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BRIEFING PAPER Number CBP9230, 18 May 2021

Scottish Parliament By Georgina Sturge

Elections: 2021

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Parties 3. Candidates 4. Results 5. Turnout 6. Appendix

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Contents

Summary 3 1. Introduction 5 2. Parties 9 9 Conservative 11 Labour 13 Liberal Democrats 15 Green Party 17 Other parties 18 3. Candidates 19 4. Results 21 5. Turnout 24 6. Appendix 26 6.1 Constituency results 27 Table 1: Constituency results - votes and turnout by constituency 27 Table 2: Constituency results - seats by majority from highest to lowest percentage majority 30 Table 3: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency, and majority 32 Table 4: Constituency results - change in share of the vote and turnout by constituency 34 Table 5: Constituency votes and shares by region and party 37 Table 6: Change in share of the constituency vote by region 38 Table 7: Largest and smallest constituency majorities by party 38 Table 8: Highest and lowest shares of the vote by party 39 6.2 Regional results 40 Table 9: Regional results - votes and turnout by constituency 40 Table 10: Regional results - party share of vote by constituency 43 Table 11: Regional results - change in share of vote and turnout by constituency 45 Table 12: Regional results - votes and turnout by party and region 48 Table 13: Share of the regional vote by region and party 48 Table 14: Change in share of the regional vote by region 48 Table 15: Difference in turnout and share of the vote between constituency and regional ballots by region 49 6.3 Members of the Scottish Parliament 50 Table 16: MSPs elected, May 2021 50 Table 17: MSPs elected by seat type, party and region 54

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Summary

In the elections to the Scottish Parliament in May 2021 the Scottish National Party won the most seats (64 of 129) with 44.2% of the vote but failed to win an overall majority. The total number of SNP MSPs elected was one more than in 2016. The Conservatives gained the second largest share of the vote (22.8%), winning 31 seats, which was the same number as in 2016.1 Labour took 19.8% of the vote, which was lower than in 2016 (20.8%) and won 22 seats, 2 fewer than in 2016.The Liberal Democrats took 6.0% of the vote and lost 1 seat, finishing on 4 seats. The Green Party took 4.7% of the total vote but finished with 8 seats, 2 more than in 2016. The average turnout was 63.3% for the constituency ballot and 63.5% for the regional ballot. The highest constituency turnout was in Eastwood, where 76.2% of the electorate cast valid ballots. The lowest constituency turnout was in Maryhill and , where 51.5% of eligible voters participated. Following the election, the composition of the Scottish Parliament was 71 men and 58 women. The number of women MSPs was the highest ever and was 13 more than following the previous two elections. Scottish Parliament election 2021: Results in brief combined constituency and regional results

Votes 2016 2021

Scottish National Party 2,013,485 44.1% 2,385,578 44.0% Conservative 1,026,064 22.5% 1,229,657 22.7% Labour 950,180 20.8% 1,070,211 19.7% Liberal Democrat 297,522 6.5% 324,957 6.0% Green 163,598 3.6% 255,314 4.7% Others 114,056 2.5% 153,817 2.8%

Total 4,564,905 100% 5,419,534 100%

Seats 2011 2016 2021 Change Scottish National Party 69 63 64 +1 Conservative 15 31 31 0 Labour 37 24 22 -2 Liberal Democrat 5 5 4 -1 Green 2 6 8 +2 Others 1 0 0 0

Turnout 50.4% 55.7% 63.3% +5.3%

MSPs Women 45 45 58 +13 Men 84 84 71 -13

1 In this briefing, the , , Scottish Liberal Democrats and Scottish Green Party are referred to as Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, and Green Party. 4 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Scottish Parliament seats and share of votes by party, 1999 to 2021

1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 Share of all votes by party

Scottish National Party 50% SNP 40% Seats 35 27 47 69 63 64 30% Constituency 7 9 21 53 59 62 Regional 28 18 26 16 4 2 20% 10% Share 28.0% 22.3% 31.3% 44.7% 44.1% 44.0% 0% Constituency 28.7% 23.8% 32.9% 45.4% 46.5% 47.7% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 Regional 27.3% 20.9% 31.0% 44.0% 41.7% 40.3% 2021 50% Conservative Conservatives 40% Seats 18 18 17 15 31 31 30% Constituency 0 3 4 3 7 5 20% Regional 18 15 13 12 24 26 10% Share 15.5% 16.1% 15.3% 13.1% 22.5% 22.7% 0% Constituency 15.6% 16.6% 16.6% 13.9% 22.0% 21.9%

Regional 15.4% 15.5% 13.9% 12.4% 22.9% 23.5% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 50% Labour Labour 40% Seats 56 50 46 37 24 22 Constituency 53 46 37 15 3 2 30% Regional 3 4 9 22 21 20 20% 10% Share 36.2% 32.0% 30.8% 29.0% 20.8% 19.7% 0% Constituency 38.8% 34.6% 32.1% 31.7% 22.6% 21.6% Regional 33.6% 29.3% 29.2% 26.3% 19.1% 17.9% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 Liberal Democrat 50% Lib Dem Seats 17 17 16 5 5 4 40% Constituency 12 13 11 2 4 4 30% Regional 5 4 5 3 1 0 20% Share 13.3% 13.6% 13.8% 6.6% 6.5% 6.0% 10% Constituency 14.2% 15.4% 16.2% 7.9% 7.8% 6.9% 0% Regional 12.4% 11.8% 11.3% 5.2% 5.2% 5.1% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 Green 50% Green Seats 1 7 2 2 6 8 40% Constituency 0 0 0 0 0 0 30% Regional 1 7 2 2 6 8 20% Share 1.8% 3.4% 2.1% 2.2% 3.6% 4.7% 10% Constituency 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.6% 1.3% 0% Regional 3.6% 6.9% 4.0% 4.4% 6.6% 8.1% 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021

Note: Historical results to 2011 provided by SPICe. 5 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

1. Introduction

The sixth set of elections to the Scottish Parliament took place on Thursday, 6 May 2021, on the same day as elections to the Cymru, elections for local authorities, metro mayors, and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in , and elections to the Greater Authority. The electoral system The system for electing members to the Scottish Parliament is known as the Additional Member System. Voters are given two ballot papers. The first is used to elect each of 73 constituency Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) under the traditional first-past-the-post system. The second ballot paper is used to elect seven MSPs from each of eight electoral regions. These additional members are elected so that the total representation from each geographical area, including those members elected under first-past-the-post, corresponds more closely to the share of the votes cast for each political party in the region. The political context The sixth Scottish Parliament elections were the first to take place since the UK leaving the , the previous election having taken place in May 2016, just before the June referendum. Since 2016, two UK General Elections had been held, in 2017 and 2019. The first was called by Prime Minister to attempt to secure approval for the terms of withdrawal from the EU which had recently been negotiated. That election saw the SNP lose 21 seats, the Conservatives gain 12 and Labour gain 6. The election called in 2019 was again called to test the public’s support for a new approach to the negotiations, following a change of leadership within the Conservative Party. At that General Election, the SNP gained 13 seats, while the Conservatives lost 7 and Labour lost 6. The issue of was a prominent feature of political discourse in between the 2016 and 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. In 2017, the Scottish Parliament voted to seek a new referendum on Scottish independence under Section 30 order under the Act 1998. Section 30 allows the Scottish Parliament to legislate on matters which are usually reserved, under particular circumstances, and in this case the request was not granted. Going into the 2017 General Election, the SNP made the intention to continue arguing for a second independence referendum a cornerstone of its campaign. In that election, the SNP lost seats to the Conservatives and Labour, which had both opposed a second referendum. By the time of the 2019 General Election, the UK Government’s stance had shifted towards a ‘hard’ Brexit. The SNP campaigned again on the promise to seek a second referendum on independence and re-gained many of the seats lost in 2021. 6 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

In January 2020, the Scottish Parliament voted to endorse seeking a new referendum, however the pursuit of this was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A Draft Independence Referendum Bill was published in March 2021, outlining the plan to negotiate for a referendum. In the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, the SNP campaigned on a commitment to continue pursuing a second independence referendum. The Conservatives and Labour both explicitly opposed a new referendum. Two new parties which formed shortly before the election, the pro-independence Alba and the pro-union All for Unity, both picked up tens of thousands of votes. 2021 Election Results The SNP gained the highest share of the vote with 44.0% of the total vote, 47.75% of the constituency vote and 40.3% of the regional vote. The SNP also won the highest number of seats (64), one more than in 2016. The SNP’s share of the vote increased by 1.2 percentage points in the constituency ballot and fell by 1.4 percentage points in the regional ballot. The difference between the SNP’s share of the vote in the constituency and regional ballots was higher at the 2021 election than at any other previous Scottish Parliament election. The number of seats won in the regional ballot was the lowest it had ever been (2) while the number of constituency seats won was the highest ever (62). The SNP’s highest share of the total vote in any region was in Central Scotland, where they took 48.7% of all votes cast. The SNP’s highest share of the vote in any constituency was in City West, where they won 61.6% of the constituency ballot. The Conservatives won 31 seats, which was the same number won in 2016. Their share of the overall vote increased marginally, by 0.2 percentage points, which was due to an increase in their share of the regional ballot. The Conservatives continue to be the second largest party, having taken this position from Labour in 2016. The Conservatives’ highest share of the total vote was in Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, where they won 51.5% of the vote. Two formerly Conservative constituency seats, Central and , were won by the SNP. Labour won 22 seats and 19.8% of the vote. This vote share was 1 percentage point lower than in 2016 and 9.2 percentage points lower than in 2011. The number of seats won in 2021 was 2 fewer than in 2016: one regional seat was lost and the constituency seat of switched to the SNP. The Liberal Democrats won four seats, one fewer than in 2016. The seat lost was a regional one in North East Scotland and the four retained were all constituency seats. The Liberal Democrats won 6.0% of the total vote, which was 0.5 percentage points less than in 2016.

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The Green Party had its best ever performance at a Scottish Parliament election in 2021, winning 4.7% of the total vote and 8 seats, all in the regional ballot. This was 2 more seats than in 2016, and the overall vote share grew by 1.1 percentage points. Composition of the Scottish Parliament Following the election, the composition of the Scottish Parliament was 71 men and 58 women. This was by some way the highest number of women returned at a Scottish Parliament election, up from the previous high of 45 women in 2011 and 2016. Kaukub Stewart became the first BAME woman elected to the Scottish Parliament, representing Glasgow Kelvin for the SNP.

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2. Parties Scottish National Party

Votes and seats summary: 2021 and changes since 2016 The SNP gained one seat overall, bringing their total to 64 MSPs and just falling Region Seats won Share of the vote Change Const. Reg. Total Const. Reg. Total pp +/- short of a majority. Gains in the constituency seats Central Scotland 9 0 9 52.1% 45.3% 48.7% -1.5 of Edinburgh Central, East Glasgow 9 0 9 53.2% 43.9% 48.5% 0.1 Lothian and Ayr were off- Highlands and Islands 6 1 7 47.9% 40.4% 44.1% 2.0 set by the loss of two Lothian 7 0 7 44.9% 35.9% 40.4% 1.1 regional seats in South Mid Scotland and 8 0 8 47.8% 39.8% 43.8% 0.2 Scotland. The SNP's share North East Scotland 9 0 9 48.4% 40.9% 44.6% -1.9 of the total vote decreased South Scotland 6 1 7 42.1% 37.6% 39.8% 0.1 by 0.1 percentage points, driven by the largest falls West Scotland 8 0 8 46.9% 40.4% 43.7% -0.6 in Central and North East Total 62 2 64 47.7% 40.3% 44.0% -0.1 Scotland.

SNP election trends: 1998 to 2021

Change in share of the vote between 2016 and 2021 by region (pp) Seats won Share of vote Constituency ballot Regional ballot 80 50% Central Scotland Glasgow 60 40% Highlands and Islands 30% Lothian 40 Mid Scotland and Fife 20% North East Scotland 20 10% South Scotland West Scotland 0 0% All Scotland 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Highest votes and biggest changes

Largest vote share in constituency seats Highest number of votes in regional vote 1 Dundee City West 61.6% 1 and Nairn 19,688 2 Glasgow Southside 60.2% 2 Almond Valley 18,913 3 Dundee City East 59.2% 3 18,735 4 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 59.0% 4 and Irvine Valley 18,649 5 and Kilsyth 58.6% 5 East Kilbride 18,331

Biggest upward change in constituency seats (pp) Biggest upward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Islands 18.8 1 Shetland Islands 7.9 2 Edinburgh Central 10.4 2 Islands 5.6 3 and Chryston 9.5 3 Edinburgh Central 3.6 4 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 8.5 4 Glasgow Kelvin 2.8 5 5.6 5 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 2.5

Biggest downward change in constituency seats (pp) Biggest downward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Banffshire and Buchan Coast -9.9 1 Banffshire and Buchan Coast -12.3 2 Donside -4.4 2 East -7.4 3 East Kilbride -4.1 3 Aberdeen Donside -6.7 4 Falkirk East -4.0 4 Falkirk East -4.4 5 Carrick, and Doon -3.6 5 Falkirk West -4.3

Note: Change is in the total share of the vote, compared to 2016. pp = percentage points.

