Current MSP: Linda Fabiani (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Linda Fabiani ^ 14359 +2582 48.0 +10.2
Labour Andy Kerr * 12410 -1475 41.5 -3.0
Conservative Graham Simpson 2260 -594 7.6 -1.6
Liberal Democrat Douglas Herbison # 468 -2209 1.6 -7.0
Independent John Houston # 414 +414 1.4 +1.4
Majority 1949 Turnout 29911 Swing +6.6% SNP gain
This was the first seat to declare in the 2011 election and provided a foretaste of the historic night to come, with Linda Fabiani who had contested this seat since 1999, overturning a Labour majority. Andy Kerr had been the constituency MSP for Labour since 1999. The Liberal Democrat and the Independent both lost their deposits.

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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