2011 Scottish Parliament election

Scottish Parliament election, 2011
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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament; 65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.4% 2.0%
	The left side shows constituency winners of the election by their party colours. The right side shows regional winners of the election for the additional members by their party colours. * Indicates boundary change - so this is a nominal figure
First Minister before election; Alex Salmond; SNP	Elected First Minister ; Alex Salmond; SNP

The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.

The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, a remarkable feat as the Additional Member System used to elect MSPs was originally implemented to prevent any party achieving an overall parliamentary majority.^[1] The Scottish National Party (SNP) won 69 seats, the most the party has ever held at either a Holyrood or Westminster election, allowing leader Alex Salmond to remain First Minister of Scotland. The SNP gained 32 constituencies, twenty two from the Scottish Labour Party, nine from the Scottish Liberal Democrats and one from the Scottish Conservatives. Such was the scale of their gains that, of the 73 constituencies in Scotland, only 20 came to be represented by MSPs of other political parties. The Scottish Labour Party lost seven seats and suffered their worst election defeat in Scotland since 1931, with huge losses in their traditional Central Belt constituencies and for the first time having to rely on the regional lists to elect members within these areas. They did, however, remain the largest opposition party. Party leader Iain Gray announced his resignation following his party's disappointing result. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were soundly defeated; their popular vote share was cut in half and their seat total reduced from 17 to 5. Tavish Scott announced his resignation as party leader shortly after the election.^[2] For Scottish Conservatives, the election proved disappointing as their popular vote dropped slightly and their number of seats fell by 2, with party leader Annabel Goldie also announcing her resignation.^[3]

During the campaign, the four main party leaders engaged in a series of televised debates, as they had in every previous general election. These key debates were held on 29 March (STV), 1 May (BBC), and 3 May (STV). The results of the election were broadcast live on BBC Scotland and STV, on the night of the election.

It was the fourth general election since the devolved parliament was established in 1999 and was held on the same day as elections to the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Assembly, as well as English local elections and the UK-wide referendum on the alternative vote.

Date

Under the Scotland Act 1998, an ordinary general election to the Scottish Parliament was held on the first Thursday in May four years after the 2007 election.^[4]

Because of the problems of voter confusion and a high number of spoilt ballots in 2007 due to holding Scottish parliamentary and local elections simultaneously and under different voting systems, the next Scottish local elections were held in 2012 instead of 2011. This policy decision was contradicted, however, by the staging of the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011 as well.^[5] Labour MP Ian Davidson expressed opposition to the referendum being staged on the same date as other elections.^[5] Scottish Secretary Michael Moore stated that having the referendum on another date would cost an additional £17 million.^[5]

British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens living in Scotland who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline to register to vote in the election was midnight on Friday 15 April 2011, though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Tuesday 26 April 2011 to register.^[6]

It was held on the same day as elections for Northern Ireland's 26 local councils, the Northern Irish Assembly and Welsh Assembly elections, a number of local elections in England and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum.

Boundary Review

The table below shows the notional figures for seats won by each party at the last election. The Conservatives have been the biggest gainers as a result of the boundary changes, winning an extra 3 seats and Labour has lost the most seats, losing 2 overall.

Party	Constituency Seats	Regional Seats	Total Seats	Seat Change
SNP	21	25	46	–1
Labour	35	9	44	–2
Conservative	6	14	20	+3
Liberal Democrat	11	6	17	+1
Scottish Green	0	1	1	–1

Election system, seats, and regions

The total number of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) elected to the Parliament is 129.

The First Periodical Review of the Scottish Parliament's constituencies and regions by the Boundary Commission for Scotland was announced on 3 July 2007. The Commission published its provisional proposals for the regional boundaries in 2009.

The Scottish Parliament uses an Additional Members System, designed to produce approximate proportional representation for each region. There are 8 regions each sub-divided into smaller constituencies. There are a total of 73 constituencies. Each constituency elects one (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election. Each region elects seven additional member MSPs using an additional member system. A modified D'Hondt method, using the constituency results, is used to calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect.^[7]^[8]

The Scottish Parliament constituencies have not been coterminous with Scottish Westminster constituencies since the 2005 general election, when the 72 former Westminster constituencies were replaced with a new set of 59, generally larger, constituencies (see Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004).