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Conservative

Votes and seats summary: 2021 and changes since 2016 The Conservatives lost two constituency seats, Edinburgh Central and Region Seats won Share of the vote Change Const. Reg. Total Const. Reg. Total pp +/- Ayr, and gained two regional seats in South Central Scotland 0 3 3 14.4% 18.3% 16.3% 0.4 Scotland, putting them on Glasgow 0 2 2 9.0% 12.1% 10.5% -1.3 the same number of seats Highlands and Islands 0 4 4 22.6% 25.4% 24.0% 3.5 as in 2016. The Lothian 0 3 3 16.8% 19.9% 18.3% -3.5 Conservatives' share of the Mid Scotland and Fife 0 4 4 22.9% 25.0% 24.0% -0.4 total vote (22.7%) was North East Scotland 1 4 5 32.8% 30.6% 31.7% 3.8 their highest ever in a Scottish Parliament South Scotland 3 3 6 35.5% 33.5% 34.5% 1.7 election. They remained West Scotland 1 3 4 19.2% 21.9% 20.6% -0.6 the second largest party Total 5 26 31 21.9% 23.5% 22.7% 0.2 for the second election cycle in a row. Conservatives election trends: 1998 to 2021

Change in share of the vote between 2016 and 2021 by region Constituency ballot Regional ballot Seats won Share of vote 80 Central Scotland 50% Glasgow 60 40% Highlands and Islands Lothian 30% 40 Mid Scotland and Fife 20% North East Scotland 20 South Scotland 10%

West Scotland 0 0% All Scotland 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 Highest votes and biggest changes

Highest number of votes in constituency seats Highest number of votes in regional vote 1 Ettrick, Roxburgh and 51.5% 1 Aberdeenshire West 17,700 2 Dumfriesshire 47.7% 2 Dumfriesshire 17,561 3 Aberdeenshire West 47.2% 3 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 17,075 4 Galloway and West 47.0% 4 South and Kinross-shire 16,317 5 Ayr 43.1% 5 15,890

Biggest upward change in constituency seats (pp) Biggest upward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Aberdeenshire East 11.0 1 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 10.6 2 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 10.7 2 Orkney Islands 7.7 3 Dumfriesshire 10.3 3 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 6.5 4 Aberdeenshire West 9.1 4 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 6.3 5 Aberdeen Donside 8.0 5 Aberdeenshire East 6.1

Biggest downward change in constituency seats (pp) Biggest downward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Edinburgh Southern -14.4 1 Edinburgh Southern -8.6 2 North East Fife -10.8 2 Edinburgh Central -5.7 3 Edinburgh Western -8.3 3 Edinburgh Western -5.6 4 Clydebank and Milngavie -7.3 4 Edinburgh Northern and Leith -4.4 5 Glasgow Southside -7.0 5 North East Fife -4.1

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Labour

Votes and seats summary: 2021 and changes since 2016 Labour saw their share of the vote and number of seats decline for the fifth Region Seats won Share of the vote Change Const. Reg. Total Const. Reg. Total pp +/- election in a row. They lost the consituency seat of Central Scotland 0 3 3 30.5% 23.7% 27.1% 0.6 East Lothian and a Glasgow 0 4 4 30.9% 24.3% 27.6% 1.4 regional seat in West Highlands and Islands 0 1 1 9.0% 9.5% 9.2% -2.3 Scotland, finishing on 22 Lothian 1 2 3 24.6% 19.4% 22.0% -1.4 seats in total. Glasgow Mid Scotland and Fife 0 2 2 17.9% 15.3% 16.6% -2.4 and Central Scotland were North East Scotland 0 2 2 11.9% 11.4% 11.6% -2.0 the only regions where Labour's share of the vote South Scotland 0 3 3 17.6% 15.7% 16.7% -2.6 went up. West Scotland 1 3 4 27.7% 22.2% 24.9% -0.4 Total 2 20 22 21.6% 17.9% 19.7% -1.1

Labour election trends: 1993 to 2021

Change in share of the vote between 2016 and 2021 by region Constituency ballot Regional ballot Seats won Share of vote 80 Central Scotland 50% Glasgow 60 40% Highlands and Islands Lothian 30% 40 Mid Scotland and Fife 20% North East Scotland 20 South Scotland 10%

West Scotland 0 0% All Scotland 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 Highest votes and biggest changes

Highest number of votes in constituency seats Highest number of votes in regional vote 1 Dumbarton 46.3% 1 East Lothian 11,207 2 Edinburgh Southern 45.9% 2 Edinburgh Southern 11,128 3 37.6% 3 Rutherglen 11,005 4 East Lothian 36.7% 4 Dumbarton 10,228 5 Uddingston and Bellshill 35.1% 5 Midlothian North and 10,212

Biggest upward change in constituency seats Biggest upward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Edinburgh Southern 10.3 1 Glasgow Southside 3.6 2 Clydebank and Milngavie 9.7 2 Clydebank and Milngavie 3.5 3 Glasgow Southside 8.5 3 Glasgow Cathcart 3.0 4 Glasgow Cathcart 7.5 4 Edinburgh Southern 2.6 5 East Kilbride 6.4 5 Dumbarton 1.5

Biggest downward change in constituency seats Biggest downward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Eastwood -14.7 1 Dumfriesshire -7.5 2 Dumfriesshire -13.8 2 -5.3 3 Aberdeen Central -7.4 3 Coatbridge and Chryston -5.1 4 Galloway and West Dumfries -6.7 4 Galloway and West Dumfries -5.0 5 Cunninghame South -6.0 5 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley -4.2

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Liberal Democrats

Votes and seats summary: 2021 and changes since 2016 The Liberal Democrats had their worst performance in any Region Seats won Share of the vote Change Const. Reg. Total Const. Reg. Total pp +/- Scottish Parliament Central Scotland 0 0 0 2.3% 1.9% 2.1% -0.1 election, winning four Glasgow 0 0 0 2.3% 2.0% 2.2% -0.9 seats and 6.0% of the Highlands and Islands 2 0 2 18.6% 11.2% 14.9% -3.3 total vote. They lost one Lothian 1 0 1 10.7% 7.2% 8.9% 1.7 regional seat but Mid Scotland and Fife 1 0 1 10.6% 7.4% 9.0% 0.5 retained four North East Scotland 0 0 0 5.8% 5.0% 5.4% -2.0 constituency seats. South Scotland 0 0 0 3.4% 3.4% 3.4% -0.5 Their share of the vote West Scotland 0 0 0 4.5% 3.6% 4.0% -0.3 grew in two regions, Total 4 0 4 6.9% 5.1% 6.0% -0.5 Lothian and mid Scotland and Fife, declining in all others. Liberal Democrats election trends: 1993 to 2021

Change in share of the vote between 2016 and 2021 by region Seats won Share of vote Constituency ballot Regional ballot 80 50% Central Scotland Glasgow 60 40% Highlands and Islands 30% Lothian 40 Mid Scotland and Fife 20% 20 North East Scotland 10% South Scotland 0 0% West Scotland All Scotland 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

Highest votes and biggest changes

Highest number of votes in constituency seats Highest number of votes in regional vote 1 Orkney Islands 62.4% 1 Edinburgh Western 11,923 2 North East Fife 55.1% 2 North East Fife 11,725 3 Edinburgh Western 54.7% 3 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 7,818 4 Shetland Islands 48.6% 4 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 4,244 5 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 36.1% 5 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 4,099

Biggest upward change in constituency seats Biggest upward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Edinburgh Western 12.8 1 Edinburgh Western 4.6 2 North East Fife 11.2 2 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 4.1 3 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 4.9 3 North East Fife 2.5 4 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 2.0 4 Edinburgh Southern 2.3 5 Angus South 1.3 5 Edinburgh Pentlands 1.9

Biggest downward change in constituency seats Biggest downward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Shetland Islands -18.8 1 Shetland Islands -9.1 2 Aberdeenshire West -12.6 2 Aberdeenshire West -5.6 3 Aberdeenshire East -10.7 3 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch -5.0 4 Inverness and Nairn -7.9 4 Aberdeenshire East -4.4 5 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch -7.1 5 Inverness and Nairn -3.4

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Green Party

Votes and seats summary: 2021 and changes since 2016 The Green Party had its best ever performance in a Scottish Parliament Region Seats won Share of the vote Change Const. Reg. Total Const. Reg. Total pp +/- Election, winning 8 Central Scotland 0 1 1 0.0% 6.0% 3.0% 0.3 seats with 8.1% of the Glasgow 0 1 1 4.3% 11.8% 8.1% 2.0 total vote. All seats won Highlands and Islands 0 1 1 1.1% 7.4% 4.3% 0.7 were in the regional Lothian 0 2 2 2.6% 12.7% 7.6% 1.6 ballot, and the number Mid Scotland and Fife 0 1 1 0.4% 8.3% 4.4% 1.3 of seats increased by 2. North East Scotland 0 1 1 0.6% 6.3% 3.4% 1.0 Glasgow saw the South Scotland 0 0 0 1.2% 5.2% 3.2% 0.8 largest overall swing West Scotland 0 1 1 0.4% 7.1% 3.7% 1.1 towards the Greens, Total 0 8 8 1.3% 8.1% 4.7% 1.1 although it was in Mid Scotland and Fife and North East Scotland Green Party election trends: 1993 to 2021 where they picked up Change in share of the vote between 2016 and 2021 by region Seats won Constituency ballot Regional ballot Share of vote 80 50% Central Scotland Glasgow 60 40% Highlands and Islands 30% Lothian 40 Mid Scotland and Fife 20% 20 North East Scotland 10% South Scotland 0 West Scotland 0% All Scotland 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2021 -1 0 1 2 3

Highest votes and biggest changes

Highest number of votes in constituency seats Highest number of votes in regional vote 1 Glasgow Kelvin 25.2% 1 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 9,243 2 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 13.1% 2 Edinburgh Southern 8,605 3 Edinburgh Central 9.4% 3 Edinburgh Central 7,604 4 Glasgow Provan 7.9% 4 Glasgow Kelvin 7,568 5 Aberdeen Central 6.6% 5 Edinburgh Eastern 6,292

Biggest upward change in constituency seats Biggest upward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 13.1 1 Glasgow Southside 5 2 Glasgow Provan 7.9 2 Glasgow Cathcart 4 3 Aberdeen Central 6.6 3 Shetland Islands 3 4 Inverness and Nairn 5.8 4 Edinburgh Eastern 3 5 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and 5.0 5 Orkney Islands 3

Biggest downward change in constituency seats Biggest downward change in regional vote (pp) 1 Coatbridge and Chryston -5.7 1 Inverness and Nairn -1 2 Edinburgh Central -4.2 2 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 0 3 Airdrie and Shotts 0.0 3 Galloway and West Dumfries 0 4 Airdrie and Shotts 0.0 4 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 0 5 Airdrie and Shotts 0.0 5 Moray 0 18 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Other parties

Results of the regional ballot: other parties Total Share of Party votes vote Constituency with most votes

Alba 44,913 1.66% Banffshire and Buchan Coast All For Unity 23,299 0.86% Galloway and West Dumfries Scottish Family Party 16,085 0.59% Na h-Eileanan an Iar Independent Green Voice 9,756 0.36% Glasgow Southside Abolish the Scottish Parliament 7,262 0.27% Galloway and West Dumfries Freedom Alliance 6,271 0.23% Banffshire and Buchan Coast Reform 5,793 0.21% Banffshire and Buchan Coast Libertarian Party 4,987 0.18% Clackmannanshire and Dunblane UK Independence Party 3,898 0.14% Shetland Islands Animal Welfare Party 2,392 0.09% Almond Valley Women's Equality Party 1,896 0.07% Edinburgh Southern Trade Unionist and Socialist 1,404 0.05% Glasgow Cathcart Restore Scotland 1,149 0.04% Shetland Islands Communist Party 1,142 0.04% Glasgow Kelvin Scotia Future 451 0.02% South Renew 493 0.02% Dundee City West Social Democratic Party 405 0.01% Glasgow Southside The Reclaim Party 174 0.01% Glasgow Pollok Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Vanguard Party 92 0.00% Lauderdale

Independent candidates 6,122 0.23% Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Total 137,984 5.09% Na h-Eileanan an Iar

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3. Candidates

There were 357 constituency candidates and 701 regional list candidates at the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections. Some people stood as both constituency and regional candidates. The gender of nominated candidates is not officially recorded, but some data was gathered by volunteers for Democracy Club. The table below shows a breakdown of constituency and regional candidates by party and region, along with an estimate of the percentage that were women. Data was not available on the gender all candidates so in some cases gender has been inferred from a candidate’s first name. Constituency and regional candidates by party and region

Constituency ballot Regional ballot Number of Number of candidates % women candidates % women

Parties SNP 73 49% 89 44% Conservative 73 23% 83 28% Labour 73 49% 65 42% Liberal Democrat 73 37% 61 43% Green 1 100% 76 51% Others 64 19% 327 34% Total 357 36% 701 38%

Regions Central Scotland 42 33% 77 32% Glasgow 47 32% 101 40% Highlands and Islands 40 30% 89 36% Lothian 45 38% 95 35% Mid Scotland and Fife 40 40% 86 37% North East Scotland 48 33% 84 34% South Scotland 43 44% 83 48% West Scotland 52 38% 86 40%

Total 357 36% 701 38%

Around 36% of constituency candidates and 38% of regional candidates were women.2 Out of the largest parties, Labour and the SNP both had the highest proportion of women candidates in the constituency ballot (49%), while the Green Party had the highest proportion in the regional ballot (51%).3 The Conservatives had the lowest proportion of female constituency candidates (23%) and female regional ballot candidates (28%).

