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Scottish Parliament election, 2011








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All 129 seats to the Scottish Parliament
65 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
50.4% Decrease 2.0%




















































































































































 
First party
Second party
Third party
 

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Leader

Alex Salmond

Iain Gray

Annabel Goldie
Party

SNP

Labour

Conservative
Leader's seat

Aberdeenshire East

East Lothian

West Scotland
Last election
47 seats
46 seats
17 seats
Seats before
46
44
17
Seats won

69
37
15
Seat change

Increase23*

Decrease7*

Decrease2*
Constituency vote

902,915
630,461
276,652
% and swing

45.4% Increase12.4%
31.7% Decrease0.5%
13.9% Decrease2.7%
Regional vote

876,421
523,559
245,967
% and swing

44.0% Increase13.0%
26.3% Decrease2.9%
12.4% Decrease1.5%

 
Fourth party
Fifth party
 

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Leader

Tavish Scott

Patrick Harvie /
Eleanor Scott
Party

Liberal Democrats

Scottish Green
Leader's seat

Shetland

Glasgow /
Highlands & Islands (lost)
Last election
16 seats
2 seats
Seats before
17
1
Seats won
5
2
Seat change

Decrease12*

Increase1*
Constituency vote
157,714

Did not contest
% and swing
7.9% Decrease8.3%

Did not contest
Regional vote
103,472
87,060
% and swing
5.2% Decrease6.1%
4.4% Increase0.3%




Scottish Election Results 2011.svg
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





























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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.




Contents






  • 1 Date


  • 2 Boundary Review


  • 3 Election system, seats, and regions


  • 4 Retiring MSPs


  • 5 Campaign


  • 6 Policy platforms


    • 6.1 Scottish National Party


    • 6.2 Labour Party


    • 6.3 Conservative Party


    • 6.4 Liberal Democrats


    • 6.5 Scottish Green Party




  • 7 Parties contesting the election


    • 7.1 Contesting constituency and regional ballot


    • 7.2 Contesting regional ballot only


    • 7.3 Contesting constituency ballot only




  • 8 Opinion polls


  • 9 Result


    • 9.1 Votes summary


    • 9.2 Constituency and regional summary


      • 9.2.1 Central Scotland


      • 9.2.2 Glasgow


      • 9.2.3 Highlands and Islands


      • 9.2.4 Lothian


      • 9.2.5 Mid Scotland and Fife


      • 9.2.6 North East Scotland


      • 9.2.7 South Scotland


      • 9.2.8 West Scotland






  • 10 Top target seats of the main parties


    • 10.1 SNP targets


    • 10.2 Conservative targets


    • 10.3 Labour targets


    • 10.4 Liberal Democrat targets




  • 11 Incumbents defeated


  • 12 See also


  • 13 References


  • 14 External links


    • 14.1 Party manifestos


    • 14.2 Party election broadcasts







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 notional results of the 2007 election, based on the new boundaries


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


Scottish National Party

Argyll and Bute

Jim Mather


Scottish National Party

Lothians

Ian McKee


Scottish National Party

South of Scotland

Alasdair Morgan


Scottish National Party

Angus

Andrew Welsh


Scottish National Party

Paisley North

Wendy Alexander


Scottish Labour Party

Midlothian

Rhona Brankin


Scottish Labour Party

Glasgow Baillieston

Margaret Curran


Scottish Labour Party

Lothians

George Foulkes


Scottish Labour Party

North East Scotland

Marlyn Glen


Scottish Labour Party

West Renfrewshire

Trish Godman


Scottish Labour Party

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Cathy Jamieson


Scottish Labour Party

Motherwell and Wishaw

Jack McConnell


Scottish Labour Party

Highlands and Islands

Peter Peacock


Scottish Labour Party

Ross, Skye and Inverness West

John Farquhar Munro


Scottish Liberal Democrats

Aberdeen South

Nicol Stephen


Scottish Liberal Democrats

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Jamie Stone


Scottish Liberal Democrats

Glasgow

Bill Aitken


Scottish Conservative Party

Mid Scotland and Fife

Ted Brocklebank


Scottish Conservative Party

Lothians

Robin Harper


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]




