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This is a list of the results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. [1]
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This is a list of the results of the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. [1]
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 1,291,204 | 47.7 |  1.2 | 62 | 3 | 1,094,374 | 40.3 |  1.4 | 2 | 2 | 64 | 1 | |
| Conservative | 592,518 | 21.9 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 637,131 | 23.5 | 0.6 | 26 | 2 | 31 |  | |
| Labour | 584,392 | 21.6 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 485,819 | 17.9 | 1.0 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 2 | |
| Greens | 34,990 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 | | 220,324 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 187,746 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 4 | | 137,151 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Alba | 44,913 | 1.7 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 23,299 | 0.9 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Scottish Family | 2,734 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | 16,085 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Independent Green Voice | 9,756 | 0.4 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 7,262 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 1,154 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 6,271 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Reform UK | 5,793 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Libertarian | 1,913 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | | 4,988 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | | 0 | | |
| UKIP | 699 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 3,848 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0 | | 0 | | |
| Animal Welfare | 2,392 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||
| Women's Equality | 1,896 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||
| TUSC | 959 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | | 1,404 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | |
| Restore Scotland | 1,192 | 0.0 | | 0 | New | 1,149 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Communist | 194 | 0.0 | | 0 | | 1,142 | 0.0 | | 0 | | 0 | | |
| Liberal | 102 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Renew | 493 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Scotia Future | 1,032 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 451 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| SDP | 405 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Reclaim | 114 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 174 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Vanguard | 67 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 92 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 5,673 | 0.2 | | 0 | | 6,122 | 0.2 | | 0 | | 0 | | |
| Total | 2,706,683 | 100.0 | 73 | 2,712,735 | 100.0 | 56 | 129 | ||||||
| Region | Turnout | Constituency vote share (%) | Regional vote share (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Con | Lab | Grn | LD | Other | SNP | Con | Lab | Grn | LD | Other | ||
| Central Scotland | 62.0 | 45.3 | 18.3 | 23.7 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 4.8 | ||||||
| Glasgow | 57.0 | 43.9 | 12.1 | 24.3 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 5.9 | ||||||
| Highlands and Islands | 66.0 | 40.4 | 25.4 | 9.5 | 7.4 | 11.2 | 6.1 | ||||||
| Lothian | 64.0 | 35.9 | 19.9 | 19.4 | 12.7 | 7.2 | 4.9 | ||||||
| Mid Scotland and Fife | 65.0 | 39.8 | 25.0 | 15.3 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 4.2 | ||||||
| North East Scotland | 61.0 | 40.9 | 30.6 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | ||||||
| South Scotland | 65.0 | 37.6 | 33.5 | 15.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||||||
| West Scotland | 67.0 | 40.4 | 21.9 | 22.2 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | ||||||
| Total | 40.3 | 23.5 | 17.9 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | |||||||
| Region | Constituency seats | Regional seats | Total seats | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Con | Lab | LD | SNP | Con | Lab | Grn | LD | SNP | Con | Lab | Grn | LD | |
