (Scottish politician)">Dave Thompson</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: <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/John_Finnie" title="John Finnie">John Finnie</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Urquhart" title="Jean Urquhart">Jean Urquhart</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Mike_MacKenzie_(politician)" title="Mike MacKenzie (politician)">Mike MacKenzie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">85,028 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.1% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">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;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25,884 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.2% </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;">21,729 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−8.0% </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/Jamie_McGrigor" title="Jamie McGrigor">Jamie McGrigor</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Mary_Scanlon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Mary Scanlon (Scottish politician)">Mary Scanlon</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,843 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.8% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lothian">Lothian</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=23" 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 general election, 2011: <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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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: #FDF38E; 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/Marco_Biagi_(politician)" title="Marco Biagi (politician)">Marco Biagi</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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Eastern</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kenny_MacAskill" title="Kenny MacAskill">Kenny MacAskill</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/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern and Leith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Chisholm" title="Malcolm Chisholm">Malcolm Chisholm</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Southern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Southern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Southern</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Eadie_(politician)" title="Jim Eadie (politician)">Jim Eadie</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Keir" title="Colin Keir">Colin Keir</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian North & 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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: <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;">−3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">110,953 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.9% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Boyack" title="Sarah Boyack">Sarah Boyack</a> <br /> <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;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">70,544 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24.9% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.3% </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/David_McLetchie" title="David McLetchie">David McLetchie</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Gavin_Brown_(politician)" title="Gavin Brown (politician)">Gavin Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">33,019 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Green_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Green Party">Scottish Green</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,505 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.5% </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)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Margo_MacDonald" title="Margo MacDonald">Margo MacDonald</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,732 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.6% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.0% </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;">15,588 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−7.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mid_Scotland_and_Fife">Mid Scotland and Fife</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=24" 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 general election, 2011: <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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clackmannanshire & 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="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Helen_Eadie" title="Helen Eadie">Helen Eadie</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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/Bill_Walker_(SNP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Walker (SNP)">Bill Walker</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fife_North_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fife North East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Fife North East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Campbell" title="Roderick Campbell">Roderick Campbell</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Mid Fife & Glenrothes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tricia_Marwick" title="Tricia Marwick">Tricia Marwick</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_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire South & 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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife </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/Annabelle_Ewing" title="Annabelle Ewing">Annabelle Ewing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">116,691 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.7% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/John_Park_(politician)" title="John Park (politician)">John Park</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Claire_Brennan-Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Claire Brennan-Baker">Claire Brennan-Baker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Simpson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Richard Simpson (Scottish politician)">Richard Simpson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">64,623 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.0% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_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> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">36,458 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.5% </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/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,103 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.9% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−7.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="North_East_Scotland">North East Scotland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=25" 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 general election, 2011: <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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </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/Brian_Adam" title="Brian Adam">Brian 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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire East</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</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/Aberdeenshire_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdeenshire West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Aberdeenshire West</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Robertson_(politician)" title="Dennis Robertson (politician)">Dennis Robertson</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_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</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/Nigel_Don" title="Nigel Don">Nigel Don</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_and_Buchan_Coast_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Banffshire and Buchan Coast (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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, 2011: North East Scotland </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/Mark_McDonald_(politician)" title="Mark McDonald (politician)">Mark McDonald</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">140,749 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">52.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.2% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Baker_(Scottish_politician)" title="Richard Baker (Scottish politician)">Richard Baker</a><br /> <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;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">43,893 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.4% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Johnstone" title="Alex Johnstone">Alex Johnstone</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Nanette_Milne" title="Nanette Milne">Nanette Milne</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">37,681 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.1% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.1% </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;"><a href="/wiki/Alison_McInnes" title="Alison McInnes">Alison McInnes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,178 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−8.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Scotland">South Scotland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=26" 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 general election, 2011: <a href="/wiki/South_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="South Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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/Adam_Ingram_(SNP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Ingram (SNP)">Adam Ingram</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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Elaine_Murray" title="Elaine Murray">Elaine Murray</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Galloway and West Dumfries</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Fergusson_(politician)" title="Alex Fergusson (politician)">Alex Fergusson</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/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_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">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, 2011: South Scotland </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/Aileen_McLeod" title="Aileen McLeod">Aileen McLeod</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Wheelhouse" title="Paul Wheelhouse">Paul Wheelhouse</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Chic_Brodie_(politician)" title="Chic Brodie (politician)">Chic Brodie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">−1 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">114,270 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.96% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+12.4 </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Beamish" title="Claudia Beamish">Claudia Beamish</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Pearson" title="Graeme Pearson">Graeme Pearson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">70,596 