2 Three candidates who identified their gender as 'non-binary' were excluded from the total when calculating the percentage who are female, although they are included in the overall totals. 3 The Green Party technically had the highest share of female constituency candidates, at 100%, however it only fielded one candidate. 20 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

South Scotland was the region with the highest proportion of women candidates in the constituency ballot (44%), while Highlands and Islands was the region with the lowest proportion (30%). 21 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

4. Results

The table below summarises the 2021 regional and constituency results. It shows the number of candidates by party and the seat distribution. Scottish Parliament election results, 6 May 2021

Constituency ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 73 1,291,384 47.7% 62 +3 Conservative 73 592,526 21.9% 5 -2 Labour 73 584,392 21.6% 2 -1 Liberal Democrat 73 187,806 6.9% 4 0 Green 3 32,903 1.2% 0 0 Others 18 1,192 0.6% 0 0 Total 313 2,690,203 100.0% 73

Regional ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 93 1,094,404 40.3% 2 -2 Conservative 71 637,131 23.5% 26 +2 Labour 86 485,819 17.9% 20 -1 Liberal Democrat 63 137,151 5.1% 0 -1 Green 65 220,324 8.1% 8 +2 Others 115 451 5.1% 0 0 Total 493 2,575,280 100.0% 56

Total Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 166 2,385,788 45.3% 64 +1 Conservative 144 1,229,657 23.4% 31 0 Labour 159 1,070,211 20.3% 22 -2 Liberal Democrat 136 324,957 6.2% 4 -1 Green 68 253,227 4.8% 8 +2 Others 133 1,643 0.0% 0 0 Total 806 5,265,483 100.0% 129

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The table below summarises the 2016 regional and constituency results. It shows the number of candidates by party and the seat distribution. Scottish Parliament election results, 5 May 2016

Constituency ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 73 1,059,898 46.5% 59 +6 Conservative 73 501,844 22.0% 7 +4 Labour 73 514,261 22.6% 3 -12 Liberal Democrat 73 178,238 7.8% 4 +2 Green 3 13,172 0.6% 0 0 Others 18 11,741 0.5% 0 0 Total 313 2,279,154 100.0% 73

Regional ballot Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 93 953,587 41.7% 4 -12 Conservative 71 524,220 22.9% 24 +12 Labour 86 435,919 19.1% 21 -1 Liberal Democrat 63 119,284 5.2% 1 -2 Green 65 150,426 6.6% 6 +4 Others 115 102,315 4.5% 0 -1 Total 493 2,285,751 100.0% 56

Total Candidates Votes % of total Seats won Change

SNP 166 2,013,485 44.1% 63 -6 Conservative 144 1,026,064 22.5% 31 +16 Labour 159 950,180 20.8% 24 -13 Liberal Democrat 136 297,522 6.5% 5 0 Green 68 163,598 3.6% 6 +4 Others 133 114,056 2.5% 0 -1 Total 806 4,564,905 100.0% 129

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The table below compares the shares of the vote won by each party at the 2021 and 2016 Scottish Parliament elections. Percentage share of the vote by party

2021 Parliament election Constituency Region All votes

SNP 47.7% 40.3% 44.0% Conservative 21.9% 23.5% 22.7% Labour 21.6% 17.9% 19.7% Liberal Democrat 6.9% 5.1% 6.0% Green 1.3% 8.1% 4.7% Others 0.6% 5.1% 2.8% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

2016 Parliament election Constituency Region All votes

SNP 46.5% 41.7% 44.1% Conservative 22.0% 22.9% 22.5% Labour 22.6% 19.1% 20.8% Liberal Democrat 7.8% 5.2% 6.5% Green 0.6% 6.6% 3.6% Others 0.5% 4.5% 2.5% Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Change 2021-2016 Constituency Region All votes

SNP 1.2 -1.4 -0.1 Conservative -0.1 0.6 0.2 Labour -1.0 -1.2 -1.1 Liberal Democrat -0.9 -0.2 -0.5 Green 0.7 1.5 1.1 Others 0.1 0.6 0.3 Total: 0.0 0.0 0.0

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5. Turnout

Average turnout across all constituencies and regions increased by 5.3 percentage points, from 55.7% in 2016 to 63.3% in 2021. The region with the largest increase in turnout was Glasgow (9.3 percentage points), while the region with the smallest increase in turnout was Lothian (6.3 percentage points).

Change in consituency turnout by region (percentage points) 2016 to 2021 Scottish Parliament election

Glasgow Central Scotland North East Scotland West Scotland Highlands and Islands Mid Scotland and Fife South Scotland Lothian All regions

0 2 4 6 8 10

The highest constituency turnout was in Eastwood, where 76.2% of the electorate cast valid ballots. The lowest constituency turnout was in Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn where 51.5% of eligible voters participated. Constituencies with highest and lowest turnout in each region

Region Constituency Turnout Highest turnout in region Central Scotland East Kilbride 66.3% Glasgow Rutherglen 63.2% Highlands and Islands Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 68.4% Lothian Edinburgh Western 71.3% Mid Scotland and Fife Perthshire North 69.7% North East Scotland Aberdeenshire West 69.5% South Scotland East Lothian 68.9% West Scotland Eastwood 76.2% Lowest Turnout in region Central Scotland Motherwell and 58.7% Glasgow Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 51.5% Highlands and Islands Inverness and Nairn 64.3% Lothian Edinburgh Eastern 60.6% Mid Scotland and Fife 57.6% North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 55.7% South Scotland Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 59.4% West Scotland Cunninghame South 57.9%

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6. Appendix

This appendix sets out the full results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections for both the constituency and regional ballots. It also includes a complete list of MSPs elected.

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6.1 Constituency results Table 1: Constituency results - votes and turnout by constituency

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 16,139 4,422 10,671 562 0 132 31,926 54,153 59.0% 5,468 Coatbridge and Chryston 20,577 3,028 11,140 622 0 411 35,778 56,827 63.0% 9,437 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 19,633 3,375 9,792 678 0 0 33,478 51,457 65.1% 9,841 East Kilbride 21,149 5,923 12,477 1,217 0 0 40,766 61,479 66.3% 8,672 Falkirk East 18,417 7,618 10,832 1,007 0 971 38,845 61,948 62.7% 7,585 Falkirk West 21,492 7,343 9,653 1,115 0 0 39,603 63,885 62.0% 11,839 Hamilton, and Stonehouse 16,761 6,332 12,179 1,012 0 0 36,284 59,769 60.7% 4,582 Motherwell and Wishaw 18,156 4,472 10,343 557 0 621 34,149 58,162 58.7% 7,813 Uddingston and Bellshill 17,953 4,569 12,647 821 0 0 35,990 59,220 60.8% 5,306

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 17,501 3,688 10,913 1,063 0 0 33,165 56,933 58.3% 6,588 Glasgow Cathcart 21,728 4,041 11,332 1,051 0 0 38,152 61,369 62.2% 10,396 Glasgow Kelvin 14,535 2,850 8,605 977 9,077 0 36,044 66,423 54.3% 5,458 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 16,428 2,241 8,504 688 0 0 27,861 54,061 51.5% 7,924 Glasgow Pollok 18,163 1,849 11,058 522 1,651 550 33,793 62,444 54.1% 7,105 Glasgow Provan 15,913 2,687 8,683 421 2,366 0 30,070 57,445 52.3% 7,230 Glasgow Shettleston 17,465 4,421 9,440 774 0 0 32,100 60,258 53.3% 8,025 Glasgow Southside 19,735 1,790 10,279 504 0 499 32,807 55,248 59.4% 9,456 Rutherglen 20,249 3,663 15,083 1,112 0 0 40,107 63,431 63.2% 5,166

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 16,608 7,645 2,436 6,874 0 0 33,563 49,726 67.5% 8,963 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 15,889 5,170 2,016 13,298 0 511 36,884 57,045 64.7% 2,591 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 7,454 2,116 4,013 353 0 571 14,507 21,992 66.0% 3,441 Inverness and Nairn 21,793 12,679 5,370 2,892 2,636 361 45,731 71,127 64.3% 9,114 Moray 19,987 16,823 2,972 1,165 0 188 41,135 63,282 65.0% 3,164 Orkney Islands 3,369 699 290 7,238 0 0 11,596 17,728 65.4% 3,869 Shetland Islands 4,997 503 424 5,803 0 206 11,933 18,134 65.8% 806 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 24,192 8,331 3,855 6,778 0 0 43,156 63,099 68.4% 15,861 28 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

Lothian Almond Valley 22,675 6,952 10,545 1,601 0 0 41,773 68,634 60.9% 12,130 Edinburgh Central 16,276 11,544 6,839 2,555 3,921 578 41,713 66,734 62.5% 4,732 Edinburgh Eastern 22,658 5,970 12,541 2,035 0 0 43,204 71,285 60.6% 10,117 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 22,443 5,052 10,874 2,035 6,116 314 46,834 74,636 62.7% 11,569 Edinburgh Pentlands 16,227 12,330 6,998 2,213 0 462 38,230 59,095 64.7% 3,897 Edinburgh Southern 16,738 5,258 20,760 2,189 0 317 45,262 63,942 70.8% 4,022 Edinburgh Western 15,693 2,798 2,515 25,578 0 201 46,785 65,629 71.3% 9,885 Linlithgow 22,693 9,472 12,588 2,126 0 0 46,879 75,672 62.0% 10,105 Midlothian North and Musselburgh 21,165 6,529 13,259 1,630 0 0 42,583 69,302 61.4% 7,906

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 16,504 8,953 8,292 1,194 0 0 34,943 52,847 66.1% 7,551 Cowdenbeath 16,499 4,758 10,486 1,088 1,344 0 34,175 56,434 60.6% 6,013 Dunfermline 20,048 6,314 11,384 3,196 0 0 40,942 62,330 65.7% 8,664 Kirkcaldy 18,417 4,891 10,586 1,015 0 269 35,178 61,124 57.6% 7,831 Mid Fife and 18,115 4,500 7,881 1,789 0 385 32,670 54,658 59.8% 10,234 North East Fife 14,715 2,323 1,056 22,163 0 0 40,257 58,865 68.4% 7,448 Perthshire North 19,860 15,807 2,324 1,802 0 334 40,127 57,572 69.7% 4,053 Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 20,126 18,178 2,943 2,823 0 0 44,070 63,348 69.6% 1,948 19,882 12,987 6,556 1,466 0 0 40,891 59,285 69.0% 6,895 North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 14,217 7,623 6,294 1,417 2,087 0 31,638 56,817 55.7% 6,594 Aberdeen Donside 18,514 9,488 5,505 2,162 0 240 35,909 62,088 57.8% 9,026 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 16,500 14,829 4,505 2,889 0 286 39,009 60,799 64.2% 1,671 Aberdeenshire East 18,307 16,418 2,900 3,396 0 0 41,021 64,059 64.0% 1,889 Aberdeenshire West 16,319 19,709 2,382 3,363 0 0 41,773 60,081 69.5% 3,390 Angus North and 17,144 13,635 2,686 1,804 0 0 35,269 54,149 65.1% 3,509 Angus South 19,568 13,451 3,625 1,964 0 0 38,608 59,472 64.9% 6,117 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 14,920 14,148 2,169 1,071 0 678 32,986 58,816 56.1% 772 Dundee City East 19,230 5,630 5,893 1,431 0 287 32,471 55,691 58.3% 13,337 Dundee City West 19,818 3,327 6,899 1,269 0 842 32,155 56,733 56.7% 12,919 29 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