| Central Scotland | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Glasgow | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Highlands and Islands | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lothian | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| North East Scotland | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| South Scotland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| West Scotland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 62 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 4 |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 9 | | 148,399 | 45.3 | 2.4 | 0 | | 9 | | ||||
| Labour | 0 | | 77,623 | 23.7 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | | 59,896 | 18.3 | 2.2 | 3 | | 3 | | ||||
| Greens | 0 | | 19,512 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 6,337 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| Alba | 0 | New | 5,345 | 1.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| All for Unity | 0 | New | 2,712 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Scottish Family Party | 0 | New | 2,105 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Independent Green Voice | 0 | New | 1,854 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 0 | New | 841 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Reform UK | 0 | New | 650 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Libertarian | 0 | New | 626 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | New | 619 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Independent | 0 | | 488 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| UKIP | 0 | | 485 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| Total | 100.0 | 9 | 328,039 | 100.0 | 7 | 16 | |||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labour | Richard Leonard | |
| 2 | Conservative | Stephen Kerr | |
| 3 | Labour | Monica Lennon | |
| 4 | Conservative | Graham Simpson | |
| 5 | Labour | Mark Griffin | |
| 6 | Conservative | Meghan Gallacher | |
| 7 | Greens | Gillian Mackay | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 9 | | 133,917 | 43.9 | 0.9 | 0 | | 9 | | ||||
| Labour | 0 | | 74,088 | 24.3 | 0.5 | 4 | | 4 | | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | | 37,027 | 12.1 | 0.2 | 2 | | 2 | | ||||
| Greens | 13,094 | 0 | | 36,114 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 1 | | 1 | | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 6,079 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| Alba | 5,408 | 1.8 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 2,562 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Independent Green Voice | 2,210 | 0.7 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 1,728 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Women's Equality Party | 772 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 204 | New | 0 | New | 759 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 702 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Libertarian | 157 | New | 0 | New | 680 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 645 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Communist Party of Britain | 544 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Reform UK | 543 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| UKIP | 185 | New | 0 | New | 447 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0 | | 0 | | ||
| SDP | 178 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Reclaim | 114 | New | 0 | New | 174 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Renew | 100 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Liberal | 102 | New | 0 | New | |||||||||
| Independents | 287 | New | 0 | New | 367 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | ||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labour | Pauline McNeill | |
| 2 | Labour | Anas Sarwar | |
| 3 | Conservative | Annie Wells | |
| 4 | Greens | Patrick Harvie | |
| 5 | Labour | Paul Sweeney | |
| 6 | Labour | Pam Duncan-Glancy | |
| 7 | Conservative | Sandesh Gulhane | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 6 | | 96,413 | 40.4 | 0.6 | 1 | | 7 | | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | | 60,779 | 25.4 | 3.7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | | 26,771 | 11.2 | 2.1 | 0 | | 2 | | ||||
| Labour | 0 | | 22,713 | 9.5 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Greens | 2,636 | 0 | New | 17,729 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 1 | | 1 | | |||
| Alba | 3,828 | 1.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 1,976 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 1,540 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 686 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 289 | 0.8 | New | 0 | New | 671 | 0.3 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| Libertarian | 222 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 488 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | |
