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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Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Scottish Labour |
Candidates Jackie Baillie | Votes 13,522 | 40.2% | Net percentage change in seats −3.8 |
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SNP Scottish National Party |
Candidates Gail Robertson | Votes 13,413 | 39.9% | Net percentage change in seats +1.6 |
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CON Scottish Conservatives |
Candidates Maurice Corry | Votes 4,891 | 14.6% | Net percentage change in seats +2.6 |
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Party
LD Scottish Lib Dems |
Candidates Aileen Morton | Votes 1,131 | 3.4% | Net percentage change in seats +0.4 |
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IND Independent |
Candidates Andrew Muir | Votes 641 | 1.9% | Net percentage change in seats +1.9 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Scottish Labour Majority
109Turnout
61.0%Constituency Profile
The seat is a mixture of urban and rural areas, with the population clustered in the south. Hills, glens and lochs dominate the landscape in the north. Inside the seat is Helensburgh - a largely middle-class seaside and commuter town. Its other towns include Renton and Alexandria.
The biggest town is Dumbarton, whose principal industry was once shipbuilding. Now whisky bottling and blending are major employers. Other sites of note in the seat are the Faslane nuclear submarine base and Loch Lomond, which forms the seat's eastern border. The loch is part of a national park and is one of the country's biggest tourist magnets, while the seat also features a number of Scottish mountains, including Ben Arthur, and a sizeable chunk of the Ardgarton Forest.
Labour's Jackie Baillie has represented the seat since the formation of the Scottish Parliament, winning at elections in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011.