South Scotland Ayr 18,881 18,711 4,766 808 0 267 43,433 63,711 68.2% 170 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 15,240 10,903 8,604 875 0 0 35,622 59,924 59.4% 4,337 Clydesdale 17,596 13,018 8,960 1,144 0 0 40,718 61,155 66.6% 4,578 Dumfriesshire 15,421 19,487 4,671 1,314 0 0 40,893 62,116 65.8% 4,066 East Lothian 17,968 9,470 16,789 1,556 0 0 45,783 66,473 68.9% 1,179 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 11,701 18,564 2,050 2,352 1,084 290 36,041 56,409 63.9% 6,863 Galloway and West Dumfries 14,851 17,486 2,932 948 970 0 37,187 57,419 64.8% 2,635 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 21,418 8,295 9,737 919 0 253 40,622 66,170 61.4% 11,681 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 19,807 12,981 5,410 2,615 2,154 67 43,034 65,033 66.2% 6,826 West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 17,787 4,153 12,513 2,987 0 220 37,660 53,368 70.6% 5,274 Cunninghame North 18,227 10,451 7,536 967 0 0 37,181 57,714 64.4% 7,776 Cunninghame South 15,208 6,621 7,256 715 0 318 30,118 52,057 57.9% 7,952 Dumbarton 16,342 3,205 17,825 676 0 411 38,459 56,296 68.3% 1,483 Eastwood 15,695 17,911 6,759 911 0 1,427 42,703 56,074 76.2% 2,216 Greenock and Inverclyde 19,713 3,313 11,539 1,033 0 776 36,374 57,384 63.4% 8,174 Paisley 17,495 3,342 11,420 1,124 1,584 0 34,965 56,070 62.4% 6,075 Renfrewshire North and West 17,704 8,734 10,397 993 0 410 38,238 56,472 67.7% 7,307 Renfrewshire South 17,532 5,149 10,426 826 0 765 34,698 53,012 65.5% 7,106 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 21,064 9,580 8,510 6,675 0 415 46,244 64,397 71.8% 11,484

Total 1,291,204 592,526 584,392 187,806 34,990 15,833 2,706,751 4,277,996 63.3%

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Table 2: Constituency results - seats by majority from highest to lowest percentage majority

Majority 1st 2nd Votes Rank % Rank Constituency Elected MP PartAA Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch SNP CON 15,861 1 36.8% 3 Dundee City East SNP LAB 13,337 2 41.1% 1 Dundee City West Joe Fitzpatrick SNP LAB 12,919 3 40.2% 2 Almond Valley SNP LAB 12,130 4 29.0% 8 Falkirk West Michael Matheson SNP LAB 11,839 5 29.9% 6 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley SNP LAB 11,681 6 28.8% 10 Edinburgh Northern and Leith Ben MacPherson SNP LAB 11,569 7 24.7% 19 Strathkelvin and Bearsden SNP CON 11,484 8 24.8% 18 Glasgow Cathcart SNP LAB 10,396 9 27.2% 12 Mid Fife and Glenrothes SNP LAB 10,234 10 31.3% 5 Edinburgh Eastern SNP LAB 10,117 11 23.4% 22 Linlithgow SNP LAB 10,105 12 21.6% 27 Edinburgh Western Alex Cole-Hamilton LD SNP 9,885 13 21.1% 30 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth SNP LAB 9,841 14 29.4% 7 Glasgow Southside SNP LAB 9,456 15 28.8% 9 Coatbridge and Chryston Fulton MacGregor SNP LAB 9,437 16 26.4% 15 Inverness and Nairn SNP CON 9,114 17 19.9% 35 Aberdeen Donside SNP CON 9,026 18 25.1% 16 Argyll and Bute SNP CON 8,963 19 26.7% 13 East Kilbride Collette Stevenson SNP LAB 8,672 20 21.3% 28 Dunfermline Shirley-Anne SomervSNP LAB 8,664 21 21.2% 29 Greenock and Inverclyde Stuart McMillan SNP LAB 8,174 22 22.5% 24 Glasgow Shettleston John Mason SNP LAB 8,025 23 25.0% 17 Cunninghame South SNP LAB 7,952 24 26.4% 14 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn SNP LAB 7,924 25 28.4% 11 Midlothian North and Musselburgh SNP LAB 7,906 26 18.6% 40 Kirkcaldy David Torrance SNP LAB 7,831 27 22.3% 25 Motherwell and Wishaw SNP LAB 7,813 28 22.9% 23 Cunninghame North Kenneth Gibson SNP CON 7,776 29 20.9% 32 Falkirk East SNP LAB 7,585 30 19.5% 37 Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Keith Brown SNP CON 7,551 31 21.6% 26 North East Fife LD SNP 7,448 32 18.5% 41 Renfrewshire North and West SNP LAB 7,307 33 19.1% 38 Glasgow Provan Ivan McKee SNP LAB 7,230 34 24.0% 20 Renfrewshire South Tom Arthur SNP LAB 7,106 35 20.5% 34 Glasgow Pollok SNP LAB 7,105 36 21.0% 31 Stirling SNP CON 6,895 37 16.9% 45 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire CON SNP 6,863 38 19.0% 39 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale SNP CON 6,826 39 15.9% 46 Aberdeen Central Kevin Stewart SNP CON 6,594 40 20.8% 33 Glasgow Anniesland SNP LAB 6,588 41 19.9% 36 Angus South SNP CON 6,117 42 15.8% 47 Paisley SNP LAB 6,075 43 17.4% 43 Cowdenbeath SNP LAB 6,013 44 17.6% 42 Airdrie and Shotts SNP LAB 5,468 45 17.1% 44 Glasgow Kelvin SNP GRN 5,458 46 15.1% 48 Uddingston and Bellshill Stephanie CallaghanSNP LAB 5,306 47 14.7% 49 Clydebank and Milngavie Marie McNair SNP LAB 5,274 48 14.0% 50 Rutherglen SNP LAB 5,166 49 12.9% 51 Edinburgh Central SNP CON 4,732 50 11.3% 54 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Christina McKelvie SNP LAB 4,582 51 12.6% 52 Clydesdale Màiri McAllan SNP CON 4,578 52 11.2% 55 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley SNP CON 4,337 53 12.2% 53 Dumfriesshire CON SNP 4,066 54 9.9% 59 Perthshire North SNP CON 4,053 55 10.1% 57 Edinburgh Southern Daniel Johnson LAB SNP 4,022 56 8.9% 60 31 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

Edinburgh Pentlands Gordon MacDonald SNP CON 3,897 57 10.2% 56 Orkney Islands Liam McArthur LD SNP 3,869 58 33.4% 4 Angus North and Mearns SNP CON 3,509 59 9.9% 58 Na h-Eileanan an Iar SNP LAB 3,441 60 23.7% 21 Aberdeenshire West Alexander Burnett CON SNP 3,390 61 8.1% 61 Moray SNP CON 3,164 62 7.7% 62 Galloway and West Dumfries CON SNP 2,635 63 7.1% 63 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross SNP LD 2,591 64 7.0% 64 Eastwood CON SNP 2,216 65 5.2% 66 Perthshire South and Kinross-shire SNP CON 1,948 66 4.4% 68 Aberdeenshire East SNP CON 1,889 67 4.6% 67 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine SNP CON 1,671 68 4.3% 69 Dumbarton LAB SNP 1,483 69 3.9% 70 East Lothian Paul McLennan SNP LAB 1,179 70 2.6% 71 Shetland Islands LD SNP 806 71 6.8% 65 Banffshire and Buchan Coast SNP CON 772 72 2.3% 72 Ayr SNP CON 170 73 0.4% 73

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Table 3: Constituency results - party share of vote by constituency, and majority

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Majority

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 50.6% 13.9% 33.4% 1.8% 0.0% 0.4% 100.0% 17.1% Coatbridge and Chryston 57.5% 8.5% 31.1% 1.7% 0.0% 1.1% 100.0% 26.4% Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 58.6% 10.1% 29.2% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 29.4% East Kilbride 51.9% 14.5% 30.6% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.3% Falkirk East 47.4% 19.6% 27.9% 2.6% 0.0% 2.5% 100.0% 19.5% Falkirk West 54.3% 18.5% 24.4% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 29.9% Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 46.2% 17.5% 33.6% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12.6% Motherwell and Wishaw 53.2% 13.1% 30.3% 1.6% 0.0% 1.8% 100.0% 22.9% Uddingston and Bellshill 49.9% 12.7% 35.1% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 14.7%

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 52.8% 11.1% 32.9% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 19.9% Glasgow Cathcart 57.0% 10.6% 29.7% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 27.2% Glasgow Kelvin 40.3% 7.9% 23.9% 2.7% 25.2% 0.0% 100.0% 15.1% Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 59.0% 8.0% 30.5% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 28.4% Glasgow Pollok 53.7% 5.5% 32.7% 1.5% 4.9% 1.6% 100.0% 21.0% Glasgow Provan 52.9% 8.9% 28.9% 1.4% 7.9% 0.0% 100.0% 24.0% Glasgow Shettleston 54.4% 13.8% 29.4% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 25.0% Glasgow Southside 60.2% 5.5% 31.3% 1.5% 0.0% 1.5% 100.0% 28.8% Rutherglen 50.5% 9.1% 37.6% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12.9%

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 49.5% 22.8% 7.3% 20.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 26.7% Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 43.1% 14.0% 5.5% 36.1% 0.0% 1.4% 100.0% 7.0% Na h-Eileanan an Iar 51.4% 14.6% 27.7% 2.4% 0.0% 3.9% 100.0% 23.7% Inverness and Nairn 47.7% 27.7% 11.7% 6.3% 5.8% 0.8% 100.0% 19.9% Moray 48.6% 40.9% 7.2% 2.8% 0.0% 0.5% 100.0% 7.7% Orkney Islands 29.1% 6.0% 2.5% 62.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 33.4% Shetland Islands 41.9% 4.2% 3.6% 48.6% 0.0% 1.7% 100.0% 6.8% Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 56.1% 19.3% 8.9% 15.7% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 36.8%

Lothian Almond Valley 54.3% 16.6% 25.2% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 29.0% Edinburgh Central 39.0% 27.7% 16.4% 6.1% 9.4% 1.4% 100.0% 11.3% Edinburgh Eastern 52.4% 13.8% 29.0% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 23.4% Edinburgh Northern and Leith 47.9% 10.8% 23.2% 4.3% 13.1% 0.7% 100.0% 24.7% Edinburgh Pentlands 42.4% 32.3% 18.3% 5.8% 0.0% 1.2% 100.0% 10.2% Edinburgh Southern 37.0% 11.6% 45.9% 4.8% 0.0% 0.7% 100.0% 8.9% Edinburgh Western 33.5% 6.0% 5.4% 54.7% 0.0% 0.4% 100.0% 21.1% Linlithgow 48.4% 20.2% 26.9% 4.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.6% Midlothian North and Musselburgh 49.7% 15.3% 31.1% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 3.6%

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 47.2% 25.6% 23.7% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.6% Cowdenbeath 48.3% 13.9% 30.7% 3.2% 3.9% 0.0% 100.0% 17.6% Dunfermline 49.0% 15.4% 27.8% 7.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 21.2% Kirkcaldy 52.4% 13.9% 30.1% 2.9% 0.0% 0.8% 100.0% 22.3% Mid Fife and Glenrothes 55.4% 13.8% 24.1% 5.5% 0.0% 1.2% 100.0% 31.3% North East Fife 36.6% 5.8% 2.6% 55.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 18.5% Perthshire North 49.5% 39.4% 5.8% 4.5% 0.0% 0.8% 100.0% 10.1% Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 45.7% 41.2% 6.7% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 4.4% Stirling 48.6% 31.8% 16.0% 3.6% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 16.9%