| UKIP | 188 | New | 0 | New | 457 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0 | | 0 | | ||
| Restore Scotland | 451 | New | 0 | New | 437 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 280 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Independents | 687 | New | 0 | New | 3,367 | 1.4 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative | Douglas Ross | |
| 2 | Conservative | Edward Mountain | |
| 3 | Labour | Rhoda Grant | |
| 4 | Conservative | Donald Cameron | |
| 5 | Scottish Greens | Ariane Burgess | |
| 6 | Conservative | Jamie Halcro Johnston | |
| 7 | SNP | Emma Roddick | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 7 | 1 | 141,478 | 35.9 | 0.4 | 0 | | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | 1 | 78,595 | 19.9 | 3.0 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Labour | 1 | | 76,689 | 19.4 | 1.3 | 2 | | 3 | | ||||
| Greens | 10,037 | 0 | 49,984 | 12.7 | 2.1 | 2 | | 2 | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 28,433 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 0 | | 1 | | ||||
| Alba | 6,141 | 1.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 2,423 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Animal Welfare Party | 2,392 | 0.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 779 | New | 0 | New | 2,041 | 0.5 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Women's Equality Party | 1,124 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 314 | New | 0 | New | 922 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 828 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Reform UK | 810 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Libertarian | 338 | New | 0 | New | 689 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| Communist Party of Britain | 598 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| UKIP | 78 | New | 0 | New | 420 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0 | | 0 | | ||
| SDP | 227 | 0.1 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Renew | 102 | 0.0 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Independents | 363 | | 0 | | 430 | 0.1 | | 0 | | 0 | | ||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative | Miles Briggs | |
| 2 | Greens | Alison Johnstone | |
| 3 | Conservative | Sue Webber | |
| 4 | Labour | Sarah Boyack | |
| 5 | Conservative | Jeremy Balfour | |
| 6 | Labour | Foysol Choudhury | |
| 7 | Greens | Lorna Slater | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 8 | | 136,825 | 39.8 | 1.5 | 0 | | 8 | | ||||
| Conservative | 0 | | 85,909 | 25.0 | 0.2 | 4 | | 4 | | ||||
| Labour | 0 | | 52,626 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 2 | | 2 | | ||||
| Greens | 0 | | 28,654 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 1 | | 1 | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 25,489 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0 | | 1 | | ||||
| Alba | 5,893 | 1.7 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 2,578 | 0.7 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Freedom Alliance | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Renew | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Libertarian | 269 | New | 0 | New | 818 | 0.2 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Independents | | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative | Murdo Fraser | |
| 2 | Conservative | Liz Smith | |
| 3 | Labour | Claire Baker | |
| 4 | Greens | Mark Ruskell | |
| 5 | Conservative | Dean Lockhart | |
| 6 | Labour | Alex Rowley | |
| 7 | Conservative | Alexander Stewart | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 9 | | 147,910 | 40.9 | 3.7 | 0 | | 9 | | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | | 110,555 | 30.6 | 2.6 | 4 | | 5 | | ||||
| Labour | 0 | | 41,062 | 11.4 | 1.3 | 2 | | 2 | | ||||
| Greens | 0 | | 22,735 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 18,050 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Alba | 8,269 | 2.3 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| All for Unity | 2,561 | 0.7 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Freedom Alliance | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||||
| Independent Green Voice | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Renew | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Restore Scotland | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Independents | | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservative | Liam Kerr | |
