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

South Scotland

Scottish Parliament region

Results

Party Elected Seats Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

SNP

Scottish National Party

 Elected Joan McAlpine Emma Harper Paul Wheelhouse Seats 3 Votes 120,217 38.3% Net percentage change in seats −2.7
Party

CON

Scottish Conservatives

 Elected Rachael Hamilton Brian Whittle Seats 2 Votes 100,753 32.1% Net percentage change in seats +12.6
Party

LAB

Scottish Labour

 Elected Claudia Beamish Colin Smyth Seats 2 Votes 56,072 17.8% Net percentage change in seats −7.5
Party

GRN

Scottish Green Party

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 14,773 4.7% Net percentage change in seats +1.6
Party

LD

Scottish Lib Dems

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 11,775 3.7% Net percentage change in seats −1.7
Party

UKIP

UKIP

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 6,726 2.1% Net percentage change in seats +1.0
Party

CSSI

Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 1,485 0.5% Net percentage change in seats +0.5
Party

SOL

Solidarity

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 1,294 0.4% Net percentage change in seats +0.1
Party

RISE

RISE

 Elected - Seats 0 Votes 1,097 0.3% Net percentage change in seats +0.3

Change compared with 2011

How the election works

Turnout

Turnout

58.9%

Constituencies within South Scotland

  1. Ayr
  2. Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
  3. Clydesdale
  4. Dumfriesshire
  5. East Lothian
  6. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  7. Galloway and West Dumfries
  8. Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
  9. Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Scotland Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Region Profile

The South of Scotland has nine - Ayr; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley; Clydesdale; Dumfriesshire; East Lothian; Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire; Galloway and West Dumfries; Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley; Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.

The region is home to Prestwick Airport and the nuclear power station at Torness. Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns was born in this region, which is well known for tourism, engineering, fishing and agriculture.

In 2011, the election resulted in four seats being allocated to the SNP; two being won by Labour and one for the Liberal Democrats.

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