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North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 44.9% 24.1% 19.9% 4.5% 6.6% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Aberdeen Donside 51.6% 26.4% 15.3% 6.0% 0.0% 0.7% 100.0% 5.6% Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 42.3% 38.0% 11.5% 7.4% 0.0% 0.7% 100.0% 0.0% Aberdeenshire East 44.6% 40.0% 7.1% 8.3% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Aberdeenshire West 39.1% 47.2% 5.7% 8.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 6.1% Angus North and Mearns 48.6% 38.7% 7.6% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% Angus South 50.7% 34.8% 9.4% 5.1% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12.0% Banffshire and Buchan Coast 45.2% 42.9% 6.6% 3.2% 0.0% 2.1% 100.0% 0.0% Dundee City East 59.2% 17.3% 18.1% 4.4% 0.0% 0.9% 100.0% 0.0% Dundee City West 61.6% 10.3% 21.5% 3.9% 0.0% 2.6% 100.0% 40.2%

South Scotland Ayr 43.5% 43.1% 11.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.6% 100.0% 0.4% Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 42.8% 30.6% 24.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12.2% Clydesdale 43.2% 32.0% 22.0% 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 11.2% Dumfriesshire 37.7% 47.7% 11.4% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 9.9% East Lothian 39.2% 20.7% 36.7% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 2.6% Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 32.5% 51.5% 5.7% 6.5% 3.0% 0.8% 100.0% 19.0% Galloway and West Dumfries 39.9% 47.0% 7.9% 2.5% 2.6% 0.0% 100.0% 7.1% Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 52.7% 20.4% 24.0% 2.3% 0.0% 0.6% 100.0% 28.8% Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 46.0% 30.2% 12.6% 6.1% 5.0% 0.2% 100.0% 15.9%

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 47.2% 11.0% 33.2% 7.9% 0.0% 0.6% 100.0% 14.0% Cunninghame North 49.0% 28.1% 20.3% 2.6% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 20.9% Cunninghame South 50.5% 22.0% 24.1% 2.4% 0.0% 1.1% 100.0% 26.4% Dumbarton 42.5% 8.3% 46.3% 1.8% 0.0% 1.1% 100.0% 3.9% Eastwood 36.8% 41.9% 15.8% 2.1% 0.0% 3.3% 100.0% 5.2% Greenock and Inverclyde 54.2% 9.1% 31.7% 2.8% 0.0% 2.1% 100.0% 22.5% Paisley 50.0% 9.6% 32.7% 3.2% 4.5% 0.0% 100.0% 17.4% Renfrewshire North and West 46.3% 22.8% 27.2% 2.6% 0.0% 1.1% 100.0% 19.1% Renfrewshire South 50.5% 14.8% 30.0% 2.4% 0.0% 2.2% 100.0% 20.5% Strathkelvin and Bearsden 45.5% 20.7% 18.4% 14.4% 0.0% 0.9% 100.0% 24.8%

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Table 4: Constituency results - change in share of the vote and turnout by constituency

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 59.0% 49.3% 9.7 -2.0 -1.8 4.2 -0.8 0.0 0.4 Coatbridge and Chryston 63.0% 53.3% 9.7 9.5 -1.7 -3.5 0.2 -5.7 1.1 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 65.1% 56.6% 8.4 -1.5 -0.8 2.6 -0.4 0.0 0.0 East Kilbride 66.3% 56.6% 9.7 -4.1 -2.4 6.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 Falkirk East 62.7% 54.0% 8.7 -4.0 0.1 2.0 -0.6 0.0 2.5 Falkirk West 62.0% 53.6% 8.4 -2.6 0.2 2.6 -0.2 0.0 0.0 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 60.7% 50.1% 10.6 -2.1 -1.9 4.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 Motherwell and Wishaw 58.7% 51.0% 7.7 0.6 -0.6 -0.9 -1.0 0.0 1.8 Uddingston and Bellshill 60.8% 51.3% 9.5 1.1 -3.2 2.6 -0.5 0.0 0.0

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 58.3% 50.2% 8.1 1.0 -2.9 2.4 -0.6 0.0 0.0 Glasgow Cathcart 62.2% 50.3% 11.8 4.1 -4.1 7.5 -2.8 0.0 -4.6 Glasgow Kelvin 54.3% 45.7% 8.5 1.8 -3.9 2.9 -1.0 0.9 -0.7 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 51.5% 44.0% 7.5 3.4 -1.7 -1.3 -0.5 0.0 0.0 Glasgow Pollok 54.1% 45.5% 8.6 -1.1 -4.0 1.1 -0.5 4.9 -0.4 Glasgow Provan 52.3% 42.9% 9.5 -1.7 0.4 -5.8 -0.8 7.9 0.0 Glasgow Shettleston 53.3% 43.7% 9.5 -1.5 1.4 2.3 0.2 0.0 -2.3 Glasgow Southside 59.4% 47.8% 11.6 -1.2 -7.0 8.5 -1.8 0.0 1.5 Rutherglen 63.2% 54.3% 8.9 4.3 -2.2 2.8 -4.9 0.0 0.0

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 67.5% 60.7% 6.8 3.5 3.0 -1.2 -5.2 0.0 0.0 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 64.7% 58.4% 6.3 -0.2 -1.2 -4.9 4.9 0.0 1.4 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 66.0% 60.9% 5.1 -0.7 3.2 2.1 0.2 0.0 -4.9 Inverness and Nairn 64.3% 57.5% 6.8 -0.6 7.8 -5.8 -7.9 5.8 0.8 Moray 65.0% 53.9% 11.1 1.5 2.4 -3.4 -1.0 0.0 0.5 Orkney Islands 65.4% 62.0% 3.4 4.7 1.9 -0.4 -4.9 0.0 -1.3 Shetland Islands 65.8% 62.1% 3.7 18.8 0.5 -2.3 -18.8 0.0 1.7 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 68.4% 61.3% 7.1 8.5 3.2 -1.5 -7.1 0.0 -3.1 35 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

Lothian Almond Valley 60.9% 53.7% 7.1 1.3 1.4 -3.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 Edinburgh Central 62.5% 57.3% 5.2 10.4 -2.8 -5.7 1.2 -4.2 1.0 Edinburgh Eastern 60.6% 56.3% 4.3 5.1 -2.3 -3.9 1.1 0.0 0.0 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 62.7% 55.2% 7.6 1.2 -5.6 -5.3 -0.4 13.1 -3.0 Edinburgh Pentlands 64.7% 60.4% 4.3 2.9 0.1 -5.1 0.9 0.0 1.2 Edinburgh Southern 70.8% 64.2% 6.6 4.4 -14.4 10.3 -1.0 0.0 0.7 Edinburgh Western 71.3% 64.5% 6.8 -0.9 -8.3 -4.1 12.8 0.0 0.4 Linlithgow 62.0% 53.8% 8.2 -2.0 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 Midlothian North and Musselburgh 61.4% 54.7% 6.7 0.8 -2.7 2.6 -0.7 0.0 0.0

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 66.1% 58.8% 7.3 -0.3 2.4 -1.2 -0.8 0.0 0.0 Cowdenbeath 60.6% 54.5% 6.1 2.2 -0.4 -5.2 -0.5 3.9 0.0 Dunfermline 65.7% 57.0% 8.7 5.6 -2.2 -1.7 -1.8 0.0 0.0 Kirkcaldy 57.6% 52.3% 5.3 -0.2 -0.8 1.3 -1.0 0.0 0.8 Mid Fife and Glenrothes 59.8% 53.6% 6.2 1.0 -1.7 -1.4 1.0 0.0 1.2 North East Fife 68.4% 63.0% 5.4 2.9 -10.8 -3.3 11.2 0.0 0.0 Perthshire North 69.7% 62.7% 7.0 0.9 0.6 -1.9 -0.5 0.0 0.8 Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 69.6% 60.9% 8.7 3.3 2.8 -2.7 -1.9 0.0 -1.5 Stirling 69.0% 61.3% 7.7 0.9 3.7 -4.1 -0.6 0.0 0.0

North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 55.7% 46.7% 9.0 1.3 1.5 -7.4 -2.0 6.6 0.0 Aberdeen Donside 57.8% 50.0% 7.9 -4.4 8.0 -3.0 -1.3 0.0 0.7 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 64.2% 54.2% 10.0 0.2 4.5 -5.8 0.3 0.0 0.7 Aberdeenshire East 64.0% 55.3% 8.7 -1.2 11.0 0.9 -10.7 0.0 0.0 Aberdeenshire West 69.5% 59.1% 10.4 3.6 9.1 -0.1 -12.6 0.0 0.0 Angus North and Mearns 65.1% 54.1% 11.1 2.9 1.4 -1.8 -2.6 0.0 0.0 Angus South 64.9% 56.6% 8.3 1.8 -0.6 -2.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 56.1% 48.5% 7.6 -9.9 10.7 -1.7 -1.3 0.0 2.1 Dundee City East 58.3% 51.5% 6.8 1.2 -0.1 -1.6 1.2 0.0 -0.7 Dundee City West 56.7% 51.6% 5.1 3.8 0.2 -4.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 36 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

South Scotland Ayr 68.2% 61.1% 7.1 2.4 0.1 -3.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 59.4% 54.1% 5.3 -3.6 6.4 -3.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 Clydesdale 66.6% 57.7% 8.9 -0.7 5.7 1.3 0.4 0.0 -6.6 Dumfriesshire 65.8% 59.7% 6.1 3.8 10.3 -13.8 -0.3 0.0 0.0 East Lothian 68.9% 62.3% 6.6 4.4 -3.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 63.9% 60.7% 3.2 0.7 -3.7 0.4 -1.2 3.0 0.8 Galloway and West Dumfries 64.8% 59.2% 5.5 0.9 3.5 -6.7 -0.3 2.6 0.0 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 61.4% 54.9% 6.5 -2.7 1.2 1.1 -0.3 0.0 0.6 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 66.2% 59.1% 7.1 1.0 1.6 -3.5 -4.3 5.0 0.2

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 70.6% 60.0% 10.6 -2.0 -7.3 9.7 -1.0 0.0 0.6 Cunninghame North 64.4% 57.4% 7.0 -2.9 3.5 -0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 Cunninghame South 57.9% 51.2% 6.7 -1.7 6.6 -6.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 Dumbarton 68.3% 61.0% 7.3 2.6 -6.2 6.1 -1.6 0.0 -0.8 Eastwood 76.2% 68.3% 7.9 5.5 6.3 -14.7 -0.4 0.0 3.3 Greenock and Inverclyde 63.4% 57.5% 5.9 0.5 -5.0 4.0 -1.6 0.0 2.1 Paisley 62.4% 57.0% 5.3 0.2 -2.4 0.5 -2.8 4.5 0.0 Renfrewshire North and West 67.7% 60.9% 6.8 -1.5 -1.0 3.7 -0.3 0.0 -0.9 Renfrewshire South 65.5% 60.1% 5.4 2.4 -1.2 -3.2 -0.3 0.0 2.2 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 71.8% 62.6% 9.2 2.0 -2.1 -2.7 2.0 0.0 0.9

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Table 5: Constituency votes and shares by region and party

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout

Central Scotland 170,277 47,082 99,734 7,591 0 2,135 326,819 526,900 62.0% Glasgow 161,717 27,230 93,897 7,112 13,094 1,049 304,099 537,612 56.6% Highlands and Islands 114,289 53,966 21,376 44,401 2,636 1,837 238,505 362,133 65.9% Lothian 176,568 65,905 96,919 41,962 10,037 1,872 393,263 614,929 64.0% Mid Scotland and Fife 164,166 78,711 61,508 36,536 1,344 988 343,253 526,463 65.2% North East Scotland 174,537 118,258 42,858 20,766 2,087 2,333 360,839 588,705 61.3% South Scotland 152,883 128,915 63,919 12,531 4,208 877 363,333 558,410 65.1% West Scotland 176,767 72,459 104,181 16,907 1,584 4,742 376,640 562,844 66.9% All regions 1,291,204 592,526 584,392 187,806 34,990 15,833 2,706,751 4,277,996 63.3%

Central Scotland 52.1% 14.4% 30.5% 2.3% 0.0% 0.7% 100.0% Glasgow 53.2% 9.0% 30.9% 2.3% 4.3% 0.3% 100.0% Highlands and Islands 47.9% 22.6% 9.0% 18.6% 1.1% 0.8% 100.0% Lothian 44.9% 16.8% 24.6% 10.7% 2.6% 0.5% 100.0% Mid Scotland and Fife 47.8% 22.9% 17.9% 10.6% 0.4% 0.3% 100.0% North East Scotland 48.4% 32.8% 11.9% 5.8% 0.6% 0.6% 100.0% South Scotland 42.1% 35.5% 17.6% 3.4% 1.2% 0.2% 100.0% West Scotland 46.9% 19.2% 27.7% 4.5% 0.4% 1.3% 100.0% All regions 47.7% 21.9% 21.6% 6.9% 1.3% 0.6% 100.0%