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.3% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</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;">54,352 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.48% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.8 </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/Jim_Hume" title="Jim Hume">Jim Hume</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,096 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.41% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.5 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="West_Scotland">West Scotland</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=27" 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 general election, 2011: <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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Clydebank_and_Milngavie_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydebank & Milngavie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gil_Paterson_(Scottish_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gil Paterson (Scottish politician)">Gil Paterson</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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </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="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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/Margaret_Burgess" title="Margaret Burgess">Margaret Burgess</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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </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/Ken_Macintosh" title="Ken Macintosh">Ken Macintosh</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Greenock_and_Inverclyde_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Greenock & Inverclyde</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_McNeil" title="Duncan McNeil">Duncan McNeil</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><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="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>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Renfrewshire South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Renfrewshire South</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Henry" title="Hugh Henry">Hugh Henry</a> </td> <td style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Strathkelvin_and_Bearsden_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Strathkelvin & Bearsden</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Fiona_McLeod" title="Fiona McLeod">Fiona McLeod</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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">Labour</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Scottish Parliament election, 2011: West Scotland </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/Stewart_Maxwell" title="Stewart Maxwell">Stewart Maxwell</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Stuart_McMillan" title="Stuart McMillan">Stuart McMillan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">−2 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">117,306 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.5% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">+13% </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_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Labour Party">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/Margaret_McDougall" title="Margaret McDougall">Margaret McDougall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">+3 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">92,530 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.8% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;"> </td> <td style="width: 130px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservative_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Conservative Party">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Annabel_Goldie" title="Annabel Goldie">Annabel Goldie</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">±0 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35,995 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.7% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.0% </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;">9,148 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.2% </td> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.9% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_target_seats_of_the_main_parties">Top target seats of the main parties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Top target seats of the main parties"><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 2007 result to change hands. Because the election was fought under new boundaries, the figures are based on notional results from 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: SNP targets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <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 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">SNP's place 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Southside_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Southside</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>0.07 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linlithgow_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Linlithgow (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Linlithgow</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>0.45 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stirling_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stirling (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Stirling</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>0.61 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Eastern_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Eastern (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Eastern</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>0.80 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </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: #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>1.32 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydesdale</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>1.85 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </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: #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>2.23 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_North_and_Musselburgh_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian North and Musselburgh (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian North & Musselburgh</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>2.59 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </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>2.64 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Labour hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Falkirk East</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>3.05 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </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"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a> </td> <td>3.76 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Labour hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </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: #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>3.78 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </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: #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>3.50 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </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>3.63 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Labour hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><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="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>3.66 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </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>3.84 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Con hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_%26_Kilsyth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumbernauld & Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cumbernauld & Kilsyth</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>3.94 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </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: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>4.05 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Ross_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Ross (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland & Ross</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>4.28 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </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: #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>4.49 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>4.55 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame 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>4.61 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>SNP gain</b> </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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=30" 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 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">Con place 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perthshire_South_and_Kinross-shire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Perthshire South and Kinross-shire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Perthshire South & Kinross-shire</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>2.23 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=31" 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 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">Labour's place 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Almond Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Almond 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>0.007 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cunninghame_North_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cunninghame North (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cunninghame North</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>0.07 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>0.14 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><i>SNP gain</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </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>0.69 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </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: #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>1.05 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><b>Labour gain</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </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: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>1.28 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><i>SNP gain</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Falkirk 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>1.28 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire_and_Dunblane_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clackmannanshire and Dunblane (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clackmannanshire & Dunblane</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>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilmarnock_and_Irvine_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kilmarnock & Irvine 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>2.01 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><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="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>2.52 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dundee City West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dundee City 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>4.22 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </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: #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>4.31 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td><i>SNP gain</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Fife_and_Glenrothes_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Mid Fife & Glenrothes</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>4.53 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=32" 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 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Swing to gain </th> <th style="width:100px;">LD's place 2007 </th> <th style="width:100px;">Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Argyll and Bute (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Argyll & Bute</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>1.41 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </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>1.70 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midlothian_South,_Tweeddale_and_Lauderdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale</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>1.66 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>SNP hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ettrick,_Roxburgh_and_Berwickshire_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire</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>2.61 </td> <td>2nd </td> <td>Con hold </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Northern_and_Leith_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Northern and Leith (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Northern and 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>4.16 </td> <td>3rd </td> <td>Labour hold </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Incumbents_defeated">Incumbents defeated</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Incumbents defeated"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Constituency/Region </th> <th>MSP </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>MSP Since </th> <th>Office previously held </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Airdrie_and_Shotts_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Airdrie and Shotts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_Whitefield" title="Karen Whitefield">Karen Whitefield</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_and_Kilsyth_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Cumbernauld and Kilsyth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathie_Craigie" title="Cathie Craigie">Cathie Craigie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Kilbride_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Kilbride (Scottish Parliament constituency)">East Kilbride</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Kerr_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)">Andy Kerr</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Finance_and_Local_Government" title="Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government">Minister for Finance and Public Services</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_East_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Falkirk East (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Falkirk East</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Peattie" title="Cathy Peattie">Cathy Peattie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Anniesland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Anniesland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Butler_(politician)" title="Bill Butler (politician)">Bill Butler</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>2000 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cathcart_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Cathcart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gordon" title="Charlie Gordon">Charlie Gordon</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Kelvin_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Kelvin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pauline_McNeill" title="Pauline McNeill">Pauline McNeill</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Shettleston_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glasgow Shettleston (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Glasgow Shettleston</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_McAveety" title="Frank McAveety">Frank McAveety</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kirkcaldy (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Kirkcaldy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Livingstone" title="Marilyn Livingstone">Marilyn Livingstone</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Larkhall_and_Stonehouse_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCabe" title="Tom McCabe">Tom McCabe</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydesdale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karen_Gillon" title="Karen Gillon">Karen Gillon</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clydebank_and_Milngavie_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clydebank and Milngavie (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Clydebank and Milngavie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Des_McNulty" title="Des McNulty">Des McNulty</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Minister_for_Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Minister for Communities">Deputy Minister for Communities</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/Irene_Oldfather" title="Irene Oldfather">Irene Oldfather</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></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/David_Whitton" title="David Whitton">David Whitton</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td>Scottish Labour </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_South_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh South (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh South</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Pringle_(politician)" title="Mike Pringle (politician)">Mike Pringle</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrats" title="Scottish Liberal Democrats">Scottish Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td>2003 </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/Iain_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Iain Smith (Scottish politician)">Iain Smith</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Aberdeenshire_and_Kincardine_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (Scottish Parliament constituency)">West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Rumbles" title="Mike Rumbles">Mike Rumbles</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brown_(Scottish_politician)" title="Robert Brown (Scottish politician)">Robert Brown</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West of Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ross_Finnie" title="Ross Finnie">Ross Finnie</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Environment_and_Rural_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Environment and Rural Development">Minister for the Environment and Rural Development</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tweeddale,_Ettrick_and_Lauderdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Purvis" title="Jeremy Purvis">Jeremy Purvis</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Margaret Smith (Scottish politician)">Margaret Smith</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>1999 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunfermline_West_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Dunfermline West (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Dunfermline West</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Tolson" title="Jim Tolson">Jim Tolson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <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/Hugh_O%27Donnell_(politician)" title="Hugh O'Donnell (politician)">Hugh O'Donnell</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FAA61A"> </th> <td>Scottish Liberal Democrats </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">South of Scotland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Derek_Brownlee" title="Derek Brownlee">Derek Brownlee</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #0087DC"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a> </td> <td>2005 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Glasgow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_McLaughlin" title="Anne McLaughlin">Anne McLaughlin</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td> </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/Shirley-Anne_Somerville" title="Shirley-Anne Somerville">Shirley-Anne Somerville</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>Scottish National Party </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lothian_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="Lothian (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">Lothian</a> (was previously member in <a href="/wiki/West_of_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West of Scotland</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wilson_(Scottish_politician)" title="Bill Wilson (Scottish politician)">Bill Wilson</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #FDF38E"> </th> <td>Scottish National Party </td> <td>2007 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbuthnott_Commission" title="Arbuthnott Commission">Arbuthnott Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011 National Assembly for Wales election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Review_of_the_Labour_Party_in_Scotland" title="Review of the Labour Party in Scotland">Murphy and Boyack review</a> of the Labour Party in Scotland</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011 Scottish Labour leadership election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Conservatives_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election">2011 Scottish Conservatives leadership election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership 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class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170103003744/http://www.parliament.scot/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_11-29.pdf">Archived</a> 3 January 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, a Briefing by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scottishelectionstudy.org.uk/">Scottish Election Study</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_manifestos">Party manifestos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Scottish_Parliament_election&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Party manifestos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bnp.org.uk/PDF/British_National_Party_Scotland_Manifesto_2011.pdf">British National Party Manifesto</a></li> <li><a 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