Election

Scottish Parliament results

65 seats for majority
106 of 129 seats
Change since 2021

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Summary

  • BBC forecasts the SNP will win 58 seats, but it is not yet clear which party will come second. Watch our live coverage above

  • Reform UK secure Scottish Parliament seats as regional list results come in. They are eyeing second spot but a projection of between 16 to 20 seats almost matches a prediction for Labour of between 16 to 19

  • Scottish Greens are predicted to win up to 16 seats with co-leader Ross Greer saying his party is doing "better than expected"

  • SNP leader John Swinney says he hopes to "enjoy a more co-operative relationship" with the UK government when he returns to Holyrood, explaining that the last few months have been "all about the politics of the election"

  • Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar admits his party has lost the argument for change and "is hurting", and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay blames Reform UK for splitting the "unionist" vote and sending SNP MSPs to Holyrood

  • The SNP won in Shetland, a seat which has spent 27 years in Lib Dem hands, and Labour held on to Dumbarton which was fought by party stalwart Jackie Baillie

  • Elections are also taking place in England and Wales where Labour leader Eluned Morgan has lost her seat. You can keep across the wider UK picture through our live coverage

Live Reporting

Edited by Paul McLaren and Catherine Lyst

  1. South Scotland

    Card showing the result for the regional election for South Scotland. The seven seats were won as follows: Reform UK 3, Labour 2, Scottish Green 1, Lib Dem 1

  2. Glasgow: Regional list result

    The next regional list result is from Glasgow.

    Your regional MSPs are:

    Reform UK

    Thomas Kerr

    Kim Schmulian

    Scottish Greens

    Iris Duane

    Patrick Harvie

    Scottish Labour

    Pauline McNeill

    Anas Sarwar

    Paul Sweeney

  3. Regional list result: Glasgow

    The regional list result for Glasgow is in. Scottish Labour takes three seats, while the Scottish Greens and Reform both take two seats.

    Full results here

    Card showing the result for the regional election for Glasgow. The seven seats were won as follows: Labour 3, Scottish Green 2, Reform UK 2
    Bar chart showing the results of the Glasgow seat in the Scottish Parliament with vote share for candidates with more than 1% of the vote: SNP 27.5%, seats 0, Scottish Green 23.6%, seats 2, Labour 19.2%, seats 3, Reform UK 15.4%, seats 2, Conservative 4.3%, seats 0, Lib Dem 3.9%, seats 0, Alliance to Liberate Scotland 1.3%, seats 0, Ind. Green Voice 1.2%, seats 0. Turnout: 51% Change based on 2021 notional results

  4. South Scotland: Regional list result

    The regional list result from South Scotland is in.

    The list MSPs are:

    Reform UK

    Senga Beresford

    Jamie Langan

    David Kirkwood

    Scottish Greens

    Laura Moodie

    Scottish Labour

    Carol Ann Mochan

    Joe Fagan

    Scottish Liberal Democrats

    Duncan Dunlop

  5. How has the electoral map changed in the south of Scotland?

    Phil Sim
    Scotland political correspondent

    The redrawing of Scotland’s electoral map since 2021 has had potentially significant changes in the south of Scotland electoral region.

    The region has lost the East Lothian constituency, which has been added into Edinburgh. And it has gained two seats on the other side of the central belt, in East Kilbride and Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.

    If the seat had been set up like that in 2021, then the addition of those two seats - won by the SNP - would have changed how the regional seats were allocated under Holyrood’s top-up list system.

    Each constituency won in a region makes it that bit harder for a party to win a list seat - meaning the “notional” result we are comparing to in South Scotland has one fewer list MSP for the SNP, and one extra for the Scottish Greens.

    It doesn’t necessarily affect who wins seats today - but it does affect how we view the change, when comparing back to 2021.

  6. Regional list map of Scotland

    We've had three regional list results announced so far. There are five more to go. Here's the picture across Scotland.

    A map showing the latest seat tallies in the Scottish Parliament regions are Scottish Green 5, Labour 5, Reform UK 5, Conservative 5, Lib Dem 1, Awaiting results 35

  7. BBC projection: SNP is largest party but it's close for second

    The BBC has a new projection for the state of the parties based on the votes cast so far in the Scottish election.

