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Results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election

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This is a list of the results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.^[1]

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Party		Constituency					Regional					Total seats	±
Party		Votes	%	±%	Seats	±	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±	Total seats	±
	SNP	1,291,204	47.7	1.2	62	3	1,094,374	40.3	1.4	2	2	64	1
	Conservative	592,518	21.9	0.1	5	2	637,131	23.5	0.6	26	2	31
	Labour	584,392	21.6	1.0	2	1	485,819	17.9	1.0	20	1	22	2
	Greens	34,990	1.3	0.7	0		220,324	8.1	1.5	8	2	8	2
	Liberal Democrats	187,746	6.9	0.9	4		137,151	5.1	0.1	0	1	4	1
	Alba						44,913	1.7	New	0	New	0	New
	All for Unity						23,299	0.9	New	0	New	0	New
	Scottish Family	2,734	0.1	New	0	New	16,085	0.6	New	0	New	0	New
	Independent Green Voice						9,756	0.4	New	0	New	0	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament						7,262	0.3	New	0	New	0	New
	Freedom Alliance	1,154	0.0	New	0	New	6,271	0.2	New	0	New	0	New
	Reform UK						5,793	0.2	New	0	New	0	New
	Libertarian	1,913	0.1	0.1	0		4,988	0.2	0.1	0		0
	UKIP	699	0.0	New	0	New	3,848	0.1	1.9	0		0
	Animal Welfare						2,392	0.1		0		0
	Women's Equality						1,896	0.1	0.2	0		0
	TUSC	959	0.0	0.1	0		1,404	0.1		0		0
	Restore Scotland	1,192	0.0		0	New	1,149	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	Communist	194	0.0		0		1,142	0.0		0		0
	Liberal	102	0.0	New	0	New						0	New
	Renew						493	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	Scotia Future	1,032	0.0	New	0	New	451	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	SDP						405	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	Reclaim	114	0.0	New	0	New	174	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	Vanguard	67	0.0	New	0	New	92	0.0	New	0	New	0	New
	Independents	5,673	0.2		0		6,122	0.2		0		0
Total		2,706,683	100.0		73		2,712,735	100.0		56		129

Region	Turnout	Constituency vote share (%)						Regional vote share (%)
		SNP	Con	Lab	Grn	LD	Other	SNP	Con	Lab	Grn	LD	Other
							Other						Other
Central Scotland	62.0							45.3	18.3	23.7	6.0	1.9	4.8
Glasgow	57.0							43.9	12.1	24.3	11.8	2.0	5.9
Highlands and Islands	66.0							40.4	25.4	9.5	7.4	11.2	6.1
Lothian	64.0							35.9	19.9	19.4	12.7	7.2	4.9
Mid Scotland and Fife	65.0							39.8	25.0	15.3	8.3	7.4	4.2
North East Scotland	61.0							40.9	30.6	11.4	6.3	5.0	5.8
South Scotland	65.0							37.6	33.5	15.7	5.2	3.4	4.6
West Scotland	67.0							40.4	21.9	22.2	7.1	3.6	4.8
Total								40.3	23.5	17.9	8.1	5.1	5.1

Region	Constituency seats				Regional seats					Total seats
	SNP	Con	Lab	LD	SNP	Con	Lab	Grn	LD	SNP	Con	Lab	Grn	LD

Central Scotland	9	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	9	3	3	1	0
Glasgow	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	9	2	4	1	0
Highlands and Islands	6	0	0	2	1	4	1	1	0	7	4	1	1	2
Lothian	7	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	7	3	3	2	1
Mid Scotland and Fife	8	0	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	8	4	2	1	1
North East Scotland	9	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	9	5	2	1	0
South Scotland	6	3	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	7	6	3	0	0
West Scotland	8	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	8	4	4	1	0
Total	62	5	2	4	2	26	20	8	0	64	31	22	8	4

Party		Constituency					Regional					Total seats	±
Party		Votes	%	±%	Seats	±	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±	Total seats	±
	SNP				9		148,399	45.3	2.4	0		9
	Labour				0		77,623	23.7	1.1	3	1	3	1
	Conservative				0		59,896	18.3	2.2	3		3
	Greens				0		19,512	6.0	1.3	1	1	1	1

