In terms of the political makeup of the parliament, arguably little has changed: the SNP still lack a majority but continue to hold the dominant position; to their right sits a block of about 30 MSPs; and on the progressive side the SNP faces three smaller parties with which it might seek to do business. But beneath the broad continuity in parliamentary arithmetic lies a worrying change in voter behaviour, with non-voting up by more than 10 points reaching 46.7 per cent of the electorate. To ana