For details of the Revised proposals for constituencies at the Next Scottish Parliament election - Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011

The Boundary Commission have also recommended changes to the electoral regions used to elect "list" members of the Scottish Parliament. The recommendations^[9] can be summarised below;

Glasgow was reduced from 10 constituency seats to 9. Glasgow Govan was largely replaced by Glasgow Southside. The seats of Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Springburn and Glasgow Baillieston were abolished and their territory was divided between the newly created Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn and Glasgow Provan, as well as the existing Glasgow Shettleston seat which was moved eastwards.
Highlands and Islands retained 8 constituency seats. Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was replaced with the larger Caithness, Sutherland and Ross seat. Ross, Skye and Inverness West and Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber were abolished with most of their area being divided between Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch and Inverness and Nairn.
West of Scotland was renamed West Scotland. It was increased from 9 constituency seats to 10, as Cunninghame South was transferred from the South Scotland region. The seats of Paisley North, Paisley South and West Renfrewshire were abolished and their area was divided between the new seats of Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South
Central Scotland was reduced from 10 constituency seats to 9, as the territory of Kilmarnock and Loudoun was transferred to South Scotland. Some territory to the south was also transferred to South Scotland, reducing the land area of East Kilbride. Hamilton North and Bellshill was largely replaced by Uddingston and Bellshill. Hamilton South was largely replaced by Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.
Lothians was renamed Lothian and retained 10 constituency seats. The seat of Midlothian was split, with its southern areas transferred to South Scotland. Its northern parts merged with Musselburgh to form Midlothian North and Musselburgh. Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, thus with Musselburgh removed, was replaced by Edinburgh Eastern. The seats of Edinburgh North and Leith, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West were respectively renamed Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Edinburgh Southern and Edinburgh Western while redrawn. In West Lothian, Livingston was replaced by Almond Valley, which traded territory with the retained Linlithgow seat.
Mid Scotland and Fife retained 9 constituencies. North Tayside was mostly replaced by Perthshire North, with some of the former's territory being transferred to North East Scotland. Ochil was split, with its eastern parts merging with the former seat of Perth to form Perthshire South and Kinross-shire. Clackmannanshire and Dunblane was created, consisting mostly of the more populous western part of Ochil. In Fife, Dunfermline West, Dunfermline East and Fife Central were respectively largely replaced by Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath and Mid Fife and Glenrothes.
North East Scotland was increased from 9 to 10 constituency seats. The seat of Angus was split between two new seats: Angus South, which included territory transferred from Mid Scotland and Fife, and Angus North and Mearns. Both West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine and Gordon were split. The former was divided between the new seat of Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns and an enlarged Aberdeen South, which under new boundaries was named Aberdeen South and North Kincardine. A redrawn Aberdeen North was renamed Aberdeen Donside. Gordon was split between Aberdeenshire West and another new seat: Aberdeenshire East. Some territory was also traded with Banff and Buchan, which was largely replaced by Banffshire and Buchan Coast. The two Dundee seats were redrawn and renamed from Dundee West and Dundee East to Dundee City West and Dundee City East.
South of Scotland was renamed South Scotland. It retained 9 constituencies, losing Cunninghame South to West Scotland but gaining Kilmarnock and Loudoun (which was abolished and replaced by Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley). Some territory was transferred from Galloway and Upper Nithsdale to Dumfries; the redrawn seats were then renamed Galloway and West Dumfries and Dumfriesshire. Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale lost territory to Roxburgh and Berwickshire but gained some from the Lothian area to the north. These seats were redrawn and renamed Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale and Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

Retiring MSPs

At the dissolution of Parliament on 22 March 2011, twenty MSPs were not seeking re-election.^[10]

Constituency/Region	Departing MSP	Party
Mid Scotland and Fife	Christopher Harvie	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Argyll and Bute	Jim Mather	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Lothians	Ian McKee	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
South of Scotland	Alasdair Morgan	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Angus	Andrew Welsh	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party
Paisley North	Wendy Alexander	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Midlothian	Rhona Brankin	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Glasgow Baillieston	Margaret Curran	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Lothians	George Foulkes	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
North East Scotland	Marlyn Glen	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
West Renfrewshire	Trish Godman	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Cathy Jamieson	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Motherwell and Wishaw	Jack McConnell	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Highlands and Islands	Peter Peacock	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party
Ross, Skye and Inverness West	John Farquhar Munro	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Aberdeen South	Nicol Stephen	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Jamie Stone	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Glasgow	Bill Aitken	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Conservative Party
Mid Scotland and Fife	Ted Brocklebank	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Conservative Party
Lothians	Robin Harper	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Green Party