	Liberal Democrats				0		6,337	1.9	0.1	0		0
	Alba				0	New	5,345	1.6	New	0	New	0	New
	All for Unity				0	New	2,712	0.8	New	0	New	0	New
	Scottish Family Party				0	New	2,105	0.6	New	0	New	0	New
	Independent Green Voice				0	New	1,854	0.6	New	0	New	0	New
	Abolish the Scottish Parliament				0	New	841	0.3	New	0	New	0	New
	Reform UK				0	New	650	0.2	New	0	New	0	New
	Libertarian				0	New	626	0.2	New	0	New	0	New
	Freedom Alliance				0	New	619	0.2	New	0	New	0	New
	Independent				0		488	0.1		0		0
	UKIP				0		485	0.1		0		0
Total			100.0		9		328,039	100.0		7		16

Seat		MSP
1	Labour	Richard Leonard
2	Conservative	Stephen Kerr
3	Labour	Monica Lennon
4	Conservative	Graham Simpson
5	Labour	Mark Griffin
6	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher
7	Greens	Gillian Mackay

Results_of_the_2021_Scottish_Parliament_election

Results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election

National results

Results by region

Summary

Central Scotland

Glasgow

Highlands and Islands

Lothian

Mid Scotland and Fife

North East Scotland

South Scotland

West Scotland

Results by constituency

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Seat		MSP
1	Labour	Pauline McNeill
2	Labour	Anas Sarwar
3	Conservative	Annie Wells
4	Greens	Patrick Harvie
5	Labour	Paul Sweeney
6	Labour	Pam Duncan-Glancy
7	Conservative	Sandesh Gulhane

Seat		MSP
1	Conservative	Douglas Ross
2	Conservative	Edward Mountain
3	Labour	Rhoda Grant
4	Conservative	Donald Cameron
5	Scottish Greens	Ariane Burgess
6	Conservative	Jamie Halcro Johnston
7	SNP	Emma Roddick

Seat		MSP
1	Conservative	Miles Briggs
2	Greens	Alison Johnstone
3	Conservative	Sue Webber
4	Labour	Sarah Boyack
5	Conservative	Jeremy Balfour
6	Labour	Foysol Choudhury
7	Greens	Lorna Slater

Seat		MSP
1	Conservative	Murdo Fraser
2	Conservative	Liz Smith
3	Labour	Claire Baker
4	Greens	Mark Ruskell
5	Conservative	Dean Lockhart
6	Labour	Alex Rowley
7	Conservative	Alexander Stewart

Seat		MSP
1	Conservative	Liam Kerr
2	Labour	Michael Marra
3	Conservative	Douglas Lumsden
4	Conservative	Maurice Golden
5	Greens	Maggie Chapman
6	Conservative	Tess White
7	Labour	Mercedes Villalba

Seat		MSP
1	Labour	Colin Smyth
2	Conservative	Craig Hoy
3	Labour	Carol Mochan
4	Conservative	Brian Whittle
5	Conservative	Sharon Dowey
6	SNP	Emma Harper
7	Labour	Martin Whitfield

Seat		MSP
1	Labour	Neil Bibby
2	Conservative	Russell Findlay
3	Labour	Katy Clark
4	Conservative	Jamie Greene
5	Greens	Ross Greer
6	Labour	Paul O'Kane
7	Conservative	Pam Gosal

Constituency	Region		2021 result					Constituency vote share (%)						Regional vote share (%)
			Party		MSP	Majority	Turnout (%)	SNP	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other	SNP	Con	Lab	LD	Grn	Other
			Party		MSP	Majority	Turnout (%)						Other						Other

