Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
Party Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish Green Party Scottish Lib Dems Independent
Seats 63 31 24 6 5 0
Change −6 +16 −13 +4 - −1

After 129 of 129 seats Results in full

Latest headlines

  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Clydesdale

Scottish Parliament constituency Region - South Scotland
Result: SNP HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Candidates Aileen Campbell Votes 14,821 44.0% Net percentage change in seats −5.9
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Candidates Alex Allison Votes 8,842 26.2% Net percentage change in seats +11.9
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Candidates Claudia Beamish Votes 6,995 20.7% Net percentage change in seats −15.0
Party

IND

Independent

 Candidates Danny Meikle Votes 1,332 4.0% Net percentage change in seats +4.0
Party

CSSI

Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent

 Candidates Bev Gauld Votes 909 2.7% Net percentage change in seats +2.7
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Candidates Jennifer Jamieson Ball Votes 820 2.4% Net percentage change in seats +2.4

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish National Party Majority

5,979

Turnout

57.7%

Vote share

Party %
Scottish National Party 44.0
Scottish Conservatives 26.2
Scottish Labour 20.7
Independent 4.0
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent 2.7
OTHERS 2.4

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish Conservatives
+11.9
Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent
+2.7
Scottish Lib Dems
+2.4
Scottish National Party
−5.9
Scottish Labour
−15.0
Scotland Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

Clydesdale is a large, sparsely populated seat following the routes of the River Clyde and the M74 south and east of Hamilton. Some areas were once known for coal mining, such as Carluke, but most of the territory comprises hills and moorland and agricultural land.

The largest towns are Lanark, Biggar and Strathaven, and all are home to various light industries. Although there is no longer mining in the area, the extraction of sand and gravel still takes place around Carstairs, a town also known for its railway junction, as the lines from Glasgow and Edinburgh meet there. The country's state hospital is also located there, a maximum-security psychiatric facility where Scotland's most severe cases of mental illness are treated.

Labour's Karen Gillon took the seat in Scottish elections in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Aileen Campbell won the seat for the SNP in 2001.

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