    Prof Sir John Curtice has been crunching the numbers and the results suggest the SNP will be by far the largest party on 58 seats.

    However, second place is very much up for grabs with Reform UK, Scottish Labour and the Scottish Greens all in with a chance, depending on how the votes go.

    Our range of projections for the other parties are:

    • Reform UK between 16 and 20 seats
    • Scottish Labour between 16 and 19 seats
    • Scottish Greens between 14 and 16 seats
    • Scottish Conservatives between 13 and 14 seats
    • Scottish Liberal Democrats between 7 and 9 seats

    As you can see, the ranges overlap so there is no guarantee who will finish second and the indications are that it will be close. The new Scottish Parliament will be very different in make-up to the current one.

  8. Inverness and Nairn: Ewing unseated by SNP

    The SNP's Emma Roddick has won the Inverness and Nairn seat from her former party colleague Fergus Ewing.

    Ewing quit the party in June last year and announced he would stand as an independent, but was pushed into third place as Roddick beat Lib Dem Neil Alexander by a majority of 427.

    This session of the parliament will be the first without a member of the Ewing family since it reconvened in 1999.

  9. Inverness and Nairn: SNP hold

    And it's another constituency win for the SNP. Emma Roddick wins Inverness and Nairn with 11,162 votes.

    Full results here

    Card showing result of election for Inverness and Nairn. Emma Roddick, SNP hold
    Bar chart showing the results of the Inverness and Nairn seat in the Scottish Parliament with vote share for candidates with more than 1% of the vote: Scottish National Party 30.4% down 17.9 points, Liberal Democrat 29.2% up 23 points, Independent 21.3%, Reform UK 10.3% up 10.3 points, Labour 4.7% down 7.1 points, Conservative 3.7% down 23.4 points. Turnout: 55%. Change based on 2021 notional results

  10. Everyone in Scotland will have a Green MSP - Greer

    ross greerPA Media

    Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer says it's a "historic day" for his party.

    Speaking from the count in Renfrew, he said: "It looks like everybody in Scotland for the first time will have a Green MSP by tonight.

    "We're going to get Green MSPs elected on every regional list, and of course we've made those two incredible constituency breakthroughs."

    He said the result was "definitely better than what we expected".

    "It appears we are now one of those bigger parties," he added.

    "Usually people who have always kind of aligned with us feel the need to vote tactically, usually for the SNP or Labour to stop somebody else.

    "But that's not what happened this time around."

    He said the Greens had previously proved to be effective at working with governments to deliver their policies, and he hoped this would happen again.

  11. What's happened so far?

    There are three constituency seats still to be declared but most counts have now moved on to allocating the 56 regional list seats. Three of the eight regions have declared so far

    • The SNP is the largest party by a long way on 55 seats but it looks like it will be short of an overall majority
    • The Scottish Greens picked up two constituency seats - the first time it has ever done so - and it has so far added five regional seats.
    • Reform did not manage to win any constituency seats but it has already picked up five regional seats.
    • The Scottish Conservatives have won five regional seats, Labour five and the Lib Dems one.
    • The SNP will struggle to win many regional list seats as it did so well in the constituency vote and the system is designed to make the vote more proportional

  12. Mid Scotland and Fife: Contrasting emotions after list vote

    Steven Godden
    BBC Scotland reporter at the count in Glenrothes

    Contrasting emotions on the count floor in Glenrothes as the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list results were announced.

    On a bad day for Labour there were cheers from their group of supporters as Joe Long was confirmed as a list MSP along with Claire Baker.

    In a first for the region, Reform’s Helen McDade and Julie MacDougall - a former Labour candidate - were also elected.

    The Scottish Conservatives list representation was cut from four to two with Murdo Fraser and Stephen Kerr their successful candidates.

    And there were tears from Mags Hall of the Scottish Greens who narrowly missed out on a list seat - Mark Ruskell winning a single seat for the party.

  13. Three Greens elected on Edinburgh list including Holyrood’s first trans identifying member

    Lynsey Bews
    BBC Scotland political correspondent at the Edinburgh Count

    The list results are out here in Edinburgh - and the Greens have managed to get a further three MSPs elected - to add to their Edinburgh Central win.

