Vote for Clydesdale's MSP tomorrow

The six politicians wanting to be Clydesdale’s MSP are the SNP’s Aileen Campbell, Labour’s Claudia Beamish, Conservative Alex Allison, Liberal-Democrat Jennifer Jamieson Ball and Independent candidates Bev Gauld and Danny Meikle.

Aileen has been the Clydesdale MSP since 2011, and Claudia a South of Scotland list MSP since then.

There were only three Clydesdale candidates in 2011, and results then were:

Aileen Campbell, 14,931 (49.65% of the vote);

Labour’s Karen Gillon (who had held the seat until then) 10,715 (35.63% of the vote);

Colin McGavigan for the Conservatives, with 4,291 votes (14.27%).

Turnout in Clydesdale, with 30,073 votes cast, was 52.92%

And tomorrow voters will find a choice of nine parties on the voting paper for the list MSPs for the South Scotland Region.

They are:

Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent;

Rise - Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism;

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party;

Scottish Green Party;

Scottish Labour Party;

Scottish Liberal Democrats;

Scottish National Party;

Solidarity - Scotland’s Socialist Movement;

UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Last time there were 12 parties, with the SNP taking 45.96% of the vote in the regional constituency, Labour 28.78% and the Conservatives 13.9%.