Aberdeen Central	North East	SNP		SNP	Kevin Stewart	6,594	56.0	44.9	24.1	19.9	4.5	6.6	-	39.0	24.2	16.5	4.9	9.9	5.6
Aberdeen Donside	North East	SNP		SNP	Jackie Dunbar	9,026	58.0	51.6	26.4	15.3	6.0	-	0.7	45.2	24.6	14.7	4.8	4.9	5.8
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	North East	SNP		SNP	Audrey Nicoll	1,671	64.0	42.3	38.0	11.5	7.4	-	0.7	36.2	34.8	12.2	6.0	5.7	5.0
Aberdeenshire East	North East	SNP		SNP	Gillian Martin	1,889	64.0	44.6	40.0	7.1	8.3	-	-	36.2	36.8	7.5	7.3	5.7	6.5
Aberdeenshire West	North East	Con		Con	Alexander Burnett	3,390	70.0	39.1	47.2	5.7	8.1	-	-	32.0	42.4	6.8	8.1	6.1	4.6
Airdrie and Shotts	Central	SNP		SNP	Neil Gray	5,468	59.0	50.6	13.9	33.4	1.8	-	0.4	44.6	20.4	24.9	1.5	4.3	4.2
Almond Valley	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Angela Constance	12,130	61.0	54.3	16.6	25.2	3.8	-	-	45.2	18.8	20.2	2.9	7.3	5.6
Angus North and Mearns	North East	SNP		SNP	Mairi Gougeon	3,509	64.0	48.6	38.7	7.6	5.1	-	-	40.6	35.2	8.2	4.5	6.1	5.4
Angus South	North East	SNP		SNP	Graeme Dey	6,117	65.0	50.7	34.8	9.4	5.1	-	-	42.7	32.4	9.6	4.0	5.9	5.4
Argyll and Bute	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Jenni Minto	8,963	68.0	49.5	22.8	7.3	20.5	-	-	41.5	25.5	8.4	10.9	7.9	5.8
Ayr	South	Con		SNP	Siobhian Brown	170	68.0	43.5	43.1	11.0	1.9	-	0.6	38.7	36.2	13.8	2.0	4.7	4.6
Banffshire and Buchan Coast	North East	SNP		SNP	Karen Adam	772	56.0	45.2	42.9	6.6	3.2	-	2.1	39.2	39.8	6.7	2.8	3.5	8.0
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Maree Todd	2,591	65.0	43.1	14.0	5.5	36.1	-	1.4	38.5	21.4	7.4	21.2	5.6	6.0
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	South	SNP		SNP	Elena Whitham	4,337	59.0	42.8	30.6	24.2	2.5	-	-	39.1	30.3	20.1	1.8	3.4	5.3
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Keith Brown	7,551	66.0	47.2	25.6	23.7	3.4	-	-	37.4	26.5	18.6	3.4	9.4	4.7
Clydebank and Milngavie	West	SNP		SNP	Marie McNair	5,274	68.0	47.2	11.0	33.2	7.9	-	0.6	40.1	17.6	23.5	5.8	8.7	4.4
Clydesdale	South	SNP		SNP	Màiri McAllan	4,578	67.0	43.2	32.0	22.0	2.8	-	-	36.9	29.9	20.2	2.8	5.5	4.7
Coatbridge and Chryston	Central	SNP		SNP	Fulton MacGregor	9,437	63.0	57.5	8.5	31.1	1.7	-	1.1	50.8	12.7	24.3	1.5	5.9	4.8
Cowdenbeath	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Annabelle Ewing	6,013	61.0	48.3	13.9	30.7	3.2	3.9	-	44.0	17.2	24.3	3.9	6.5	4.5
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Central	SNP		SNP	Jamie Hepburn	9,841	65.0	58.6	10.1	29.2	2.0	-	-	49.5	13.9	23.2	1.7	6.7	4.9
Cunninghame North	West	SNP		SNP	Kenneth Gibson	7,776	64.0	49.0	28.1	20.3	2.6	-	-	41.6	26.3	17.2	2.2	6.6	6.0
Cunninghame South	West	SNP		SNP	Ruth Maguire	7,952	58.0	50.5	22.0	24.1	2.4	-	1.1	46.0	21.9	21.0	1.9	4.1	5.1
Dumbarton	West	Lab		Lab	Jackie Baillie	1,483	68.0	42.5	8.3	46.3	1.8	-	1.0	38.4	21.1	26.6	2.6	6.4	5.1
Dumfriesshire	South	Con		Con	Oliver Mundell	4,066	66.0	37.7	47.7	11.4	3.2	-	-	34.9	42.9	11.8	2.5	3.4	4.5
Dunfermline	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Shirley-Anne Somerville	8,664	66.0	49.0	15.4	27.8	7.8	-	-	40.5	19.2	20.6	7.2	8.4	4.2
