Current MSP: Angus MacDonald (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Angus MacDonald 14302 +3051 50.8 +13.4
Labour Cathy Peattie * 10767 -2323 38.2 -5.2
Conservative Lynn Monro 2372 -1287 8.4 -3.7
Liberal Democrat Ross Laird # 727 -1399 2.6 -4.5
Majority 3535 Turnout 28168 Swing +9.3% SNP gain
The SNP won this seat from Labour’s Cathy Peattie, who had been the constituency MSP since 1999. Angus MacDonald is a local councillor and was returned on a large swing with a comfortable majority. Ross Laird, the Liberal Democrat challenger, lost his deposit.

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