Scotland Results

Scottish Parliament Results
Party Scottish National Party Scottish Conservatives Scottish Labour Scottish Green Party Scottish Lib Dems Independent
Seats 63 31 24 6 5 0
Change −6 +16 −13 +4 - −1

After 129 of 129 seats About these resultsResults in full

Latest headlines

  1. Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
  2. Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
  3. Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
  4. See the changing political map of Scotland

Edinburgh Northern and Leith

Scottish Parliament constituency Region - Lothian
Result: SNP GAIN FROM LAB

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Candidates Ben Macpherson Votes 17,322 46.7% Net percentage change in seats +7.0
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Candidates Lesley Hinds Votes 10,576 28.5% Net percentage change in seats −13.1
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Candidates Iain McGill Votes 6,081 16.4% Net percentage change in seats +6.9
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Candidates Martin Veart Votes 1,779 4.8% Net percentage change in seats −4.4
Party

IND

Independent

 Candidates Jack Caldwell Votes 1,344 3.6% Net percentage change in seats +3.6

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Scottish National Party Majority

6,746

Turnout

55.2%

Vote share

Party %
Scottish National Party 46.7
Scottish Labour 28.5
Scottish Conservatives 16.4
Scottish Lib Dems 4.8
Independent 3.6

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
Scottish National Party
+7.0
Scottish Conservatives
+6.9
Scottish Lib Dems
−4.4
Scottish Labour
−13.1
Scotland Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

A key area of the constituency is Leith - the capital's historic port and centre for engineering, fishing and whisky. The area has undergone a transformation in recent years with many of its Victorian mills being turned into residential developments. With that transformation have come bars, restaurants and cafes.

A tourist pull for Leith has been the Royal yacht Britannia which took up permanent residence in 1998. On arrival, the Queen's former ship underwent a refit programme before becoming the centrepiece of a £60m terminal. The constituency formerly included parts of the New Town and Calton Hill, which became part of Edinburgh Central in the 2011 boundary review.

Labour's Malcolm Chisholm has been MSP for this seat since the inception of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Before going to Holyrood, he represented the seat's electors at Westminster from 1992. He is stepping down from politics at the 2016 election.

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