Dundee City East	North East	SNP		SNP	Shona Robison	13,337	58.0	59.2	17.3	18.1	4.4	-	0.9	50.4	17.5	16.0	3.3	7.0	5.9
Dundee City West	North East	SNP		SNP	Joe FitzPatrick	12,919	57.0	61.6	10.3	21.5	3.9	-	2.6	52.1	11.8	18.0	2.8	8.9	6.4
East Kilbride	Central	SNP		SNP	Collette Stevenson	8,672	66.0	51.9	14.5	30.6	3.0	-	-	44.8	17.4	23.5	2.3	7.1	4.9
East Lothian	South	Lab		SNP	Paul McLennan	1,179	69.0	39.2	20.7	36.7	3.4	-	-	33.8	25.9	24.4	3.5	8.3	4.1
Eastwood	West	Con		Con	Jackson Carlaw	2,216	76.0	36.8	41.9	15.8	2.1	-	3.4	29.0	35.9	19.7	2.9	8.2	4.3
Edinburgh Central	Lothian	Con		SNP	Angus Robertson	4,732	63.0	39.0	27.7	16.4	6.1	9.4	1.4	29.9	23.4	16.4	7.4	18.2	4.8
Edinburgh Eastern	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Ash Denham	10,117	61.0	52.4	13.8	29.0	4.7	-	-	39.6	15.8	21.0	3.6	14.5	5.6
Edinburgh Northern and Leith	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Ben Macpherson	11,569	63.0	47.9	10.8	23.2	4.3	13.1	0.7	38.7	13.4	18.6	4.6	19.7	4.9
Edinburgh Pentlands	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Gordon MacDonald	3,897	65.0	42.4	32.3	18.3	5.8	-	1.2	33.7	28.3	18.0	5.6	9.7	4.7
Edinburgh Southern	Lothian	Lab		Lab	Daniel Johnson	4,022	71.0	37.0	11.6	45.9	4.8	-	0.7	24.3	20.6	24.5	7.4	18.9	4.2
Edinburgh Western	Lothian	LD		LD	Alex Cole-Hamilton	9,885	71.0	33.5	6.0	5.4	54.7	-	0.4	30.8	20.0	11.0	25.5	8.8	4.1
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	South	Con		Con	Rachael Hamilton	6,863	64.0	32.5	51.5	5.7	6.5	3.0	0.8	30.1	47.4	6.8	6.7	4.6	4.4
Falkirk East	Central	SNP		SNP	Michelle Thomson	7,585	63.0	47.4	19.6	27.9	2.6	-	2.5	42.2	22.6	21.9	2.3	6.0	4.9
Falkirk West	Central	SNP		SNP	Michael Matheson	11,839	62.0	54.3	18.5	24.4	2.8	-	-	45.4	20.5	19.7	2.4	7.1	5.0
Galloway and West Dumfries	South	Con		Con	Finlay Carson	2,635	65.0	39.9	47.0	7.9	2.5	2.6	-	36.8	42.0	9.4	2.7	4.3	4.9
Glasgow Anniesland	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Bill Kidd	6,588	58.0	52.8	11.1	32.9	3.2	-	-	41.7	13.9	24.5	2.7	11.1	6.1
Glasgow Cathcart	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	James Dornan	10,396	62.0	57.0	10.6	29.7	2.8	-	-	40.8	12.5	23.3	2.1	15.9	5.4
Glasgow Kelvin	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Kaukab Stewart	5,458	54.0	40.3	7.9	23.9	2.7	25.2	-	39.4	10.8	20.2	2.9	21.0	5.7
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Bob Doris	7,924	52.0	59.0	8.0	30.5	2.5	-	-	47.1	10.7	24.8	1.8	10.2	6.2
Glasgow Pollok	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Humza Yousaf	7,105	54.0	53.7	5.5	32.7	1.5	4.9	1.6	49.1	11.3	26.3	1.3	5.8	6.1
Glasgow Provan	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Ivan McKee	7,230	52.0	52.9	8.9	28.9	1.4	7.9	-	49.5	10.7	24.6	1.2	5.6	5.6
Glasgow Shettleston	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	John Mason	8,025	53.0	54.4	13.8	29.4	2.4	-	-	45.8	15.0	24.6	1.3	7.6	5.7
Glasgow Southside	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	9,456	59.0	60.2	5.5	31.3	1.5	-	1.4	41.6	8.8	23.5	1.7	18.4	5.9
Greenock and Inverclyde	West	SNP		SNP	Stuart McMillan	8,174	63.0	54.2	9.1	31.7	2.8	-	2.1	48.3	14.3	23.5	2.6	6.3	4.9
