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

North East Scotland

Scottish Parliament region

Results

Party Elected Seats Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Elected Alex Johnstone Ross Thomson Peter Chapman Liam Kerr Seats 4 Votes 85,848 28.0% Net percentage change in seats +13.9
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Elected Jenny Marra Lewis MacDonald Seats 2 Votes 38,791 12.6% Net percentage change in seats −3.8
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Elected Mike Rumbles Seats 1 Votes 18,444 6.0% Net percentage change in seats −0.8
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 137,086 44.7% Net percentage change in seats −8.1
Party

GRN

Scottish Green Party

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 15,123 4.9% Net percentage change in seats +1.0
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 6,376 2.1% Net percentage change in seats +1.1
Party

SCHP

Scottish Christian Party

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 2,068 0.7% Net percentage change in seats −0.1
Party

SOL

Solidarity

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 992 0.3% Net percentage change in seats +0.2
Party

NF

Scottish National Front

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 617 0.2% Net percentage change in seats −0.0
Party

RISE

RISE

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 599 0.2% Net percentage change in seats +0.2
Party

SLBP

Scottish Libertarian Party

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 552 0.2% Net percentage change in seats +0.2
Party

CPB

Communist Party of Britain

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 510 0.2% Net percentage change in seats +0.2

Change compared with 2011

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

53.0%

Constituencies within North East Scotland

  1. Aberdeen Central
  2. Aberdeen Donside
  3. Aberdeen South and North Kincardine
  4. Aberdeenshire East
  5. Aberdeenshire West
  6. Angus North and Mearns
  7. Angus South
  8. Banffshire and Buchan Coast
  9. Dundee City East
  10. Dundee City West
Scotland Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Region Profile

The North East Scotland region has 10 constituencies within its boundaries. They include Aberdeen Central; Aberdeen Donside; Aberdeen South and North Kincardine; Aberdeenshire East; Aberdeenshire West; Angus North and Mearns; Angus South; Banffshire and Buchan Coast; Dundee City East and Dundee City West.

The North East Scotland region is one of the most environmentally and economically diverse areas of Scotland. The oil and gas industry make up a large part of the Aberdeen economy, while the computer games industry has found a stronghold in Dundee. The region is also home to the UK’s largest national park.

At the 2011 election Labour secured three seats, the Conservatives won two, the SNP received one and the Liberal Democrats were also allocated one.

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