Current MSP: Aileen Campbell (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Aileen Campbell ^ 14931 +5086 49.9 +16.1
Labour Karen Gillon * 10715 -209 35.8 -1.6
Conservative Colin McGavigan 4291 -1453 14.3 -5.4
Majority 4216 Turnout 29937 Swing +8.9% SNP gain

The only seat in 2011 not contested by the four largest parties – the Liberal Democrats failed to get their paperwork in on time. Aileen Campbell, the youngest MSP elected in 2007, made the switch from the list to winning the constituency, defeating experienced Labour MSP Karen Gillon and securing just short of 50% of the vote.

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

Symbols used:

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