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Table 6: Change in share of the constituency vote by region

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total

Central Scotland -0.7 -1.3 2.3 -0.4 -0.6 0.7 0.0% Glasgow 1.2 -2.8 2.4 -1.5 1.5 -0.8 0.0% Highlands and Islands 3.4 3.3 -2.9 -4.6 1.1 -0.4 0.0% Lothian 2.6 -4.0 -1.4 1.7 1.1 0.0 0.0% Mid Scotland and Fife 1.8 -0.6 -2.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0% North East Scotland -0.1 4.9 -2.7 -3.0 0.6 0.3 0.0% South Scotland 0.9 2.1 -3.0 -0.6 1.2 -0.5 0.0% West Scotland 0.7 -0.9 -0.5 -0.5 0.4 0.9 0.0% All regions 1.2 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0%

Table 7: Largest and smallest constituency majorities by party

Absolute Constituency majority

Largest Scottish National Party Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 15,861 Conservative Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 6,863 Labour Edinburgh Southern 4,022 Liberal Democrat Edinburgh Western 9,885

Smallest Scottish National Party Ayr 170 Conservative Eastwood 2,216 Labour Dumbarton 1,483 Liberal Democrat Shetland Islands 806 Percentage Constituency majority Largest Scottish National Party Dundee City East 41.1% Conservative Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 19.0% Labour Edinburgh Southern 8.9% Liberal Democrat Orkney Islands 33.4% Smallest Scottish National Party Ayr 0.4% Conservative Eastwood 5.2% Labour Dumbarton 3.9% Liberal Democrat Shetland Islands 6.8%

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Table 8: Highest and lowest shares of the vote by party

Highest Lowest

SNP Dundee City West 61.6% Orkney Islands 29.1% Dundee City West 61.6% Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 32.5% Glasgow Southside 60.2% Edinburgh Western 33.5% Dundee City East 59.2% North East Fife 36.6%

CON Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 51.5% Shetland Islands 4.2% Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 51.5% Glasgow Southside 5.5% Dumfriesshire 47.7% Glasgow Pollok 5.5% Aberdeenshire West 47.2% North East Fife 5.8%

LAB Dumbarton 46.3% Orkney Islands 2.5% Dumbarton 46.3% North East Fife 2.6% Edinburgh Southern 45.9% Shetland Islands 3.6% Rutherglen 37.6% Edinburgh Western 5.4%

LD Orkney Islands 62.4% Glasgow Provan 1.4% Orkney Islands 62.4% Glasgow Southside 1.5% North East Fife 55.1% Glasgow Pollok 1.5% Edinburgh Western 54.7% Motherwell and Wishaw 1.6%

GRN Glasgow Kelvin 25.2% Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 3.0% Glasgow Kelvin 25.2% Cowdenbeath 3.9% Edinburgh Northern and Leith 13.1% Paisley 4.5% Edinburgh Central 9.4% Glasgow Pollok 4.9%

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6.2 Regional results Table 9: Regional results - votes and turnout by constituency

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 14,251 6,528 7,964 495 1,362 1,355 31,955 54,153 59.0% 6,287 Coatbridge and Chryston 18,191 4,546 8,724 534 2,125 1,709 35,829 56,827 63.0% 9,467 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 16,592 4,679 7,787 575 2,260 1,653 33,546 51,457 65.2% 8,805 East Kilbride 18,331 7,127 9,625 932 2,903 1,982 40,900 61,479 66.5% 8,706 Falkirk East 16,432 8,800 8,516 912 2,333 1,912 38,905 61,948 62.8% 7,632 Falkirk West 18,040 8,127 7,832 968 2,802 1,969 39,738 63,885 62.2% 9,913 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 14,924 7,925 9,187 809 1,897 1,652 36,394 59,769 60.9% 5,737 Motherwell and Wishaw 15,672 5,911 8,429 520 1,951 1,672 34,155 58,162 58.7% 7,243 Uddingston and Bellshill 15,966 6,253 9,559 592 1,879 1,821 36,070 59,220 60.9% 6,407

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 13,904 4,618 8,167 903 3,691 2,029 33,312 56,933 58.5% 5,737 Glasgow Cathcart 15,658 4,815 8,926 791 6,109 2,072 38,371 61,369 62.5% 6,732 Glasgow Kelvin 14,227 3,910 7,279 1,049 7,568 2,071 36,104 66,423 54.4% 6,659 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 13,158 2,984 6,722 503 2,847 1,719 27,933 54,061 51.7% 6,436 Glasgow Pollok 16,600 3,832 8,899 455 1,975 2,067 33,828 62,444 54.2% 7,701 Glasgow Provan 14,967 3,243 7,437 359 2,521 1,706 30,233 57,455 52.6% 7,530 Glasgow Shettleston 14,772 4,821 7,924 433 2,457 1,826 32,233 60,258 53.5% 6,848 Glasgow Southside 13,661 2,901 7,729 575 6,063 1,947 32,876 55,248 59.5% 5,932 Rutherglen 16,970 5,903 11,005 1,011 2,883 2,382 40,154 63,431 63.3% 5,965

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 13,966 8,563 2,829 3,659 2,661 1,950 33,628 49,726 67.6% 5,403 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 14,201 7,905 2,745 7,818 2,052 2,210 36,931 57,045 64.7% 6,296 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 6,266 2,591 3,095 324 850 1,408 14,534 21,992 66.1% 3,171 Inverness and Nairn 19,688 12,045 5,108 2,820 3,392 2,749 45,802 71,127 64.4% 7,643 Moray 16,600 15,890 3,207 1,133 2,531 1,801 41,162 63,282 65.0% 710 Orkney Islands 3,384 2,202 725 3,616 1,104 555 11,586 17,728 65.4% 232 Shetland Islands 4,108 1,865 1,003 3,157 1,154 619 11,906 18,134 65.7% 951 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 18,220 9,718 4,001 4,244 3,985 3,204 43,372 63,099 68.7% 8,502 41 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

Lothian Almond Valley 18,913 7,861 8,474 1,229 3,071 2,333 41,881 68,634 61.0% 10,439 Edinburgh Central 12,476 9,766 6,866 3,075 7,604 1,989 41,776 66,734 62.6% 2,710 Edinburgh Eastern 17,182 6,839 9,105 1,583 6,292 2,420 43,421 71,285 60.9% 8,077 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 18,174 6,293 8,726 2,177 9,243 2,302 46,915 74,636 62.9% 8,931 Edinburgh Pentlands 12,916 10,850 6,903 2,150 3,702 1,802 38,323 59,095 64.8% 2,066 Edinburgh Southern 11,053 9,357 11,128 3,373 8,605 1,911 45,427 63,942 71.0% 75 Edinburgh Western 14,409 9,350 5,140 11,923 4,101 1,906 46,829 65,629 71.4% 2,486 Linlithgow 18,735 10,556 10,135 1,551 3,566 2,478 47,021 75,672 62.1% 8,179 Midlothian North and Musselburgh 17,620 7,723 10,212 1,372 3,800 2,056 42,783 69,302 61.7% 7,408

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 13,077 9,281 6,522 1,179 3,306 1,638 35,003 52,847 66.2% 3,796 Cowdenbeath 15,088 5,881 8,308 1,229 2,212 1,534 34,252 56,434 60.7% 6,780 Dunfermline 16,623 7,884 8,468 2,956 3,432 1,720 41,083 62,330 65.9% 8,155 Kirkcaldy 15,733 6,137 8,145 1,027 2,488 1,748 35,278 61,124 57.7% 7,588 Mid Fife and Glenrothes 15,877 5,654 6,326 1,570 1,787 1,503 32,717 54,658 59.9% 9,551 North East Fife 12,484 8,108 2,425 11,725 4,068 1,550 40,360 58,865 68.6% 759 Perthshire North 16,090 14,670 2,838 1,728 3,241 1,592 40,159 57,572 69.8% 1,420 Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 16,074 16,317 3,575 2,694 3,814 1,707 44,181 63,348 69.7% 243 Stirling 15,779 11,977 6,019 1,381 4,306 1,564 41,026 59,285 69.2% 3,802

North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 12,333 7,660 5,214 1,549 3,121 1,779 31,656 56,817 55.7% 4,673 Aberdeen Donside 16,233 8,849 5,283 1,728 1,764 2,094 35,951 62,088 57.9% 7,384 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 14,156 13,619 4,766 2,338 2,243 1,965 39,087 60,799 64.3% 537 Aberdeenshire East 14,873 15,112 3,092 3,007 2,326 2,662 41,072 64,059 64.1% 239 Aberdeenshire West 13,379 17,700 2,856 3,375 2,569 1,935 41,814 60,081 69.6% 4,321 Angus North and Mearns 14,360 12,451 2,912 1,603 2,151 1,902 35,379 54,149 65.3% 1,909 Angus South 16,524 12,534 3,722 1,557 2,265 2,108 38,710 59,472 65.1% 3,990 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 12,919 13,130 2,225 923 1,167 2,634 32,998 58,816 56.1% 211 Dundee City East 16,403 5,699 5,201 1,067 2,267 1,915 32,552 55,691 58.5% 10,704 Dundee City West 16,730 3,801 5,791 903 2,862 2,050 32,137 56,733 56.6% 10,939 42 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout Majority

South Scotland Ayr 16,821 15,740 5,994 876 2,057 2,007 43,495 63,711 68.3% 1,081 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 13,949 10,812 7,159 646 1,200 1,901 35,667 59,924 59.5% 3,137 Clydesdale 15,081 12,208 8,243 1,144 2,258 1,890 40,824 61,155 66.8% 2,873 Dumfriesshire 14,301 17,561 4,834 1,034 1,376 1,830 40,936 62,116 65.9% 3,260 East Lothian 15,498 11,864 11,207 1,611 3,801 1,891 45,872 66,473 69.0% 3,634 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 10,857 17,075 2,438 2,426 1,665 1,583 36,044 56,409 63.9% 6,218 Galloway and West Dumfries 13,683 15,610 3,483 985 1,583 1,817 37,161 57,419 64.7% 1,927 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 18,649 8,781 8,199 868 2,017 2,206 40,720 66,170 61.5% 9,868 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 17,902 12,079 5,679 2,832 3,007 1,630 43,129 65,033 66.3% 5,823

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 15,121 6,622 8,866 2,169 3,269 1,667 37,714 53,368 70.7% 6,255 Cunninghame North 15,515 9,814 6,412 828 2,477 2,222 37,268 57,714 64.6% 5,701 Cunninghame South 13,895 6,620 6,352 579 1,244 1,538 30,228 52,057 58.1% 7,275 Dumbarton 14,766 8,110 10,228 986 2,444 1,944 38,478 56,296 68.3% 4,538 Eastwood 12,433 15,369 8,449 1,243 3,524 1,822 42,840 56,074 76.4% 2,936 Greenock and Inverclyde 17,618 5,211 8,569 965 2,291 1,794 36,448 57,384 63.5% 9,049 Paisley 16,147 4,934 8,797 905 2,570 1,756 35,109 56,070 62.6% 7,350 Renfrewshire North and West 15,023 9,394 8,664 1,003 2,513 1,775 38,372 56,472 67.9% 5,629 Renfrewshire South 15,127 6,341 8,341 793 2,427 1,810 34,839 53,012 65.7% 6,786 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 17,026 10,225 9,104 4,099 3,873 2,064 46,391 64,397 72.0% 6,801

Total 1,094,374 637,131 485,819 137,151 220,324 137,984 2,712,783 4,278,006 63.4%

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Table 10: Regional results - party share of vote by constituency

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 44.6% 20.4% 24.9% 1.5% 4.3% 4.2% 100.0% Coatbridge and Chryston 50.8% 12.7% 24.3% 1.5% 5.9% 4.8% 100.0% Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 49.5% 13.9% 23.2% 1.7% 6.7% 4.9% 100.0% East Kilbride 44.8% 17.4% 23.5% 2.3% 7.1% 4.8% 100.0% Falkirk East 42.2% 22.6% 21.9% 2.3% 6.0% 4.9% 100.0% Falkirk West 45.4% 20.5% 19.7% 2.4% 7.1% 5.0% 100.0% Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 41.0% 21.8% 25.2% 2.2% 5.2% 4.5% 100.0% Motherwell and Wishaw 45.9% 17.3% 24.7% 1.5% 5.7% 4.9% 100.0% Uddingston and Bellshill 44.3% 17.3% 26.5% 1.6% 5.2% 5.0% 100.0%

