election Declaration of result

North East Region Date of election Thursday 6 May 2021

Electorate 589,705 Total votes cast 362,104 Turnout 61.40%

I, Fraser Bell, Regional Returning Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Election in the North East Scotland Region, hereby give Notice that the total number of votes polled for each Registered Party or individual candidate at the election was as follows;

Party/candidate Description Number Share of votes ABOLISH THE SCOTTISH Abolish Scottish Parliament – 1,218 0.34% PARLIAMENT PARTY Save £100,000,000 Yearly PARTY 8,269 2.29% All 4 Unity – No to 2,591 0.72% Separatism FREEDOM ALLIANCE– Freedom Alliance. Scotland’s 1,011 0.28% INTEGRITY, SOCIETY, Opposition to Lockdown ECONOMY INDEPENDENT GREEN Independent Green Voice – 2,019 0.56% VOICE Organic Green Scotland REFORM UK ReformUK – Changing 1,056 0.29% Politics for Good RENEW 95 0.03% 712 0.20% SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE 110,555 30.59% AND UNIONIST PARTY SCOTTISH FAMILY PARTY Scottish Family Party – 2,311 0.64% Promoting Traditional Values SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY 22,735 6.29% PARTY 41,062 11.36% SCOTTISH LIBERAL Scottish Liberal Democrats – 18,051 5.00% DEMOCRATS Put Recovery First SCOTTISH LIBERTARIAN 653 0.18% PARTY for SNP First 147,910 40.93% (SNP) Minister UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY UKIP – Get rid of Holyrood 599 0.17% (UKIP) FARQUHARSON, Geoffrey Independent 156 0.04% Alexander MARSHALL, Laura Independent 354 0.10% Total Valid Votes 361,357 100%

The total number of rejected votes was 757. The reason for rejection was as follows:

Reason for rejection Number Share of votes Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark 5 0.66% Voting for more than one party and/or candidate 190 25.10% Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified 43 5.68% Unmarked or void for uncertainty 519 68.56% Total votes rejected 757 100%

The following candidates are duly elected to serve as Members of the Scottish Parliament for the North East Scotland region:

SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY KERR, Liam

SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY MARRA, Michael

SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY LUMSDEN, Douglas

SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY GOLDEN, Maurice

SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY CHAPMAN, Maggie

SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE AND UNIONIST PARTY WHITE, Tess

SCOTTISH LABOUR PARTY VILLALBA, Mercedes

Fraser Bell Regional Returning Officer 8th May 2021