Campaign

The parliament was dissolved on 22 March 2011 and the campaign began thereafter. The Conservatives saw 3 of their candidates drop out of the election during the period 25–28 March: Malcolm McAskill from the Glasgow regional ballot, Iain Whyte from the Glasgow Maryhill & Springburn constituency ballot and David Meikle from the Glasgow regional ballot.

The Liberal Democrat regional candidate for the Central Scotland region Hugh O'Donnell also withdrew on 27 March, citing discontent with the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition at Westminster.^[11] Another Liberal Democrat, John Farquhar Munro, came out in support of Alex Salmond for First Minister, even though he also claimed not to support the SNP.^[12] In the Clydesdale constituency, the Liberal Democrat candidate John Paton-Day failed to lodge his papers in time for the nomination deadline, leaving the constituency as the only one in Scotland with no Liberal Democrat candidate.^[13] On 17 April, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott described himself as 'uncomfortable' with his Scottish party being 'related' to the Conservatives due to the coalition at Westminster.

A televised debate between the four main party leaders was shown on STV on 29 March, with SNP leader Alex Salmond and Conservative leader Annabel Goldie identified as the strongest performers.^[14] The Scottish Sun newspaper came out in support of the SNP's campaign to win a second term, even though the newspaper does not back independence.

Whilst campaigning in Glasgow Central station, the Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray was ambushed by a group of anti-cuts protestors who chased him into a nearby fast-food outlet.^[15] The same protesters had already targeted Conservative leader Annabel Goldie a month earlier. On 27 April, Iain Gray and SNP leader Alex Salmond were both present simultaneously in an Ardrossan branch of the Asda supermarket chain; both parties alleged that the other party's leader 'ran away' from the possibility of an encounter with the other.^[16]

Policy platforms

The main parties contesting the election all outlined the following main aims:^[17]

Scottish National Party

Legislate to give Scotland a referendum on independence.
Maintain the council tax freeze throughout the next parliament.
Attempt to generate 100% of Scotland's electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Continue offering free university tuition to Scottish students.
Maintain high police numbers.

Labour Party

Introduce Scottish Living Wage of £7.15 an hour, starting in the public sector.
Abolish youth unemployment and aim to create 250,000 jobs by 2020.
Compulsory six-month jail sentences for people convicted of knife-carrying.
Initiate two-year council tax freeze.
Re-instate the proposed rail link between Glasgow Central station and Glasgow International Airport, which was cancelled in 2009.
Continue free University tuition fees for all Scottish students.

Conservative Party

A council tax freeze during the period 2012-2013.
Re-introduce prescription charges at 2009 standards (£5 for a single item).
Consider building new nuclear power stations, but not on new sites.
Bring in Variable University Graduate Fee, with no more than £4,000 being paid annually per student.
Replace community service with short prison sentences.
Centralising the Scottish police forces into a single police force.

Liberal Democrats

Maintain free university tuition for Scottish students.
Aim to create 100,000 new jobs through selling off Scottish Water which would free £1.5 billion for investment purposes.
Oppose moves to create a centralised Scottish police force.
Maintain the Scottish bus pass, but progressively bring the qualifying age up to 65.
Reform the council tax.

Scottish Green Party

Bring in large-scale ecosystem restoration projects.
Replace council tax with land value tax.
Maintain free university tuition for Scottish students.
Focus on bringing restorative justice within Scotland's justice system.
Abolish the Forth Replacement Crossing.