Seats won to the Scottish Parliament following the 2011 election.
 Scottish National Party (69)
 Scottish Labour Party (37)
 Scottish Conservative Party (15)
 Scottish Liberal Democrats (5)
 Scottish Green Party (2)
 Independent (1)





































































































































































































































































































































































































































































e • d Scottish general election, 2011 (+/- seats based on notional 2007 result)
Party
Constituencies
Regional additional members
Total seats
Votes
%
±
Seats
±
Votes
%
±
Seats
±
Total
±
%


SNP
902,915
45.39
+12.46
53
+32
876,421
44.04
+13.03
16
−9

69
+23
53.49


Labour
630,461
31.69
−0.45
15
−20
523,559
26.31
−2.85
22
+13

37
−7
28.68


Conservative
276,652
13.91
−2.69
3
−3
245,967
12.35
−1.55
12
−2

15
−5
11.63


Liberal Democrats
157,714
7.93
−8.25
2
−9
103,472
5.20
−6.10
3
−3

5
−12
3.88


Scottish Green





87,060
4.37
+0.33
2
+1

2
+1
1.55


Independent
12,357
0.62
−0.62
0
±0
22,306
1.12
+0.08
1
±0

1
±0
0.78


Scottish Senior Citizens
1,618
0.08
±0.00
0
±0
33,253
1.67
−0.23
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


UKIP
2,508
0.13
+0.13
0
±0
18,138
0.91
+0.51
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Socialist Labour





16,847
0.85
+0.15
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Scottish Christian
1,193
0.06
−0.17
0
±0
16,466
0.83
−0.47
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


BNP





15,580
0.78
−0.42
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Scottish Socialist





8,272
0.42
−0.21
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Respect





6,972
0.35
+0.35
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Scottish Unionist





3,002
0.15
−0.06
0
±0
0
±0
0.00

Ban Bankers Bonuses





2,968
0.15
+0.15
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Solidarity





2,837
0.14
−1.38
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Liberal
436
0.02
+0.02
0
±0
2,393
0.12
+0.12
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Pirate





1,431
0.07
+0.07
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


Christian Peoples





1,191
0.06
−0.66
0
±0
0
±0
0.00


National Front
1,515
0.08
+0.08
0
±0
640
0.03
+0.03
0
±0
0
±0
0.00

Scotland Homeland Party





620
0.03
+0.03
0
±0
0
±0
0.00

Angus Independents Representatives
1,321
0.07
+0.07
0
±0
471
0.02
+0.02
0
±0
0
±0
0.00

Land Party
276
0.01
+0.01
0
±0





0
±0
0.00


Communist
256
0.01
+0.00
0
±0





0
±0
0.00
 
Total
1,989,222
100.00

73
±0
1,989,866
100.00

56
±0
129
±0
100.00

  • 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































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Central Scotland
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Airdrie and Shotts

Alex Neil

SNP gain from Labour


Coatbridge and Chryston

Elaine Smith

Labour hold


Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

Jamie Hepburn

SNP gain from Labour


East Kilbride

Linda Fabiani

SNP gain from Labour


Falkirk East

Angus MacDonald

SNP gain from Labour


Falkirk West

Michael Matheson

SNP hold


Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse

Christina McKelvie

SNP gain from Labour


Motherwell and Wishaw

John Pentland

Labour hold


Uddingston and Bellshill

Michael McMahon

Labour hold






















































Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: Central Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Richard Lyle
John Wilson
Clare Adamson
3
−2
108,261
46.4%
+15.5%


Labour

Siobhan McMahon
Mark Griffin
Margaret McCulloch
3
+3
82,459
35.3%
−4.6%


Conservative

Margaret Mitchell
1
±0
14,870
6.4%
−1.9%


Liberal Democrats

0
−1
3,318
1.4%
−3.8%


Glasgow































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Glasgow
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Glasgow Anniesland

Bill Kidd

SNP gain from Labour


Glasgow Cathcart

James Dornan

SNP gain from Labour


Glasgow Kelvin

Sandra White

SNP gain from Labour


Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn

Patricia Ferguson

Labour hold


Glasgow Pollok

Johann Lamont

Labour hold


Glasgow Provan

Paul Martin

Labour hold


Glasgow Shettleston

John Mason

SNP gain from Labour


Glasgow Southside

Nicola Sturgeon

SNP gain from Labour


Rutherglen

James Kelly

Labour hold
































































Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: Glasgow
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Humza Yousaf
Bob Doris
2
−2
83,109
39.8%
+12.8%