| 2 | Labour | Michael Marra | |
| 3 | Conservative | Douglas Lumsden | |
| 4 | Conservative | Maurice Golden | |
| 5 | Greens | Maggie Chapman | |
| 6 | Conservative | Tess White | |
| 7 | Labour | Mercedes Villalba | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 6 | 2 | 136,741 | 37.6 | 0.7 | 1 | | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Conservative | 3 | 1 | 121,730 | 33.5 | 1.4 | 3 | | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Labour | 0 | 1 | 57,236 | 15.7 | 2.1 | 3 | | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Greens | 0 | | 18,964 | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 12,422 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| All for Unity | 0 | New | 5,521 | 1.5 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Alba | 0 | New | 3,896 | 1.1 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 0 | New | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | New | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Independent Green Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scotia Future | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Vanguard Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Independents | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | |||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labour | Colin Smyth | |
| 2 | Conservative | Craig Hoy | |
| 3 | Labour | Carol Mochan | |
| 4 | Conservative | Brian Whittle | |
| 5 | Conservative | Sharon Dowey | |
| 6 | SNP | Emma Harper | |
| 7 | Labour | Martin Whitfield | |
| Party | Constituency | Regional | Total seats | ± | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | ||||
| SNP | 8 | | 152,671 | 40.4 | 1.8 | 0 | | 8 | | ||||
| Labour | 1 | | 83,775 | 22.2 | 0.3 | 3 | | 4 | | ||||
| Conservative | 1 | | 82,650 | 21.9 | 0.3 | 3 | | 4 | | ||||
| Greens | 0 | | 26,632 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 1 | | 1 | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | | 13,570 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0 | | 0 | | ||||
| Alba | 0 | New | 6,133 | 1.6 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| All for Unity | 0 | New | 3,372 | 0.9 | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||
| Abolish the Scottish Parliament | 0 | New | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Freedom Alliance | 0 | New | New | 0 | New | 0 | New | ||||||
| Independent Green Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Renew Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scotia Future | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scottish Family Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Libertarian | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Independents | 0 | | | 0 | | 0 | | ||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||
| Seat | Party | MSP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labour | Neil Bibby | |
| 2 | Conservative | Russell Findlay | |
| 3 | Labour | Katy Clark | |
| 4 | Conservative | Jamie Greene | |
| 5 | Greens | Ross Greer | |
| 6 | Labour | Paul O'Kane | |
| 7 | Conservative | Pam Gosal | |
| Constituency | Region | 2016 winner | 2021 result | Constituency vote share (%) | Regional vote share (%) | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | MSP | Majority | Turnout (%) | SNP | Con | Lab | LD | Grn | Other | SNP | Con | Lab | LD | Grn | Other | |||||
| Aberdeen Central | North East | SNP | SNP | Kevin Stewart | 6,594 | 56.0 | 44.9 | 24.1 | 19.9 | 4.5 | 6.6 | - | 39.0 | 24.2 | 16.5 | 4.9 | 9.9 | 5.6 | ||
| Aberdeen Donside | North East | SNP | SNP | Jackie Dunbar | 9,026 | 58.0 | 51.6 | 26.4 | 15.3 | 6.0 | - | 0.7 | 45.2 | 24.6 | 14.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 | ||
| Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | North East | SNP | SNP | Audrey Nicoll | 1,671 | 64.0 | 42.3 | 38.0 | 11.5 | 7.4 | - | 0.7 | 36.2 | 34.8 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.0 | ||
| Aberdeenshire East | North East | SNP | SNP | Gillian Martin | 1,889 | 64.0 | 44.6 | 40.0 | 7.1 | 8.3 | - | - | 36.2 | 36.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 6.5 | ||
| Aberdeenshire West | North East | Con | Con | Alexander Burnett | 3,390 | 70.0 | 39.1 | 47.2 | 5.7 | 8.1 | - | - | 32.0 | 42.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Airdrie and Shotts | Central | SNP | SNP | Neil Gray | 5,468 | 59.0 | 50.6 | 13.9 | 33.4 | 1.8 | - | 0.4 | 44.6 | 20.4 | 24.9 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| Almond Valley | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Angela Constance | 12,130 | 61.0 | 54.3 | 16.6 | 25.2 | 3.8 | - | - | 45.2 | 18.8 | 20.2 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 5.6 | ||