Parties contesting the election

Contesting constituency and regional ballot

Only the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Conservative Party contested all constituencies.^[18]^[19]

Scottish National Party (SNP)
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Conservative Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats – Contesting all constituencies except Clydesdale ^[20]
All Scotland Pensioner's Party/Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party – Contesting Mid Fife & Glenrothes and Motherwell & Wishaw
Scottish Christian Party – Contesting Inverness & Nairn and Motherwell & Wishaw
Liberal Party – Contesting Argyll & Bute
National Front – Contesting Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South & North Kincardine, Almond Valley, Linlithgow and only the North East Scotland region
UK Independence Party (UKIP) – Contesting Inverness & Nairn, Moray and North East Fife

Contesting regional ballot only

Scottish Green Party
Solidarity – all regions except Glasgow
Respect Party 'Coalition Against Cuts' – Glasgow only ^[21]
Scottish Socialist Party
British National Party (BNP)
Socialist Labour Party
Scottish Homeland Party^[22] – contesting Glasgow and Central regions
Pirate Party
Scottish Unionist Party
Christian Peoples Alliance
Ban Bankers Bonuses^[23] – contesting the Highlands and Islands and West of Scotland regional lists.

Contesting constituency ballot only

Communist Party of Britain – Contesting Glasgow Anniesland
Land Party – Contesting Cowdenbeath

Opinion polls

In March 2011, two months before the election, Labour held a double-digit lead over the SNP in the opinion polls,^[24] 44% to 29%.^[25] The SNP's support subsequently rallied, with the two parties level in April polling. In the final poll on the eve of the election, the SNP were eleven points clear of Labour.^[24]^[26]

Result

The election produced a majority SNP government, making this the first time in the Scottish Parliament where a party had commanded a parliamentary majority. The SNP took 16 seats from Labour, many of whose key figures failed to be returned to parliament, although Labour leader Iain Gray retained East Lothian by 151 votes. The SNP took a further eight seats from the Liberal Democrats and one seat from the Conservatives. The SNP overall majority meant that there was sufficient support in the Scottish Parliament to hold a referendum on Scottish independence.^[27]

Labour's defeat was attributed to several factors: the party focused too heavily on criticising the Conservative-led coalition at Westminster, and assumed that former Lib Dem voters would automatically switch their vote to Labour, when in fact they appeared to have haemorrhaged support to the SNP.^[28] Jackie Baillie compared the result to Labour's performance in the 1983 UK general election.^[27] Iain Gray announced his intention to resign as leader of the Labour group of MSPs that autumn.^[27]

The election saw a rout of the Liberal Democrats, with no victories in mainland constituencies^[29] and 25 lost deposits (candidates gaining less than five per cent of the vote).^[29] Leader Tavish Scott said their performance was due to the Liberal Democrats' involvement in the Westminster Government, which had been unpopular with many former LibDem supporters.^[30] Scott resigned as leader two days after the election.^[30]

For the Conservatives, the main disappointment was the loss of Edinburgh Pentlands, the seat of former party leader David McLetchie, to the SNP. McLetchie was elected on the Lothian regional list and the Conservatives only made a net loss of five seats, with leader Annabel Goldie claiming that their support had held firm.^[27] Prime Minister David Cameron congratulated the SNP on the result, but vowed to campaign for the Union in any independence referendum.^[27]

George Galloway, under a Unionist anti-cuts banner, failed to receive enough votes to be elected to the Glasgow regional list.^[27] The Scottish Greens won two seats, including their co-convenor Patrick Harvie.^[27] Margo MacDonald again won election as an independent on the Lothian regional list.^[27]

The SNP's overall majority assured Salmond of another term as First Minister, and he was reelected unopposed on 18 May.^[31]

