Current MSP: Margaret Burgess (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Margaret Burgess 10933 +2823 49.8 +15.2
Labour Irene Oldfather * 8645 -1625 39.2 -4.6
Conservative Alistair Haw 1971 -109 8.5 -4.7
Liberal Democrat Ruby Kirkwood # 547 -1430 2.5 -6.0
Majority 2348 Turnout 22056 Swing +9.9% SNP gain
Cunninghame South was formed almost entirely from the former Cunninghame South constituency, but is now part of the South region, moving from the West in previous elections. The SNP’s Margaret Burgess secured a substantial swing to defeat long-serving Labour MSP Irene Oldfather.

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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