Elections 2021 results

Scotland results

129 of 129 seats counted. Counting complete. 65 seats needed for majority

  1. Scottish National Party 64 seats, 1 seat gained
  2. Conservative 31 seats, No change
  3. Labour 22 seats, 2 seats lost
  4. Green 8 seats, 2 seats gained
  5. Liberal Democrat 4 seats, 1 seat lost
  6. Alba 0 seats, No change
  1. Scottish National Party 64 seats, 1 seat gained
  2. Conservative 31 seats, No change
  3. Labour 22 seats, 2 seats lost
  4. Green 8 seats, 2 seats gained
  5. Liberal Democrat 4 seats, 1 seat lost
  6. Alba 0 seats, No change

Edinburgh Central

2021 Scottish National Party gain from Conservative, change from previous year

SNP's Angus Robertson takes Ruth Davidson's former seat

The SNP have won the seat which had been held by former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. The Edinburgh Central constituency was taken by the SNP's former Westminster leader Angus Robertson. You can read a full report here:

Counting complete

Change compared with 2016
  1. Scottish National Party, Angus Robertson

    • votes 16,276
    • share 39.0%
    • share change +10.4
  2. Conservative, Scott Douglas

    • votes 11,544
    • share 27.7%
    • share change -2.7
  3. Labour, Maddy Kirkman

    • votes 6,839
    • share 16.4%
    • share change -5.7
  4. Green, Alison Johnstone

    • votes 3,921
    • share 9.4%
    • share change -4.2
  5. Liberal Democrat, Bruce Wilson

    • votes 2,555
    • share 6.1%
    • share change +1.2
  6. Independent, Bonnie Prince Bob

    • votes 363
    • share 0.9%
    • share change +0.9
  7. Scottish Libertarian Party, Tam Laird

    • votes 137
    • share 0.3%
    • share change 0.0
  8. UK Independence Party, Donald Mackay

    • votes 78
    • share 0.2%
    • share change +0.2

Turnout

Registered voters:66,734
Turnout:
63%
Change since 2016:+5.20%