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Scotland results

129 of 129 seats countedCounting complete

65 seats needed for majority
  • Scottish National Party 64 seats 1 seat gained
  • Conservative 31 seats No change
  • Labour 22 seats 2 seats lost
  • Green 8 seats 2 seats gained
  • Liberal Democrat 4 seats 1 seat lost
  • Alba 0 seats No change

Edinburgh Central

2021 Scottish National Party gain from Conservative, change from previous year

SNP's Angus Robertson takes Ruth Davidson's former seat

The SNP have won the seat which had been held by former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. The Edinburgh Central constituency was taken by the SNP's former Westminster leader Angus Robertson. You can read a full report here:

Counting complete
Change compared with 2016
  1. Scottish National Party, Angus Robertson

    • Votes16,276
    • Share39.0%
    • Share change+10.4
  2. Conservative, Scott Douglas

    • Votes11,544
    • Share27.7%
    • Share change-2.7
  3. Labour, Maddy Kirkman

    • Votes6,839
    • Share16.4%
    • Share change-5.7
  4. Green, Alison Johnstone

    • Votes3,921
    • Share9.4%
    • Share change-4.2
  5. Liberal Democrat, Bruce Wilson

    • Votes2,555
    • Share6.1%
    • Share change+1.2
  6. Independent, Bonnie Prince Bob

    • Votes363
    • Share0.9%
    • Share change+0.9
  7. Scottish Libertarian Party, Tam Laird

    • Votes137
    • Share0.3%
    • Share change0.0
  8. UK Independence Party, Donald Mackay

    • Votes78
    • Share0.2%
    • Share change+0.2

Turnout

Registered voters66,734
Turnout
62.5%
Change since 2016+5.2