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 41.7% 13.9% 24.5% 2.7% 11.1% 6.1% 100.0% Glasgow Cathcart 40.8% 12.5% 23.3% 2.1% 15.9% 5.4% 100.0% Glasgow Kelvin 39.4% 10.8% 20.2% 2.9% 21.0% 5.7% 100.0% Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 47.1% 10.7% 24.1% 1.8% 10.2% 6.2% 100.0% Glasgow Pollok 49.1% 11.3% 26.3% 1.3% 5.8% 6.1% 100.0% Glasgow Provan 49.5% 10.7% 24.6% 1.2% 8.3% 5.6% 100.0% Glasgow Shettleston 45.8% 15.0% 24.6% 1.3% 7.6% 5.7% 100.0% Glasgow Southside 41.6% 8.8% 23.5% 1.7% 18.4% 5.9% 100.0% Rutherglen 42.3% 14.7% 27.4% 2.5% 7.2% 5.9% 100.0%

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 41.5% 25.5% 8.4% 10.9% 7.9% 5.8% 100.0% Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 38.5% 21.4% 7.4% 21.2% 5.6% 6.0% 100.0% Na h-Eileanan an Iar 43.1% 17.8% 21.3% 2.2% 5.8% 9.7% 100.0% Inverness and Nairn 43.0% 26.3% 11.2% 6.2% 7.4% 6.0% 100.0% Moray 40.3% 38.6% 7.8% 2.8% 6.1% 4.4% 100.0% Orkney Islands 29.2% 19.0% 6.3% 31.2% 9.5% 4.8% 100.0% Shetland Islands 34.5% 15.7% 8.4% 26.5% 9.7% 5.2% 100.0% Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 42.0% 22.4% 9.2% 9.8% 9.2% 7.4% 100.0%

Lothian Almond Valley 45.2% 18.8% 20.2% 2.9% 7.3% 5.6% 100.0% Edinburgh Central 29.9% 23.4% 16.4% 7.4% 18.2% 4.8% 100.0% Edinburgh Eastern 39.6% 15.8% 21.0% 3.6% 14.5% 5.6% 100.0% Edinburgh Northern and Leith 38.7% 13.4% 18.6% 4.6% 19.7% 4.9% 100.0% Edinburgh Pentlands 33.7% 28.3% 18.0% 5.6% 9.7% 4.7% 100.0% Edinburgh Southern 24.3% 20.6% 24.5% 7.4% 18.9% 4.2% 100.0% Edinburgh Western 30.8% 20.0% 11.0% 25.5% 8.8% 4.1% 100.0% Linlithgow 39.8% 22.4% 21.6% 3.3% 7.6% 5.3% 100.0% Midlothian North and Musselburgh 41.2% 18.1% 23.9% 3.2% 8.9% 4.8% 100.0% 44 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 37.4% 26.5% 18.6% 3.4% 9.4% 4.7% 100.0% Cowdenbeath 44.0% 17.2% 24.3% 3.6% 6.5% 4.5% 100.0% Dunfermline 40.5% 19.2% 20.6% 7.2% 8.4% 4.2% 100.0% Kirkcaldy 44.6% 17.4% 23.1% 2.9% 7.1% 5.0% 100.0% Mid Fife and Glenrothes 48.5% 17.3% 19.3% 4.8% 5.5% 4.6% 100.0% North East Fife 30.9% 20.1% 6.0% 29.1% 10.1% 3.8% 100.0% Perthshire North 40.1% 36.5% 7.1% 4.3% 8.1% 4.0% 100.0% Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 36.4% 36.9% 8.1% 6.1% 8.6% 3.9% 100.0% Stirling 38.5% 29.2% 14.7% 3.4% 10.5% 3.8% 100.0%

North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 39.0% 24.2% 16.5% 4.9% 9.9% 5.6% 100.0% Aberdeen Donside 45.2% 24.6% 14.7% 4.8% 4.9% 5.8% 100.0% Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 36.2% 34.8% 12.2% 6.0% 5.7% 5.0% 100.0% Aberdeenshire East 36.2% 36.8% 7.5% 7.3% 5.7% 6.5% 100.0% Aberdeenshire West 32.0% 42.3% 6.8% 8.1% 6.1% 4.6% 100.0% Angus North and Mearns 40.6% 35.2% 8.2% 4.5% 6.1% 5.4% 100.0% Angus South 42.7% 32.4% 9.6% 4.0% 5.9% 5.4% 100.0% Banffshire and Buchan Coast 39.2% 39.8% 6.7% 2.8% 3.5% 8.0% 100.0% Dundee City East 50.4% 17.5% 16.0% 3.3% 7.0% 5.9% 100.0% Dundee City West 52.1% 11.8% 18.0% 2.8% 8.9% 6.4% 100.0%

South Scotland Ayr 38.7% 36.2% 13.8% 2.0% 4.7% 4.6% 100.0% Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 39.1% 30.3% 20.1% 1.8% 3.4% 5.3% 100.0% Clydesdale 36.9% 29.9% 20.2% 2.8% 5.5% 4.6% 100.0% Dumfriesshire 34.9% 42.9% 11.8% 2.5% 3.4% 4.5% 100.0% East Lothian 33.8% 25.9% 24.4% 3.5% 8.3% 4.1% 100.0% Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 30.1% 47.4% 6.8% 6.7% 4.6% 4.4% 100.0% Galloway and West Dumfries 36.8% 42.0% 9.4% 2.7% 4.3% 4.9% 100.0% Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 45.8% 21.6% 20.1% 2.1% 5.0% 5.4% 100.0% Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 41.5% 28.0% 13.2% 6.6% 7.0% 3.8% 100.0%

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 40.1% 17.6% 23.5% 5.8% 8.7% 4.4% 100.0% Cunninghame North 41.6% 26.3% 17.2% 2.2% 6.6% 6.0% 100.0% Cunninghame South 46.0% 21.9% 21.0% 1.9% 4.1% 5.1% 100.0% Dumbarton 38.4% 21.1% 26.6% 2.6% 6.4% 5.1% 100.0% Eastwood 29.0% 35.9% 19.7% 2.9% 8.2% 4.3% 100.0% Greenock and Inverclyde 48.3% 14.3% 23.5% 2.6% 6.3% 4.9% 100.0% Paisley 46.0% 14.1% 25.1% 2.6% 7.3% 5.0% 100.0% Renfrewshire North and West 39.2% 24.5% 22.6% 2.6% 6.5% 4.6% 100.0% Renfrewshire South 43.4% 18.2% 23.9% 2.3% 7.0% 5.2% 100.0% Strathkelvin and Bearsden 36.7% 22.0% 19.6% 8.8% 8.3% 4.4% 100.0%

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Table 11: Regional results - change in share of vote and turnout by constituency

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 59.0% 49.4% 9.6 -2.9 4.4 -1.5 0.0 1.0 1.7 Coatbridge and Chryston 63.0% 53.4% 9.7 2.2 1.4 -5.1 0.2 1.2 1.8 Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 65.2% 56.8% 8.4 -2.9 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 1.7 2.0 East Kilbride 66.5% 56.8% 9.8 -4.0 0.8 1.2 0.3 1.0 2.5 Falkirk East 62.8% 54.1% 8.7 -4.4 2.8 -0.5 0.1 1.3 0.6 Falkirk West 62.2% 53.8% 8.4 -4.3 2.0 0.2 0.3 1.4 0.3 Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 60.9% 50.2% 10.7 -2.0 2.7 -1.4 0.2 0.6 -0.2 Motherwell and Wishaw 58.7% 51.2% 7.5 -1.8 3.0 -1.8 -0.2 2.0 -1.1 Uddingston and Bellshill 60.9% 51.5% 9.4 -0.5 0.9 -1.3 -0.1 1.2 -0.2

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 58.5% 50.4% 8.1 -1.3 -0.2 0.3 0.1 1.6 -0.5 Glasgow Cathcart 62.5% 50.5% 12.0 -2.3 -2.4 3.0 -0.6 4.4 -2.1 Glasgow Kelvin 54.4% 45.8% 8.6 2.8 -2.2 1.3 -0.4 0.7 -2.2 Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 51.7% 44.3% 7.4 -0.5 1.0 -1.4 0.0 2.2 -1.2 Glasgow Pollok 54.2% 45.7% 8.4 -0.5 2.3 0.5 0.0 1.0 -3.3 Glasgow Provan 52.6% 43.1% 9.5 0.4 2.6 -2.4 0.1 1.6 -2.3 Glasgow Shettleston 53.5% 43.9% 9.6 -1.9 2.8 0.0 -0.2 2.0 -2.7 Glasgow Southside 59.5% 48.2% 11.3 -3.7 -2.8 3.6 -0.3 4.8 -1.5 Rutherglen 63.3% 54.5% 8.9 -0.9 1.8 -0.9 -1.6 2.5 -0.9

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 67.6% 60.9% 6.7 -0.2 1.3 -0.9 -2.2 0.4 1.5 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 64.7% 58.5% 6.2 -1.3 1.7 -3.3 4.1 -0.5 -0.7 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 66.1% 61.0% 5.1 -2.4 6.3 -1.8 0.1 1.1 -3.3 Inverness and Nairn 64.4% 57.8% 6.6 0.9 4.6 -2.2 -3.4 -0.8 0.9 Moray 65.0% 54.0% 11.0 -0.9 4.0 -2.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 Orkney Islands 65.4% 62.0% 3.4 5.6 7.7 1.5 -2.1 2.9 -15.5 Shetland Islands 65.7% 62.1% 3.6 7.9 4.8 -0.7 -9.1 3.0 -6.0 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 68.7% 61.5% 7.2 1.2 2.4 -0.5 -5.0 0.0 1.9 46 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

Lothian Almond Valley 61.0% 53.9% 7.1 -3.1 2.0 -3.9 0.9 2.7 1.5 Edinburgh Central 62.6% 57.3% 5.3 3.6 -5.7 -0.8 1.4 1.2 0.3 Edinburgh Eastern 60.9% 56.7% 4.2 -1.3 -1.0 -3.2 1.1 3.0 1.4 Edinburgh Northern and Leith 62.9% 55.3% 7.5 2.5 -4.4 -1.2 1.0 1.6 0.5 Edinburgh Pentlands 64.8% 60.6% 4.3 -1.2 -4.0 -0.7 1.9 2.7 1.4 Edinburgh Southern 71.0% 64.5% 6.5 1.1 -8.6 2.6 2.3 2.1 0.5 Edinburgh Western 71.4% 64.6% 6.7 -1.4 -5.6 -0.6 4.6 1.8 1.3 Linlithgow 62.1% 54.1% 8.1 -4.1 1.9 -1.5 0.8 1.9 1.0 Midlothian North and Musselburgh 61.7% 54.9% 6.8 0.4 -0.4 -3.3 0.5 1.6 1.2

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 66.2% 58.9% 7.3 -3.1 1.8 -2.5 0.1 1.7 1.9 Cowdenbeath 60.7% 54.6% 6.1 0.3 1.7 -5.3 -0.1 2.0 1.3 Dunfermline 65.9% 57.1% 8.8 0.4 -0.8 -2.5 -1.4 2.9 1.4 Kirkcaldy 57.7% 52.4% 5.3 -3.2 1.7 -2.0 -0.3 2.3 1.5 Mid Fife and Glenrothes 59.9% 53.8% 6.1 -2.1 0.8 -2.9 1.2 1.5 1.5 North East Fife 68.6% 63.1% 5.4 -0.9 -4.1 -1.1 2.5 2.3 1.3 Perthshire North 69.8% 62.9% 6.8 -1.6 -1.7 -0.6 0.4 2.1 1.4 Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 69.7% 61.0% 8.8 -1.4 -1.6 -1.4 0.7 2.4 1.3 Stirling 69.2% 61.4% 7.8 -1.3 0.5 -2.8 0.0 2.2 1.4

North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 55.7% 46.9% 8.8 0.7 0.1 -3.6 -0.3 1.4 1.8 Aberdeen Donside 57.9% 50.1% 7.8 -6.7 5.8 -2.1 -0.5 1.5 1.9 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 64.3% 54.2% 10.1 -1.9 0.7 -1.7 0.5 0.9 1.5 Aberdeenshire East 64.1% 55.5% 8.6 -7.4 6.1 1.1 -4.4 1.6 2.9 Aberdeenshire West 69.6% 59.1% 10.5 -1.5 3.7 0.6 -5.6 1.3 1.5 Angus North and Mearns 65.3% 54.3% 11.1 -0.7 -0.7 -0.8 -0.6 0.9 1.9 Angus South 65.1% 56.7% 8.3 -1.5 -1.6 -1.0 1.1 1.1 1.9 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 56.1% 48.7% 7.4 -12.3 10.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.6 1.7 Dundee City East 58.5% 51.6% 6.9 -2.8 -0.4 -1.9 0.9 1.8 2.5 Dundee City West 56.6% 51.7% 4.9 -2.2 0.2 -3.7 0.3 2.8 2.6 47 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

