The Scottish Parliament Election results for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½â€™s six constituencies and the Lothian Region have been announced at the Royal Highland Centre.
The Members of Scottish Parliament for each constituency and the Lothian Region List results are listed in full below and full details of the results are on our election pages:
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ results by constituency
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Central Constituency: Angus Robertson, Scottish National Party
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Eastern Constituency: Ash Denham, Scottish National Party
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Northern & Leith Constituency: Ben Macpherson, Scottish National Party
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Pentlands Constituency: Gordon MacDonald, Scottish National Party
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ South Constituency: Daniel Johnson, Scottish Labour Party
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Western Constituency: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Lothian Region List Results (Based on votes from the nine Lothian Region constituencies: ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Central, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Eastern, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Northern & Leith, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Pentlands, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ South, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Western, Midlothian North & Musselburgh, Almond Valley and Linlithgow. 395,037 votes cast across region; turnout: 64.2%)
Candidate and Party
Miles Briggs, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Alison Johnstone, Scottish Green Party
Sue Webber, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Sarah Boyack, Scottish Labour Party
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Foysol Choudhury Scottish Labour Party
Lorna Slater, Scottish Green Party
Returning Officer Andrew Kerr announced the results for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Central, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Southern and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Western on Friday 7 May and the results for ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Eastern, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Pentlands and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Northern and Leith as well as the list/Region vote were declared on Saturday 8 May.
He said:
The 2021 Scottish Parliamentary Election has felt very different from previous elections and it is down to the hard work of many Council staff, particularly the Election Team, that this election has run so smoothly in ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved, along with Police Scotland, the candidates and their agents, who have cooperated throughout the process.
It has been a huge undertaking this year as we've had to adapt, putting in extensive additional Covid-19 health and safety measures to help keep everyone involved safe. I would also like to thank the public for turning out in record numbers to have their say, helping to ensure representative vote for the capital.
This year more than 300 people worked at the election count at the Royal Highland Centre, while a further 900 worked during the day at the city's 140 polling places.
For further details of the results and the Scottish Parliament Election, please see the Elections section of the Council website.