Current MSP: Dennis Robertson (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Dennis Robertson 12186 +3634 42.6 +14.2
Liberal Democrat Mike Rumbles * 8074 -4258 28.2 -12.7
Conservative Nanette Milne ^ 6027 -1360 21.0 -3.5
Labour Jean Morrison 2349 +596 8.2 +2.4
Majority 4112 Turnout 28636 Swing +13.4% SNP gain
A considerable majority for incumbent Mike Rumbles was overturned by the SNP candidate Dennis Robertson, who became Holyrood’s first ever blind MSP with a substantial majority of his own. The Conservatives’ Nanette Milne was returned as a list MSP.

Notes: Given boundary changes since 2007, variations in votes and share between seats with different boundaries would be misleading. We use the Denver figures, essentially a calculation of the 2007 votes cast within 2011 boundaries. More information on this here.

Symbols used:

* – Incumbent
^ – Challenger holding a list seat in previous Parliament
# – Lost deposit