Turnout Change in share of vote 2016-2021 2021 2016 Change SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH

South Scotland Ayr 68.3% 61.2% 7.1 -1.0 -0.9 -0.3 0.0 0.5 1.7 Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 59.5% 53.5% 6.0 -4.1 6.5 -4.2 0.1 0.3 1.4 Clydesdale 66.8% 57.7% 9.1 -2.7 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.9 -0.1 Dumfriesshire 65.9% 59.8% 6.1 1.3 5.8 -7.5 -0.5 0.1 0.7 East Lothian 69.0% 62.4% 6.6 0.3 -2.0 -2.0 0.2 1.5 1.9 Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 63.9% 60.8% 3.1 -0.3 0.7 0.0 -1.9 0.1 1.3 Galloway and West Dumfries 64.7% 59.4% 5.4 0.8 2.6 -5.0 0.2 0.0 1.3 Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 61.5% 54.5% 7.1 -3.4 1.8 -0.8 0.1 0.5 1.7 Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauder 66.3% 59.3% 7.0 1.8 -0.7 -0.9 -1.6 0.2 1.1

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 70.7% 60.1% 10.5 -3.1 -2.3 3.5 -0.7 1.8 0.8 Cunninghame North 64.6% 57.6% 7.0 -4.3 1.5 -1.1 0.2 2.0 1.6 Cunninghame South 58.1% 51.4% 6.7 -3.9 6.0 -3.4 0.3 0.8 0.2 Dumbarton 68.3% 61.0% 7.3 -0.5 -2.1 1.5 -1.2 1.3 0.9 Eastwood 76.4% 68.4% 8.0 -0.4 -2.5 -0.3 0.2 1.6 1.3 Greenock and Inverclyde 63.5% 57.7% 5.8 -0.9 -0.6 -1.1 -0.7 2.5 0.8 Paisley 62.6% 57.2% 5.4 0.6 -0.1 -2.0 -0.6 1.5 0.7 Renfrewshire North and West 67.9% 61.0% 7.0 -3.8 0.0 1.4 0.2 1.7 0.5 Renfrewshire South 65.7% 60.3% 5.4 -0.6 1.1 -3.8 0.2 1.9 1.1 Strathkelvin and Bearsden 72.0% 62.8% 9.2 -1.1 -2.5 0.6 0.5 1.7 0.7

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Table 12: Regional results - votes and turnout by party and region

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total Electorate Turnout

Central Scotland 148,399 59,896 77,623 6,337 19,512 15,725 327,492 526,900 62.2% Glasgow 133,917 37,027 74,088 6,079 36,114 17,819 305,044 537,622 56.7% Highlands and Islands 96,433 60,779 22,713 26,771 17,729 14,496 238,921 362,133 66.0% Lothian 141,478 78,595 76,689 28,433 49,984 19,197 394,376 614,929 64.1% Mid Scotland and Fife 136,825 85,909 52,626 25,489 28,654 14,556 344,059 526,463 65.4% North East Scotland 147,910 110,555 41,062 18,050 22,735 21,044 361,356 588,705 61.4% South Scotland 136,741 121,730 57,236 12,422 18,964 16,755 363,848 558,410 65.2% West Scotland 152,671 82,640 83,782 13,570 26,632 18,392 377,687 562,844 67.1%

All regions 1,094,374 637,131 485,819 137,151 220,324 137,984 2,712,783 4,278,006 63.4%

Table 13: Share of the regional vote by region and party

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total

Central Scotland 45.3% 18.3% 23.7% 1.9% 6.0% 4.8% 100.0% Glasgow 43.9% 12.1% 24.3% 2.0% 11.8% 5.8% 100.0% Highlands and Islands 40.4% 25.4% 9.5% 11.2% 7.4% 6.1% 100.0% Lothian 35.9% 19.9% 19.4% 7.2% 12.7% 4.9% 100.0% Mid Scotland and Fife 39.8% 25.0% 15.3% 7.4% 8.3% 4.2% 100.0% North East Scotland 40.9% 30.6% 11.4% 5.0% 6.3% 5.8% 100.0% South Scotland 37.6% 33.5% 15.7% 3.4% 5.2% 4.6% 100.0% West Scotland 40.4% 21.9% 22.2% 3.6% 7.1% 4.9% 100.0% All regions 40.3% 23.5% 17.9% 5.1% 8.1% 5.1% 100.0%

Table 14: Change in share of the regional vote by region

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Total

Central Scotland -2.4 2.2 -1.1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.0% Glasgow -0.9 0.2 0.4 -0.4 2.4 -1.8 0.0% Highlands and Islands 0.6 3.7 -1.6 -2.1 0.2 -0.8 0.0% Lothian -0.4 -3.0 -1.3 1.6 2.1 1.0 0.0% Mid Scotland and Fife -1.5 -0.2 -2.3 0.4 2.2 1.4 0.0% North East Scotland -3.7 2.6 -1.3 -1.0 1.4 2.0 0.0% South Scotland -0.7 1.4 -2.1 -0.3 0.5 1.2 0.0% West Scotland -1.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 1.7 0.9 0.0% All regions -1.4 0.6 -1.2 -0.2 1.5 0.6 0.0%

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Table 15: Difference in turnout and share of the vote between constituency and regional ballots by region

SNP CON LAB LD GRN OTH Turnout

Central Scotland 6.8 -3.9 6.8 0.4 -6.0 -4.1 -0.1 Glasgow 9.3 -3.2 6.6 0.3 -7.5 -5.5 -0.2 Highlands and Islands 7.6 -2.8 -0.5 7.4 -6.3 -5.3 -0.1 Lothian 9.0 -3.2 5.2 3.5 -10.1 -4.4 -0.2 Mid Scotland and Fife 8.1 -2.0 2.6 3.2 -7.9 -3.9 -0.2 North East Scotland 7.4 2.2 0.5 0.8 -5.7 -5.2 -0.1 South Scotland 4.5 2.0 1.9 0.0 -4.1 -4.4 -0.1 West Scotland 6.5 -2.6 5.5 0.9 -6.6 -3.6 -0.2 All regions 7.4 -1.6 3.7 1.9 -6.8 -4.5 -0.1

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6.3 Members of the Scottish Parliament Table 16: MSPs elected, May 2021

Constituency or Region Elected Member Party

Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts Neil Gray SNP Coatbridge and Chryston * Fulton MacGregor SNP Cumbernauld and Kilsyth * Jamie Hepburn SNP East Kilbride Collette Stevenson SNP Falkirk East Michelle Thomson SNP Falkirk West * Michael Matheson SNP Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse * Christina McKelvie SNP Motherwell and Wishaw * Clare Adamson SNP Uddingston and Bellshill SNP

Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland * Bill Kidd SNP Glasgow Cathcart * James Dornan SNP Glasgow Kelvin Kaukab Stewart SNP Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn * Bob Doris SNP Glasgow Pollok * Humza Yousaf SNP Glasgow Provan * Ivan McKee SNP Glasgow Shettleston * John Mason SNP Glasgow Southside * Nicola Sturgeon SNP Rutherglen Clare Haughey SNP

Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute Jenni Minto SNP Caithness, Sutherland and Ross * Maree Todd SNP Na h-Eileanan an Iar * Alasdair Allan SNP Inverness and Nairn * Fergus Ewing SNP Moray * Richard Lochhead SNP Orkney Islands * Liam McArthur LD Shetland Islands * Beatrice Wishart LD Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch * Kate Forbes SNP

Lothian Almond Valley * Angela Constance SNP Edinburgh Central Angus Robertson SNP Edinburgh Eastern * Ash Denham SNP Edinburgh Northern and Leith * Ben MacPherson SNP Edinburgh Pentlands * Gordon MacDonald SNP Edinburgh Southern * Daniel Johnson LAB Edinburgh Western * Alex Cole-Hamilton LD Linlithgow * Fiona Hyslop SNP Midlothian North and Musselburgh Colin Beattie SNP * 51 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

Constituency or Region Elected Member Party

Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane * Keith Brown SNP Cowdenbeath * Annabelle Ewing SNP Dunfermline * Shirley-Anne Somerville SNP Kirkcaldy * David Torrance SNP Mid Fife and Glenrothes * Jenny Gilruth SNP North East Fife * Willie Rennie LD Perthshire North * John Swinney SNP Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Jim Fairlie SNP Stirling Evelyn Tweed SNP

North East Scotland Aberdeen Central * Kevin Stewart SNP Aberdeen Donside Jackie Dunbar SNP Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Audrey Nicoll SNP Aberdeenshire East * Gillian Martin SNP Aberdeenshire West * Alexander Burnett CON Angus North and Mearns * Mairi Gougeon SNP Angus South * Graeme Dey SNP Banffshire and Buchan Coast Karen Adam SNP Dundee City East * Shona Robison SNP Dundee City West * Joe Fitzpatrick SNP

South Scotland Ayr Siobhian Brown SNP Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Elena Whitham SNP Clydesdale Màiri McAllan SNP Dumfriesshire * Oliver Mundell CON East Lothian Paul McLennan SNP Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire * Rachael Hamilton CON Galloway and West Dumfries * Finlay Carson CON Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley * Willie Coffey SNP Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale* Christine Grahame SNP

West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie Marie McNair SNP Cunninghame North * Kenneth Gibson SNP Cunninghame South * Ruth Maguire SNP Dumbarton * Jackie Baillie LAB Eastwood * Jackson Carlaw CON Greenock and Inverclyde * Stuart McMillan SNP Paisley * George Adam SNP Renfrewshire North and West Natalie Don SNP Renfrewshire South * Tom Arthur SNP Strathkelvin and Bearsden * Rona Mackay SNP 52 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Constituency or Region Elected Member Party

Central Scotland * LAB Central Scotland CON Central Scotland * LAB Central Scotland * Graham Simpson CON Central Scotland * Mark Griffin LAB Central Scotland Meghan Gallacher CON Central Scotland Gillian McKay GRN

Glasgow * Pauline McNeill LAB Glasgow * LAB Glasgow * CON Glasgow * GRN Glasgow LAB Glasgow Pam Duncan-Glancy LAB Glasgow CON

Highlands and Islands Douglas Ross CON Highlands and Islands * Edward Mountain CON Highlands and Islands * LAB Highlands and Islands * Donald Cameron CON Highlands and Islands GRN Highlands and Islands * CON Highlands and Islands Emma Roddick SNP

Lothian * CON Lothian * Alison GRN Lothian CON Lothian * LAB Lothian * CON Lothian LAB Lothian GRN

Mid Scotland and Fife * CON Mid Scotland and Fife * CON Mid Scotland and Fife * LAB Mid Scotland and Fife * GRN Mid Scotland and Fife * CON Mid Scotland and Fife * LAB Mid Scotland and Fife * Alexander Stewart CON

North East Scotland * CON North East Scotland Michael Marra LAB North East Scotland CON North East Scotland * CON North East Scotland GRN North East Scotland CON North East Scotland LAB 53 Commons Library Briefing, 18 May 2021

Constituency or Region Elected Member Party

South Scotland * LAB South Scotland CON South Scotland LAB South Scotland * CON South Scotland CON South Scotland * SNP South Scotland LAB

West Scotland * LAB West Scotland Russell Findlay CON West Scotland LAB West Scotland * CON West Scotland * GRN West Scotland Paul O'Kane LAB West Scotland CON

* An asterisk indicates that the MSP was also a Member during the 2016 Scottish Parliament. 54 Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021

Table 17: MSPs elected by seat type, party and region

Central Highlands Mid Scotland North East South West

Scotland Glasgow and Islands Lothian and Fife Scotland Scotland Scotland Total

Constituency seats Scottish National Party 9 9 6 7 8 9 6 8 62 Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 5 Labour 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Liberal Democrat 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 9 9 8 9 9 10 9 10 73

Regional seats Scottish National Party 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Conservative 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 26 Labour 3 4 1 2 2 2 3 3 20 Liberal Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Green 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 56

All seats Scottish National Party 9 9 7 7 8 9 7 8 64 Conservative 3 2 4 3 4 5 6 4 31 Labour 3 4 1 3 2 2 3 4 22 Liberal Democrat 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 Green 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 8 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All parties 16 16 15 16 16 17 16 17 129

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