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	Central	SNP		SNP	Christina McKelvie	4,582	61.0	46.2	17.5	33.6	2.8	-	-	41.0	21.5	25.2	2.2	5.2	4.5
Inverness and Nairn	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Fergus Ewing	9,114	64.0	47.7	27.7	11.7	6.3	5.8	0.8	43.0	26.3	11.2	6.2	7.4	6.0
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	South	SNP		SNP	Willie Coffey	11,681	61.0	52.7	20.4	24.0	2.3	-	0.6	45.8	21.6	20.1	2.1	5.0	5.4
Kirkcaldy	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	David Torrance	7,831	58.0	52.4	13.9	30.1	2.9	-	0.8	44.6	17.4	23.1	2.9	7.1	5.0
Linlithgow	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Fiona Hyslop	10,105	62.0	48.4	20.2	26.9	4.5	-	-	39.8	22.4	21.6	3.3	7.6	5.3
Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Jenny Gilruth	10,234	60.0	55.4	13.8	24.1	5.5	-	1.2	48.5	17.3	19.3	4.8	5.5	4.6
Midlothian North and Musselburgh	Lothian	SNP		SNP	Colin Beattie	7,906	61.0	49.7	15.3	31.1	3.8	-	-	41.2	18.1	23.9	3.2	8.9	4.8
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	South	SNP		SNP	Christine Grahame	6,826	66.0	46.0	30.2	12.6	6.1	5.0	0.2	41.5	28.0	13.2	6.6	7.0	3.8
Moray	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Richard Lochhead	3,164	65.0	48.6	40.9	7.2	2.8	-	0.5	40.3	38.6	7.8	2.8	6.1	4.4
Motherwell and Wishaw	Central	SNP		SNP	Clare Adamson	7,813	59.0	53.2	13.1	30.3	1.6	-	1.8	45.9	17.3	24.7	1.5	5.7	4.9
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Alasdair Allan	3,441	66.0	51.4	14.6	27.7	2.4	-	3.9	43.1	17.8	21.3	2.2	5.8	9.7
North East Fife	Mid and Fife	LD		LD	Willie Rennie	7,448	69.0	36.6	5.8	2.6	55.1	-	-	30.9	20.1	6.0	29.1	10.1	3.8
Orkney	Highlands	LD		LD	Liam McArthur	3,869	65.0	29.1	6.0	2.5	62.4	-	-	29.2	19.0	6.3	31.2	9.5	4.8
Paisley	West	SNP		SNP	George Adam	6,075	62.0	50.0	9.6	32.7	3.2	4.5	-	46.0	14.1	25.1	2.6	7.3	5.0
Perthshire North	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	John Swinney	4,053	70.0	49.5	39.4	5.8	4.5	-	0.8	40.1	36.5	7.1	4.3	8.1	4.0
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Jim Fairlie	1,948	70.0	45.7	41.2	6.7	6.4	-	-	36.4	36.9	8.1	6.1	8.6	3.9
Renfrewshire North and West	West	SNP		SNP	Natalie Don	7,307	68.0	46.4	22.9	27.2	2.4	-	1.1	39.2	24.5	22.6	2.6	6.5	4.6
Renfrewshire South	West	SNP		SNP	Tom Arthur	7,106	66.0	50.5	14.8	30.0	2.4	-	2.2	43.4	18.2	23.9	2.3	7.0	5.2
Rutherglen	Glasgow	SNP		SNP	Clare Haughey	5,166	63.0	50.5	9.1	37.6	2.8	-	-	42.3	14.7	27.4	2.5	7.2	5.9
Shetland	Highlands	LD		LD	Beatrice Wishart	806	66.0	41.9	4.2	3.6	48.6	-	1.8	34.5	15.7	8.4	26.5	9.7	5.2
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	Highlands	SNP		SNP	Kate Forbes	15,861	68.0	56.1	19.3	8.9	15.7	-	-	42.0	22.4	9.2	9.8	9.2	7.4
Stirling	Mid and Fife	SNP		SNP	Evelyn Tweed	6,895	69.0	48.6	31.8	16.0	3.6	-	-	38.5	29.2	14.7	3.4	10.5	3.8
Strathkelvin and Bearsden	West	SNP		SNP	Rona Mackay	11,484	72.0	45.5	20.7	18.4	14.4	-	0.9	36.7	22.0	19.6	8.8	8.3	4.4
Uddingston and Bellshill	Central	SNP		SNP	Stephanie Callaghan	5,306	61.0	49.9	12.7	35.1	2.3	-	-	44.3	17.3	26.5	1.6	5.2	5.0
Total							63.0	47.7	21.9	21.6	6.9	1.3	0.2	40.3	23.5	17.9	5.1	8.1	5.1