Labour

Hanzala Malik
Drew Smith
Anne McTaggart
3
+3
73,031
35.0%
−3.3%


Conservative

Ruth Davidson
1
±0
12,749
6.1%
−0.6%


Scottish Green

Patrick Harvie
1
±0
12,454
6.0%
+0.6%


Liberal Democrats

0
−1
5,312
2.5%
−4.6%


Highlands and Islands

























































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Highlands and Islands
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Argyll & Bute

Michael Russell

SNP hold


Caithness, Sutherland & Ross

Rob Gibson

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Inverness & Nairn

Fergus Ewing

SNP hold


Moray

Richard Lochhead

SNP hold


Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Alasdair Allan

SNP hold


Orkney

Liam McArthur

Liberal Democrats hold


Shetland

Tavish Scott

Liberal Democrats hold


Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch

Dave Thompson

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats






















































Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: Highlands and Islands
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

John Finnie
Jean Urquhart
Mike MacKenzie
3
+1
85,028
47.5%
+13.1%


Labour

Rhoda Grant
David Stewart
2
−1
25,884
14.5%
−3.2%


Liberal Democrats

0
±0
21,729
12.1%
−8.0%


Conservative

Jamie McGrigor
Mary Scanlon
2
±0
20,843
11.6%
−0.8%


Lothian































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Lothian
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Almond Valley

Angela Constance

SNP hold


Edinburgh Central

Marco Biagi

SNP gain from Labour


Edinburgh Eastern

Kenny MacAskill

SNP hold


Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Malcolm Chisholm

Labour hold


Edinburgh Pentlands

Gordon MacDonald

SNP gain from Conservative


Edinburgh Southern

Jim Eadie

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Edinburgh Western

Colin Keir

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Linlithgow

Fiona Hyslop

SNP gain from Labour


Midlothian North & Musselburgh

Colin Beattie

SNP gain from Labour










































































Scottish parliamentary election, 2011: Lothian
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

0
−3
110,953
39.2%
+12.9%


Labour

Sarah Boyack
Kezia Dugdale
Neil Findlay
3
+2
70,544
24.9%
−1.3%


Conservative

David McLetchie
Gavin Brown
2
+1
33,019
11.7%
−1.5%


Scottish Green

Alison Johnstone
1
±0
21,505
7.6%
+0.5%


Independent

Margo MacDonald
1
±0
18,732
6.6%
+0.0%


Liberal Democrats

0

15,588
5.5%
−7.3


Mid Scotland and Fife































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Clackmannanshire & Dunblane

Keith Brown

SNP hold


Cowdenbeath

Helen Eadie

Labour hold


Dunfermline

Bill Walker

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Fife North East

Roderick Campbell

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Kirkcaldy

David Torrance

SNP gain from Labour


Mid Fife & Glenrothes

Tricia Marwick

SNP hold


Perthshire North

John Swinney

SNP hold


Perthshire South & Kinross-shire

Roseanna Cunningham

SNP hold


Stirling

Bruce Crawford

SNP gain from Labour






















































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Mid Scotland and Fife
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Annabelle Ewing
1
±0
116,691
45.2%
+12.7%


Labour

John Park
Claire Brennan-Baker
Richard Simpson
3
0
64,623
25.0%
−2.1%


Conservative

Murdo Fraser
Elizabeth Smith
2
−1
36,458
14.1%
−1.5%


Liberal Democrats

Willie Rennie
1
+1
15,103
5.9%
−7.7%


North East Scotland





































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: North East Scotland
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Aberdeen Central

Kevin Stewart

SNP gain from Labour


Aberdeen Donside

Brian Adam

SNP hold


Aberdeen South & North Kincardine

Maureen Watt

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Aberdeenshire East

Alex Salmond

SNP hold


Aberdeenshire West

Dennis Robertson

SNP gain from Liberal Democrats


Angus North & Mearns

Nigel Don

SNP hold


Angus South

Graeme Dey

SNP hold


Banffshire & Buchan Coast

Stewart Stevenson

SNP hold


Dundee City East

Shona Robison

SNP hold


Dundee City West

Joe Fitzpatrick

SNP hold






















































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: North East Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Mark McDonald
1
±0
140,749
52.7%
+12.2%


Labour

Richard Baker
Jenny Marra
Lewis MacDonald
3
±0
43,893
16.4%
−3.2%


Conservative

Alex Johnstone
Nanette Milne
2
±0
37,681
14.1%
−1.1%


Liberal Democrats

Alison McInnes
1
±0
18,178
6.8%
−8.4%


South Scotland































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: South Scotland
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Ayr

John Scott

Conservative hold


Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Adam Ingram

SNP gain from Labour


Clydesdale

Aileen Campbell

SNP gain from Labour


Dumfriesshire

Elaine Murray

Labour hold


East Lothian

Iain Gray

Labour hold


Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

John Lamont

Conservative hold


Galloway and West Dumfries

Alex Fergusson

Conservative hold


Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley

Willie Coffey

SNP hold


Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Christine Grahame

SNP hold






















































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: South Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Joan McAlpine
Aileen McLeod
Paul Wheelhouse
Chic Brodie
4
−1
114,270
40.96%
+12.4


Labour

Claudia Beamish
Graeme Pearson
2
+2
70,596
25.3%
−3.5


Conservative

0
−1
54,352
19.48%
−2.8


Liberal Democrats

Jim Hume
1
±0
15,096
5.41%
−4.5


West Scotland





































































Scottish Parliament general election, 2011: West Scotland
Constituency
Elected member
Result


Clydebank & Milngavie

Gil Paterson

SNP gain from Labour


Cunninghame North

Kenneth Gibson

SNP hold


Cunninghame South

Margaret Burgess

SNP gain from Labour


Dumbarton

Jackie Baillie

Labour hold


Eastwood

Ken Macintosh

Labour hold


Greenock & Inverclyde

Duncan McNeil

Labour hold


Paisley

George Adam

SNP gain from Labour


Renfrewshire North & West

Derek MacKay

SNP gain from Labour


Renfrewshire South

Hugh Henry

Labour hold


Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Fiona McLeod

SNP gain from Labour






















































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: West Scotland
Party
Elected candidates
Seats
+/−
Votes
%
+/−%


SNP

Stewart Maxwell
Stuart McMillan
2
−2
117,306
41.5%
+13%


Labour

Mary Fee
Neil Bibby
Margaret McDougall
3
+3
92,530
32.8%
−1.8%


Conservative

Annabel Goldie
Jackson Carlaw
2
±0
35,995
12.7%
−2.0%


Liberal Democrats

0
−1
9,148
3.2%
−4.9%


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











Incumbents defeated


























































































































































































































Constituency/Region
MSP
Party
MSP Since
Office previously held

Airdrie and Shotts

Karen Whitefield


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

Cathie Craigie


Scottish Labour Party
1999


East Kilbride

Andy Kerr


Scottish Labour Party
1999

Minister for Finance and Public Services

Falkirk East

Cathy Peattie


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Glasgow Anniesland

Bill Butler


Scottish Labour Party
2000


Glasgow Cathcart

Charlie Gordon


Scottish Labour Party
2005


Glasgow Kelvin

Pauline McNeill


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Glasgow Shettleston

Frank McAveety


Scottish Labour Party
1999
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport

Kirkcaldy

Marilyn Livingstone


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Clydesdale

Karen Gillon


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Clydebank and Milngavie

Des McNulty


Scottish Labour Party
1999

Deputy Minister for Communities

Cunninghame South

Irene Oldfather


Scottish Labour Party
1999


Strathkelvin and Bearsden

David Whitton


Scottish Labour Party
2007


Edinburgh South

Mike Pringle


Scottish Liberal Democrats
2003


North East Fife

Iain Smith


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999


West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Mike Rumbles


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999


Glasgow

Robert Brown


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999


West of Scotland

Ross Finnie


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999

Minister for the Environment and Rural Development

Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

Jeremy Purvis


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999


Edinburgh West

Margaret Smith


Scottish Liberal Democrats
1999


Dunfermline West

Jim Tolson


Scottish Liberal Democrats
2007


Central Scotland

Hugh O'Donnell


Scottish Liberal Democrats
2007


South of Scotland

Derek Brownlee


Scottish Conservative Party
2005


Glasgow

Anne McLaughlin


Scottish National Party
2009


Lothian

Shirley-Anne Somerville


Scottish National Party
2007


Lothian (was previously member in West of Scotland)

Bill Wilson


Scottish National Party
2007



See also



  • Arbuthnott Commission

  • National Assembly for Wales election, 2011

  • Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2011


  • Murphy and Boyack review of the Labour Party in Scotland

  • Scottish Labour Party leadership election, 2011

  • Scottish Conservative Party leadership election, 2011

  • Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2011



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