Latest headlines
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Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
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Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
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Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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See the changing political map of Scotland
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Jackson Carlaw | Votes 12,932 | 35.7% | Net percentage change in seats +2.3 |
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SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Stewart Maxwell | Votes 11,321 | 31.2% | Net percentage change in seats +6.9 |
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LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Ken MacIntosh | Votes 11,081 | 30.6% | Net percentage change in seats −9.1 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates John Duncan | Votes 921 | 2.5% | Net percentage change in seats −0.1 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish Conservatives Majority
1,611Turnout
68.3%Constituency Profile
The constituency of Eastwood is home to two of Scotland's best-performing state schools. Two of its secondaries, Williamwood and St Ninian's, have, for more than a decade, been rated within the top three.
The local authority covering the area is East Renfrewshire, which was formed in 1996. It employs more than 3,000 people and delivers services to nearly 90,000 residents. The area boasts the UK's largest onshore wind farm. Whitelee, on Eaglesham Moor, which with 215 turbines is the second largest in Europe. Eastwood features the popular Edwardian park Rouken Glen which has a boating pond, play and skate boarding parks, a large waterfall, woodland walks and a walled garden.
Historically, this seat had returned Conservative MPs, until 1997 when it was won by Jim Murphy, later leader of the Scottish Labour party. At the Scottish Parliament, Labour's Ken Macintosh won at the 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections.