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
SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Bill Kidd | Votes 15,007 | 51.7% | Net percentage change in seats +8.5 |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Bill Butler | Votes 8,854 | 30.5% | Net percentage change in seats −12.6 |
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CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Adam Tomkins | Votes 4,057 | 14.0% | Net percentage change in seats +5.6 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates James Speirs | Votes 1,098 | 3.8% | Net percentage change in seats −0.4 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
6,153Turnout
50.1%Constituency Profile
The constituency is situated on the north-western outskirts of Glasgow, stretching from Drumchapel on the western boundary with Clydebank to Whiteinch on the River Clyde.
The public housing estate of Drumchapel is an area of multiple social problems and economic deprivation, which has undergone some regeneration. Although the BAE shipyard at Scotstoun is found in the constituency, Anniesland is more residential than industrial seat. One of the top secondaries in Scotland is in this constituency, Jordanhill College.
This Holyrood seat was held by First Minister and Labour leader Donald Dewar before his sudden death in 2000. Mr Dewar had been a politician in the area since 1978. Labour’s Bill Butler won the by-election to Holyrood following the death of Mr Dewar. He retained it at the 2003 and 2007 Holyrood elections. In 2011 Bill Kidd won the seat by seven votes for the SNP.