Current MSP: Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) [MSP website]
Party Candidate Votes +/– % +/–
SNP Nicola Sturgeon * 12306 +3790 54.4 +14.8
Labour Stephen Curran 7957 -586 35.2 -4.6
Conservative David Meikle 1733 +83 7.7 +0.0
Liberal Democrat Kenneth Carmichael Elder # 612 -1459 2.7 -6.9
Majority 4349 Turnout 22608 Swing +9.7% SNP win

Thanks to boundary changes, this constituency was notionally a Labour seat even though it had been won by Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP’s Depute Leader, in 2007. In 2011, Sturgeon held the seat with a much increased majority over Glasgow councillor Stephen Curran. The Liberal Democrats lost their 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
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