| Angus North and Mearns | North East | SNP | SNP | Mairi Gougeon | 3,509 | 64.0 | 48.6 | 38.7 | 7.6 | 5.1 | - | - | 40.6 | 35.2 | 8.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||
| Angus South | North East | SNP | SNP | Graeme Dey | 6,117 | 65.0 | 50.7 | 34.8 | 9.4 | 5.1 | - | - | 42.7 | 32.4 | 9.6 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Argyll and Bute | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Jenni Minto | 8,963 | 68.0 | 49.5 | 22.8 | 7.3 | 20.5 | - | - | 41.5 | 25.5 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 7.9 | 5.8 | ||
| Ayr | South | Con | SNP | Siobhian Brown | 170 | 68.0 | 43.5 | 43.1 | 11.0 | 1.9 | - | 0.6 | 38.7 | 36.2 | 13.8 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Banffshire and Buchan Coast | North East | SNP | SNP | Karen Adam | 772 | 56.0 | 45.2 | 42.9 | 6.6 | 3.2 | - | 2.1 | 39.2 | 39.8 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 8.0 | ||
| Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Maree Todd | 2,591 | 65.0 | 43.1 | 14.0 | 5.5 | 36.1 | - | 1.4 | 38.5 | 21.4 | 7.4 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | ||
| Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | South | SNP | SNP | Elena Whitham | 4,337 | 59.0 | 42.8 | 30.6 | 24.2 | 2.5 | - | - | 39.1 | 30.3 | 20.1 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | ||
| Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Keith Brown | 7,551 | 66.0 | 47.2 | 25.6 | 23.7 | 3.4 | - | - | 37.4 | 26.5 | 18.6 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 4.7 | ||
| Clydebank and Milngavie | West | SNP | SNP | Marie McNair | 5,274 | 68.0 | 47.2 | 11.0 | 33.2 | 7.9 | - | 0.6 | 40.1 | 17.6 | 23.5 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Clydesdale | South | SNP | SNP | Màiri McAllan | 4,578 | 67.0 | 43.2 | 32.0 | 22.0 | 2.8 | - | - | 36.9 | 29.9 | 20.2 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Coatbridge and Chryston | Central | SNP | SNP | Fulton MacGregor | 9,437 | 63.0 | 57.5 | 8.5 | 31.1 | 1.7 | - | 1.1 | 50.8 | 12.7 | 24.3 | 1.5 | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Cowdenbeath | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Annabelle Ewing | 6,013 | 61.0 | 48.3 | 13.9 | 30.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | - | 44.0 | 17.2 | 24.3 | 3.9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | ||
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | Central | SNP | SNP | Jamie Hepburn | 9,841 | 65.0 | 58.6 | 10.1 | 29.2 | 2.0 | - | - | 49.5 | 13.9 | 23.2 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Cunninghame North | West | SNP | SNP | Kenneth Gibson | 7,776 | 64.0 | 49.0 | 28.1 | 20.3 | 2.6 | - | - | 41.6 | 26.3 | 17.2 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | ||
| Cunninghame South | West | SNP | SNP | Ruth Maguire | 7,952 | 58.0 | 50.5 | 22.0 | 24.1 | 2.4 | - | 1.1 | 46.0 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | ||
| Dumbarton | West | Lab | Lab | Jackie Baillie | 1,483 | 68.0 | 42.5 | 8.3 | 46.3 | 1.8 | - | 1.0 | 38.4 | 21.1 | 26.6 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 5.1 | ||
| Dumfriesshire | South | Con | Con | Oliver Mundell | 4,066 | 66.0 | 37.7 | 47.7 | 11.4 | 3.2 | - | - | 34.9 | 42.9 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Dunfermline | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Shirley-Anne Somerville | 8,664 | 66.0 | 49.0 | 15.4 | 27.8 | 7.8 | - | - | 40.5 | 19.2 | 20.6 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Dundee City East | North East | SNP | SNP | Shona Robison | 13,337 | 58.0 | 59.2 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 4.4 | - | 0.9 | 50.4 | 17.5 | 16.0 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 5.9 | ||
| Dundee City West | North East | SNP | SNP | Joe FitzPatrick | 12,919 | 57.0 | 61.6 | 10.3 | 21.5 | 3.9 | - | 2.6 | 52.1 | 11.8 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 6.4 | ||
| East Kilbride | Central | SNP | SNP | Collette Stevenson | 8,672 | 66.0 | 51.9 | 14.5 | 30.6 | 3.0 | - | - | 44.8 | 17.4 | 23.5 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 4.9 | ||
| East Lothian | South | Lab | SNP | Paul McLennan | 1,179 | 69.0 | 39.2 | 20.7 | 36.7 | 3.4 | - | - | 33.8 | 25.9 | 24.4 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 4.1 | ||
