Current MSP: Ken Macintosh (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
Labour Ken Macintosh * 12662 +3325 39.7 +9.7
Conservative Jackson Carlaw ^ 10650 -2175 33.4 -7.7
SNP Stewart Maxwell ^ 7777 +2865 24.4 +8.6
Liberal Democrat Gordon Cochrane # 835 -2306 2.6 -7.5
Majority 2012 Turnout 31924 Swing +8.7% LAB (notional) gain
Labour’s Ken Macintosh had contested the supposedly more winnable Paisley South selection contest from Hugh Henry but in the end lost out, and instead went up against Jackson Carlaw in the notionally Tory-held Eastwood constituency. He needn’t have been too worried and secured his fourth election victory. Jackson Carlaw returned to Holyrood on the list.

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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