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|- ! style="background-color: #FDF38E;" | | style="text-align:left;" |SNP | style="text-align:right;" | 902,915 | style="text-align:right;" | 45.39 | style="text-align:right;" | +12.46 | style="text-align:right;" | 53 | style="text-align:right;" | +32 | style="text-align:right;" | 876,421 | style="text-align:right;" | 44.04 | style="text-align:right;" | +13.03 | style="text-align:right;" | 16 | style="text-align:right;" | −9 | style="text-align:right;" | 69 | style="text-align:right;" | +23 | style="text-align:right;" | 53.49 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #E4003B;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Labour | style="text-align:right;" | 630,461 | style="text-align:right;" | 31.69 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.45 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 | style="text-align:right;" | −20 | style="text-align:right;" | 523,559 | style="text-align:right;" | 26.31 | style="text-align:right;" | −2.85 | style="text-align:right;" | 22 | style="text-align:right;" | +13 | style="text-align:right;" | 37 | style="text-align:right;" | −7 | style="text-align:right;" | 28.68 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #0087DC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Conservative | style="text-align:right;" | 276,652 | style="text-align:right;" | 13.91 | style="text-align:right;" | −2.69 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | −3 | style="text-align:right;" | 245,967 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.35 | style="text-align:right;" | −1.55 | style="text-align:right;" | 12 | style="text-align:right;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 15 | style="text-align:right;" | −5 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.63 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #FAA61A;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal Democrats | style="text-align:right;" | 157,714 | style="text-align:right;" | 7.93 | style="text-align:right;" | −8.25 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | −9 | style="text-align:right;" | 103,472 | style="text-align:right;" | 5.20 | style="text-align:right;" | −6.10 | style="text-align:right;" | 3 | style="text-align:right;" | −3 | style="text-align:right;" | 5 | style="text-align:right;" | −12 | style="text-align:right;" | 3.88 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #00B140;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Green | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 87,060 | style="text-align:right;" | 4.37 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.33 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 2 | style="text-align:right;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.55 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #DCDCDC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Independent | style="text-align:right;" | 12,357 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.62 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.62 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 22,306 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.12 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.08 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 1 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.78 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #CC66CC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Senior Citizens | style="text-align:right;" | 1,618 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.08 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0.00 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 33,253 | style="text-align:right;" | 1.67 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.23 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #6D3177;" | | style="text-align:left;" |UKIP | style="text-align:right;" | 2,508 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.13 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.13 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 18,138 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.91 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.51 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #EE1C25;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Socialist Labour | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 16,847 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.85 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.15 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #9966CC;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Christian | style="text-align:right;" | 1,193 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.06 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.17 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 16,466 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.83 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.47 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #2e3b74;" | | style="text-align:left;" |BNP | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 15,580 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.78 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.42 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #ff0000;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Socialist | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 8,272 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.42 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.21 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #46801c;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Respect | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 6,972 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.35 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.35 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #5555FF;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scottish Unionist | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 3,002 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.15 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.06 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Ban Bankers Bonuses | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 2,968 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.15 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.15 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #a22f32;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Solidarity | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 2,837 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.14 | style="text-align:right;" | −1.38 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #EB7A43;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Liberal | style="text-align:right;" | 436 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.02 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.02 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 2,393 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.12 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.12 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #990099;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Pirate | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 1,431 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.07 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.07 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #813887;" | | style="text-align:left;" |CPA | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 1,191 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.06 | style="text-align:right;" | −0.66 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: MidnightBlue;" | | style="text-align:left;" |National Front | style="text-align:right;" | 1,515 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.08 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.08 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 640 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.03 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.03 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Scotland Homeland Party | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 620 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.03 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.03 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Angus Independents Representatives | style="text-align:right;" | 1,321 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.07 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.07 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 471 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.02 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.02 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: white;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Land Party | style="text-align:right;" | 276 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.01 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |-

|- ! style="background-color: #F93822;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Communist | style="text-align:right;" | 256 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.01 | style="text-align:right;" | +0.00 | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | — | style="text-align:right;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 0.00 |- |- | || Total | 1,989,222

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Overall turnout: 50.4%^[32]

Votes summary

Popular Vote

SNP			44.04%
Labour			26.31%
Conservative			12.36%
Liberal Democrats			5.20%
Green			4.38%
Other			7.71%

Parliament seats

SNP			53.49%
Labour			28.68%
Conservative			11.63%
Liberal Democrats			3.88%
Green			1.55%
Other			0.78%

Constituency and regional summary

Central Scotland

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John Wilson
Clare Adamson | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 108,261 | style="text-align:right;" | 46.4% | style="text-align:right;" | +15.5% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Siobhan McMahon
Mark Griffin
Margaret McCulloch | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +3 | style="text-align:right;" | 82,459 | style="text-align:right;" | 35.3% | style="text-align:right;" | −4.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Margaret Mitchell | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 14,870 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.4% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.9% |-

