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 Humza Yousaf | Votes 15,316 | 54.8% | Net percentage change in seats +10.1 |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Johann Lamont | Votes 8,834 | 31.6% | Net percentage change in seats −15.8 |
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Party
CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Thomas Haddow | Votes 2,653 | 9.5% | Net percentage change in seats +3.8 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Isabel Nelson | Votes 585 | 2.1% | Net percentage change in seats −0.0 |
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Party
TUSC TUSC |
Candidates Ian Leech | Votes 555 | 2.0% | Net percentage change in seats +2.0 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish National Party Majority
6,482Turnout
45.5%Constituency Profile
The River Clyde is the northern boundary of the seat which includes Glasgow Pollok, Shieldhall, Linthouse and a section of Govan. It also contains one end of the Clyde tunnel and one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which opened in April 2015 on the site of the old Southern General.
Council estates, tenements and some high-rise flats occupy the constituency. Social deprivation and poor housing are serious problems in areas such as Nitshill and Priesthill. Aside from high levels of unemployment and drug problems, the constituency is home to Scotland's biggest Tesco store, at Silverburn.
Labour’s Johann Lamont has held the seat since the parliament’s inception in 1999.