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- Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
- Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
- Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
- See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party SNP Scottish National Party | CandidatesNicola Sturgeon | Votes15,287 | 61.4% | Net percentage change in seats+7.0 |
| Party LAB Scottish Labour | CandidatesFariha Thomas | Votes5,694 | 22.9% | Net percentage change in seats−12.3 |
| Party CON Scottish Conservatives | CandidatesGraham Hutchison | Votes3,100 | 12.4% | Net percentage change in seats+4.8 |
| Party LD Scottish Lib Dems | CandidatesKevin Lewsey | Votes822 | 3.3% | Net percentage change in seats+0.6 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
9,593Turnout
47.8%Constituency Profile
Although social problems and low employment is a feature in some parts of the seat, a plentiful supply of traditional tenement and new build flats, plus good public transport links has made it popular with people who work in the city of Glasgow.
The seat features a portion of Bellahouston Park – which has been the setting for two Pope visits with the most recent in September 2010 – and the whole of Queens Park, which was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in 1857 and dedicated to Mary, Queen of Scots. The Ibrox stadium of Glasgow Rangers is inside the boundaries of the constituency. The world’s third oldest underground metro system also runs through.
Labour’s Gordon Jackson won the old Glasgow Govan seat at the Holyrood elections of 1999 and 2003. The current leader of the SNP, and First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, took the seat from Labour at the 2007 Holyrood election, and held it in 2011.