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | Humza Yousaf
Bob Doris | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 83,109 | style="text-align:right;" | 39.8% | style="text-align:right;" | +12.8% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Labour | style="text-align:left;" | Hanzala Malik
Drew Smith
Anne McTaggart | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +3 | style="text-align:right;" | 73,031 | style="text-align:right;" | 35.0% | style="text-align:right;" | −3.3% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Conservative | style="text-align:left;" | Ruth Davidson | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 12,749 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.1% | style="text-align:right;" | −0.6% |-

|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #00B140; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | Scottish Green | style="text-align:left;" | Patrick Harvie | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 12,454 | style="text-align:right;" | 6.0% | style="text-align:right;" | +0.6% |-

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Jean Urquhart
Mike MacKenzie | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 85,028 | style="text-align:right;" | 47.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +13.1% |-

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David Stewart | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 25,884 | style="text-align:right;" | 14.5% | style="text-align:right;" | −3.2% |-

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Mary Scanlon | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 20,843 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.6% | style="text-align:right;" | −0.8% |-

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|- | style="color:inherit;background-color: #FDF38E; width: 2px;" | | style="width: 130px; text-align:left;" | SNP | style="text-align:left;" | | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:center;" | −3 | style="text-align:right;" | 110,953 | style="text-align:right;" | 39.2% | style="text-align:right;" | +12.9% |-

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Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +2 | style="text-align:right;" | 70,544 | style="text-align:right;" | 24.9% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.3% |-

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Gavin Brown | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +1 | style="text-align:right;" | 33,019 | style="text-align:right;" | 11.7% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.5% |-

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Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | style="text-align:right;" | 64,623 | style="text-align:right;" | 25.0% | style="text-align:right;" | −2.1% |-

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Elizabeth Smith | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 36,458 | style="text-align:right;" | 14.1% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.5% |-

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Jenny Marra
Lewis MacDonald | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 43,893 | style="text-align:right;" | 16.4% | style="text-align:right;" | −3.2% |-

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Nanette Milne | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 37,681 | style="text-align:right;" | 14.1% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.1% |-

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Aileen McLeod
Paul Wheelhouse
Chic Brodie | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:center;" | −1 | style="text-align:right;" | 114,270 | style="text-align:right;" | 40.96% | style="text-align:right;" | +12.4 |-

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Graeme Pearson | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | +2 | style="text-align:right;" | 70,596 | style="text-align:right;" | 25.3% | style="text-align:right;" | −3.5 |-

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Stuart McMillan | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | −2 | style="text-align:right;" | 117,306 | style="text-align:right;" | 41.5% | style="text-align:right;" | +13% |-

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Neil Bibby
Margaret McDougall | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:center;" | +3 | style="text-align:right;" | 92,530 | style="text-align:right;" | 32.8% | style="text-align:right;" | −1.8% |-

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Jackson Carlaw | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | style="text-align:center;" | ±0 | style="text-align:right;" | 35,995 | style="text-align:right;" | 12.7% | style="text-align:right;" | −2.0% |-

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Top target seats of the main parties

Below are listed all the constituencies which required a swing of less than 5% from the 2007 result to change hands. Because the election was fought under new boundaries, the figures are based on notional results from 2007.^[33]

SNP targets

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2007		Swing to gain	SNP's place 2007
1	Glasgow Southside style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	0.07	2nd	SNP gain
2	Linlithgow style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	0.45	2nd	SNP gain
3	Stirling style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	0.61	2nd	SNP gain
4	Edinburgh Eastern style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	0.80	2nd	SNP gain
5	Airdrie and Shotts style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	1.32	2nd	SNP gain
6	Clydesdale style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	1.85	2nd	SNP gain
7	Glasgow Kelvin style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	2.23	2nd	SNP gain
8	Midlothian North & Musselburgh style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	2.59	2nd	SNP gain
9	Dumbarton style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	2.64	2nd	Labour hold
10	Falkirk East style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.05	2nd	SNP gain
11	East Lothian style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.76	2nd	Labour hold
12	East Kilbride style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.78	2nd	SNP gain
13	Glasgow Cathcart style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.50	2nd	SNP gain
14	Edinburgh Northern & Leith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.63	2nd	Labour hold
15	Aberdeen South & North Kincardine style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	3.66	2nd	SNP gain
16	Galloway & West Dumfries style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	3.84	2nd	Con hold
17	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	3.94	2nd	SNP gain
18	Edinburgh Central style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	4.05	3rd	SNP gain
19	Caithness, Sutherland & Ross style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	4.28	2nd	SNP gain
20	Edinburgh Pentlands style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	4.49	3rd	SNP gain
21	Dunfermline style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	4.55	3rd	SNP gain
22	Cunninghame South style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	4.61	2nd	SNP gain