| Eastwood | West | Con | Con | Jackson Carlaw | 2,216 | 76.0 | 36.8 | 41.9 | 15.8 | 2.1 | - | 3.4 | 29.0 | 35.9 | 19.7 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Edinburgh Central | Lothian | Con | SNP | Angus Robertson | 4,732 | 63.0 | 39.0 | 27.7 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 29.9 | 23.4 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 18.2 | 4.8 | ||
| Edinburgh Eastern | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Ash Denham | 10,117 | 61.0 | 52.4 | 13.8 | 29.0 | 4.7 | - | - | 39.6 | 15.8 | 21.0 | 3.6 | 14.5 | 5.6 | ||
| Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Ben Macpherson | 11,569 | 63.0 | 47.9 | 10.8 | 23.2 | 4.3 | 13.1 | 0.7 | 38.7 | 13.4 | 18.6 | 4.6 | 19.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Gordon MacDonald | 3,897 | 65.0 | 42.4 | 32.3 | 18.3 | 5.8 | - | 1.2 | 33.7 | 28.3 | 18.0 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 4.7 | ||
| Edinburgh Southern | Lothian | Lab | Lab | Daniel Johnson | 4,022 | 71.0 | 37.0 | 11.6 | 45.9 | 4.8 | - | 0.7 | 24.3 | 20.6 | 24.5 | 7.4 | 18.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Edinburgh Western | Lothian | LD | LD | Alex Cole-Hamilton | 9,885 | 71.0 | 33.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 54.7 | - | 0.4 | 30.8 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 8.8 | 4.1 | ||
| Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | South | Con | Con | Rachael Hamilton | 6,863 | 64.0 | 32.5 | 51.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 30.1 | 47.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | ||
| Falkirk East | Central | SNP | SNP | Michelle Thomson | 7,585 | 63.0 | 47.4 | 19.6 | 27.9 | 2.6 | - | 2.5 | 42.2 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 4.9 | ||
| Falkirk West | Central | SNP | SNP | Michael Matheson | 11,839 | 62.0 | 54.3 | 18.5 | 24.4 | 2.8 | - | - | 45.4 | 20.5 | 19.7 | 2.4 | 7.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Galloway and West Dumfries | South | Con | Con | Finlay Carson | 2,635 | 65.0 | 39.9 | 47.0 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | - | 36.8 | 42.0 | 9.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | ||
| Glasgow Anniesland | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Bill Kidd | 6,588 | 58.0 | 52.8 | 11.1 | 32.9 | 3.2 | - | - | 41.7 | 13.9 | 24.5 | 2.7 | 11.1 | 6.1 | ||
| Glasgow Cathcart | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | James Dornan | 10,396 | 62.0 | 57.0 | 10.6 | 29.7 | 2.8 | - | - | 40.8 | 12.5 | 23.3 | 2.1 | 15.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Glasgow Kelvin | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Kaukab Stewart | 5,458 | 54.0 | 40.3 | 7.9 | 23.9 | 2.7 | 25.2 | - | 39.4 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 2.9 | 21.0 | 5.7 | ||
| Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Bob Doris | 7,924 | 52.0 | 59.0 | 8.0 | 30.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 47.1 | 10.7 | 24.8 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 6.2 | ||
| Glasgow Pollok | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Humza Yousaf | 7,105 | 54.0 | 53.7 | 5.5 | 32.7 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 49.1 | 11.3 | 26.3 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||
| Glasgow Provan | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Ivan McKee | 7,230 | 52.0 | 52.9 | 8.9 | 28.9 | 1.4 | 7.9 | - | 49.5 | 10.7 | 24.6 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| Glasgow Shettleston | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | John Mason | 8,025 | 53.0 | 54.4 | 13.8 | 29.4 | 2.4 | - | - | 45.8 | 15.0 | 24.6 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 5.7 | ||
| Glasgow Southside | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Nicola Sturgeon | 9,456 | 59.0 | 60.2 | 5.5 | 31.3 | 1.5 | - | 1.4 | 41.6 | 8.8 | 23.5 | 1.7 | 18.4 | 5.9 | ||
| Greenock and Inverclyde | West | SNP | SNP | Stuart McMillan | 8,174 | 63.0 | 54.2 | 9.1 | 31.7 | 2.8 | - | 2.1 | 48.3 | 14.3 | 23.5 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 4.9 | ||
| Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | Central | SNP | SNP | Christina McKelvie | 4,582 | 61.0 | 46.2 | 17.5 | 33.6 | 2.8 | - | - | 41.0 | 21.5 | 25.2 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| Inverness and Nairn | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Fergus Ewing | 9,114 | 64.0 | 47.7 | 27.7 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 43.0 | 26.3 | 11.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 6.0 | ||
| Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | South | SNP | SNP | Willie Coffey | 11,681 | 61.0 | 52.7 | 20.4 | 24.0 | 2.3 | - | 0.6 | 45.8 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | ||
| Kirkcaldy | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | David Torrance | 7,831 | 58.0 | 52.4 | 13.9 | 30.1 | 2.9 | - | 0.8 | 44.6 | 17.4 | 23.1 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Linlithgow | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Fiona Hyslop | 10,105 | 62.0 | 48.4 | 20.2 | 26.9 | 4.5 | - | - | 39.8 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 5.3 | ||
| Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Jenny Gilruth | 10,234 | 60.0 | 55.4 | 13.8 | 24.1 | 5.5 | - | 1.2 | 48.5 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 | ||
| Midlothian North and Musselburgh | Lothian | SNP | SNP | Colin Beattie | 7,906 | 61.0 | 49.7 | 15.3 | 31.1 | 3.8 | - | - | 41.2 | 18.1 | 23.9 | 3.2 | 8.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | South | SNP | SNP | Christine Grahame | 6,826 | 66.0 | 46.0 | 30.2 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 41.5 | 28.0 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 3.8 | ||
| Moray | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Richard Lochhead | 3,164 | 65.0 | 48.6 | 40.9 | 7.2 | 2.8 | - | 0.5 | 40.3 | 38.6 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 4.4 | ||
| Motherwell and Wishaw | Central | SNP | SNP | Clare Adamson | 7,813 | 59.0 | 53.2 | 13.1 | 30.3 | 1.6 | - | 1.8 | 45.9 | 17.3 | 24.7 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Na h-Eileanan an Iar | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Alasdair Allan | 3,441 | 66.0 | 51.4 | 14.6 | 27.7 | 2.4 | - | 3.9 | 43.1 | 17.8 | 21.3 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 9.7 | ||
| North East Fife | Mid and Fife | LD | LD | Willie Rennie | 7,448 | 69.0 | 36.6 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 55.1 | - | - | 30.9 | 20.1 | 6.0 | 29.1 | 10.1 | 3.8 | ||
| Orkney | Highlands | LD | LD | Liam McArthur | 3,869 | 65.0 | 29.1 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 62.4 | - | - | 29.2 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 31.2 | 9.5 | 4.8 | ||
| Paisley | West | SNP | SNP | George Adam | 6,075 | 62.0 | 50.0 | 9.6 | 32.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | - | 46.0 | 14.1 | 25.1 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 5.0 | ||
| Perthshire North | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | John Swinney | 4,053 | 70.0 | 49.5 | 39.4 | 5.8 | 4.5 | - | 0.8 | 40.1 | 36.5 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 4.0 | ||
| Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Jim Fairlie | 1,948 | 70.0 | 45.7 | 41.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | - | - | 36.4 | 36.9 | 8.1 | 6.1 | 8.6 | 3.9 | ||
| Renfrewshire North and West | West | SNP | SNP | Natalie Don | 7,307 | 68.0 | 46.4 | 22.9 | 27.2 | 2.4 | - | 1.1 | 39.2 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | ||
| Renfrewshire South | West | SNP | SNP | Tom Arthur | 7,106 | 66.0 | 50.5 | 14.8 | 30.0 | 2.4 | - | 2.2 | 43.4 | 18.2 | 23.9 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 5.2 | ||
| Rutherglen | Glasgow | SNP | SNP | Clare Haughey | 5,166 | 63.0 | 50.5 | 9.1 | 37.6 | 2.8 | - | - | 42.3 | 14.7 | 27.4 | 2.5 | 7.2 | 5.9 | ||
| Shetland | Highlands | LD | LD | Beatrice Wishart | 806 | 66.0 | 41.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 48.6 | - | 1.8 | 34.5 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 26.5 | 9.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | Highlands | SNP | SNP | Kate Forbes | 15,861 | 68.0 | 56.1 | 19.3 | 8.9 | 15.7 | - | - | 42.0 | 22.4 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.4 | ||
| Stirling | Mid and Fife | SNP | SNP | Evelyn Tweed | 6,895 | 69.0 | 48.6 | 31.8 | 16.0 | 3.6 | - | - | 38.5 | 29.2 | 14.7 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | West | SNP | SNP | Rona Mackay | 11,484 | 72.0 | 45.5 | 20.7 | 18.4 | 14.4 | - | 0.9 | 36.7 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 4.4 | ||
| Uddingston and Bellshill | Central | SNP | SNP | Stephanie Callaghan | 5,306 | 61.0 | 49.9 | 12.7 | 35.1 | 2.3 | - | - | 44.3 | 17.3 | 26.5 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | ||
| Total | 63.0 | 47.7 | 21.9 | 21.6 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 40.3 | 23.5 | 17.9 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 5.1 | |||||||
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