Conservative targets

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2007		Swing to gain	Con place 2007	Result
1	Perthshire South & Kinross-shire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	2.23	2nd	SNP hold

Labour targets

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2007		Swing to gain	Labour's place 2007
1	Almond Valley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	0.007	2nd	SNP hold
2	Cunninghame North style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	0.07	2nd	SNP hold
3	Dunfermline style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	0.14	2nd	SNP gain
4	Aberdeen Central style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	0.69	2nd	SNP hold
5	Dumfriesshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	1.05	2nd	Labour gain
6	Edinburgh Central style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Scottish Liberal Democrats" \|	Liberal Democrats	1.28	2nd	SNP gain
7	Falkirk West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	1.28	2nd	SNP hold
8	Clackmannanshire & Dunblane style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	1.39	2nd	SNP hold
9	Kilmarnock & Irvine Valley style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	2.01	2nd	SNP hold
10	Na h-Eileanan an Iar style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	2.52	2nd	SNP hold
11	Dundee City West style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	4.22	2nd	SNP hold
12	Edinburgh Pentlands style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	4.31	2nd	SNP gain
13	Mid Fife & Glenrothes style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	4.53	2nd	SNP hold

Liberal Democrat targets

Rank	Constituency	Winning party 2007		Swing to gain	LD's place 2007
1	Argyll & Bute style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	1.41	2nd	SNP hold
2	Aberdeen Central style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	1.70	3rd	SNP hold
3	Midlothian South, Tweeddale & Lauderdale style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FDF38E;" data-sort-value="Scottish National Party" \|	SNP	1.66	2nd	SNP hold
4	Ettrick, Roxburgh & Berwickshire style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Scottish Conservative Party" \|	Conservative	2.61	2nd	Con hold
5	Edinburgh Northern and Leith style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour Party" \|	Labour	4.16	3rd	Labour hold

Incumbents defeated

Constituency/Region	MSP	Party		MSP Since	Office previously held
Airdrie and Shotts	Karen Whitefield	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Cathie Craigie	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
East Kilbride	Andy Kerr	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999	Minister for Finance and Public Services
Falkirk East	Cathy Peattie	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Glasgow Anniesland	Bill Butler	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	2000
Glasgow Cathcart	Charlie Gordon	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	2005
Glasgow Kelvin	Pauline McNeill	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Glasgow Shettleston	Frank McAveety	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999	Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
Kirkcaldy	Marilyn Livingstone	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Clydesdale	Karen Gillon	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Clydebank and Milngavie	Des McNulty	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999	Deputy Minister for Communities
Cunninghame South	Irene Oldfather	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	1999
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	David Whitton	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Labour Party	2007
Edinburgh South	Mike Pringle	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	2003
North East Fife	Iain Smith	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Mike Rumbles	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999
Glasgow	Robert Brown	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999
West of Scotland	Ross Finnie	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999	Minister for the Environment and Rural Development
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	Jeremy Purvis	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999
Edinburgh West	Margaret Smith	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	1999
Dunfermline West	Jim Tolson	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	2007
Central Scotland	Hugh O'Donnell	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" \|	Scottish Liberal Democrats	2007
South of Scotland	Derek Brownlee	style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish Conservative Party	2005
Glasgow	Anne McLaughlin	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party	2009
Lothian	Shirley-Anne Somerville	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party	2007
Lothian (was previously member in West of Scotland)	Bill Wilson	style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Scottish National Party	2007

References

^ "SNP wins majority in Scottish elections". channel4.com. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
^ "Scots Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott quits post". BBC News. 7 May 2011.
^ "BBC News - Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie announces resignation". Bbc.co.uk. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
^ "Scotland Act 1998 - Section 2 Ordinary General Elections". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Scots politicians oppose AV referendum date". BBC News. BBC. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).
^ "Electoral system: How it works, 02 April 2003". BBC News Online. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ D'Hondt system, BBC News Online, 28 September 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2011
^ "Revised Recommendations" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Black, Andrew (22 March 2011). "Scottish election: MSPs bidding farewell to Holyrood". BBC News.
^ "BBC News - Scottish elections: Lib Dem candidate quits party". Bbc.co.uk. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ Andrew Black (4 April 2011). "BBC News - Scottish election: John Farquhar Munro backs Salmond". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "BBC News - Scottish election: Lib Dem fails to lodge papers". Bbc.co.uk. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "Who won the first Scottish leaders' debate? | Election 2011 | STV News". News.stv.tv. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "BBC News - Scottish election: Iain Gray targeted by protesters". Bbc.co.uk. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "Asdagate: Alex Salmond and Iain Gray accused of 'hiding' from each other during supermarket visit". STV News. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "BBC News - Scotland election: Issues guide". Bbc.co.uk. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
^ "Scottish Parliament Election 2011". STV News. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "Scottish Election 2011". The Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "Lib Dem fails to lodge papers". BBC News. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "George Galloway". Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "Scottish Homeland Party". Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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^ HOLYROOD VOTING INTENTIONS POLL - TNS/bmrb, 7 March 2011
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^ "The New Scottish Parliament Constituencies 2011" (PDF). BBC News online. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

External links

Election 2011, a Briefing by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre
Scottish Election Study

Party manifestos

Party election broadcasts

[1] "SNP wins majority in Scottish elections". channel4.com. Retrieved 12 July 2011.

[2] "Scots Lib Dem leader Tavish Scott quits post". BBC News. 7 May 2011.

[3] "BBC News - Scots Tory leader Annabel Goldie announces resignation". Bbc.co.uk. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

[ScotlandAct1-4] "Scotland Act 1998 - Section 2 Ordinary General Elections". Office of Public Sector Information. Retrieved 8 May 2007.

[date-5] "Scots politicians oppose AV referendum date". BBC News. BBC. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[6] The deadline for the receipt and determination of anonymous electoral registration applications was the same as the publication date of the notice of alteration to the Electoral Register (i.e. the fifth working day before election day).

[7] "Electoral system: How it works, 02 April 2003". BBC News Online. 2 April 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[8] D'Hondt system, BBC News Online, 28 September 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2011

[9] "Revised Recommendations" (PDF). Boundary Commission for Scotland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] Black, Andrew (22 March 2011). "Scottish election: MSPs bidding farewell to Holyrood". BBC News.

[11] "BBC News - Scottish elections: Lib Dem candidate quits party". Bbc.co.uk. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[12] Andrew Black (4 April 2011). "BBC News - Scottish election: John Farquhar Munro backs Salmond". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[13] "BBC News - Scottish election: Lib Dem fails to lodge papers". Bbc.co.uk. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[14] "Who won the first Scottish leaders' debate? | Election 2011 | STV News". News.stv.tv. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[15] "BBC News - Scottish election: Iain Gray targeted by protesters". Bbc.co.uk. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[16] "Asdagate: Alex Salmond and Iain Gray accused of 'hiding' from each other during supermarket visit". STV News. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[17] "BBC News - Scotland election: Issues guide". Bbc.co.uk. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

[18] "Scottish Parliament Election 2011". STV News. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[19] "Scottish Election 2011". The Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[20] "Lib Dem fails to lodge papers". BBC News. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[21] "George Galloway". Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[22] "Scottish Homeland Party". Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[23] "Ban Bankers Bonuses" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[scotsman1-24] Holyrood Elections: A shared goal but there could only be one winner Archived 25 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine - The Scotsman, 6 May 2011

[25] HOLYROOD VOTING INTENTIONS POLL - TNS/bmrb, 7 March 2011

[26] HOLYROOD VOTING INTENTIONS POLL - TNS/bmrb, 3 May 2011

[snp_win-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Scottish election: SNP wins election". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[28] Black, Andrew (6 May 2011). "Scottish Election: Campaign successes and stinkers". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[LD_collapse-29] "Scottish election: SNP wins election". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[SNPPress-30] "Scottish election: SNP press Cameron on Scotland Bill". BBC News. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[31] Holyrood Roundup, Election of First Minister from Scottish Parliament's YouTube, 18 May 2011

[32] Rogers, Simon (16 March 2012). "UK election historic turnouts since 1918". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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