    Those MSPs include Holyrood’s first trans identifying member, Q Manivannan.

  14. North East Scotland: Regional list result

    The next regional list result is from the North East.

    Your regional MSPs are:

    Reform UK

    Duncan Massey

    Mark Simpson

    Scottish Conservatives

    Liam Kerr

    Douglas Lumsden

    Scottish Greens

    Maggie Chapman

    Scottish Labour

    Michael Marra

    Scottish Lib Dems

    Yi-Pei Chou Turvey

  15. Edinburgh and Lothians East: Regional list result

    The Edinburgh regional list has been declared

    Scottish Greens

    Kate Nevens

    Q Manivannan

    Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill

    Scottish Labour

    Irshad Ahmed

    Katherine Sangster

    Scottish Conservatives

    Miles Briggs

    Reform UK

    Angela Ross

  16. Regional result: North East Scotland

    The regional list result for North East Scotland is in.

    Reform and the Scottish Conservatives take two seats each. The Scottish Greens, Labour and the Lib Dems each have one.

    Full results here

    Card showing the result for the regional election for North East Scotland. The seven seats were won as follows: Conservative 2, Reform UK 2, Scottish Green 1, Labour 1, Lib Dem 1
    Bar chart showing the results of the North East Scotland seat in the Scottish Parliament with vote share for candidates with more than 1% of the vote: SNP 28.6%, seats 0, Conservative 20.2%, seats 2, Reform UK 19.4%, seats 2, Scottish Green 9.8%, seats 1, Labour 9.5%, seats 1, Lib Dem 8.4%, seats 1. Turnout: 52%

  17. Mid Scotland and Fife: Regional list result

    The first regional list result is in and it’s from Mid Scotland and Fife.

    Your regional MSPs are:

    Reform UK

    Helen McDade

    Julie MacDougall

    Scottish Conservatives

    Murdo Fraser

    Stephen Kerr

    Scottish Greens

    Mark Ruskell

    Scottish Labour

    Claire Baker

    Joe Long

  18. Regional result: Edinburgh and Lothians East

    We've now got regional results in for Edinburgh and Lothians East. The Scottish Greens have three seats and Labour has two. Reform and the Conservatives both have one.

    Full results here

    Card showing the result for the regional election for Edinburgh and Lothians East. The seven seats were won as follows: Scottish Green 3, Labour 2, Reform UK 1, Conservative 1
    Bar chart showing the results of the Edinburgh and Lothians East seat in the Scottish Parliament with vote share for candidates with more than 1% of the vote: SNP 21.8%, seats 0, Scottish Green 21.2%, seats 3, Labour 18.4%, seats 2, Lib Dem 13.4%, seats 0, Reform UK 10.4%, seats 1, Conservative 9.1%, seats 1. Turnout: 57% Change based on 2021 notional results

  19. Regional result: Mid Scotland and Fife

    The first regional list results are in. Reform, Labour and the Conservatives take two seats each. The Scottish Greens have one.

    Full results here

    Card showing the result for the regional election for Mid Scotland and Fife. The seven seats were won as follows: Reform UK 2, Labour 2, Conservative 2, Scottish Green 1
    Bar chart showing the results of the Mid Scotland and Fife seat in the Scottish Parliament with vote share for candidates with more than 1% of the vote: SNP 28.3%, seats 0, Reform UK 16%, seats 2, Labour 14.4%, seats 2, Conservative 13%, seats 2, Scottish Green 12.7%, seats 1, Lib Dem 12%, seats 0. Turnout: 54%

  20. Reform has split the union vote - Findlay

    Russell Findlay has dark hair and is wearing a dark blue suit at a vote count

    Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has told BBC Scotland News that his party has had a "disappointing" result so far.

    "We knew that this was going to be a very difficult campaign coming off the back of the general election," he said.

    "Kemi Badenoch and I are rebuilding the party from the ground up. We are trying to rebuild public trust that we lost and we knew that this would be a challenge."

    He said he was happy to hold on to "so many of the seats we won last time", but was sad to see the loss of "some fantastic Scottish Conservative MSPs".

    Findlay said the presence of Reform had led to the union vote being split.

    "I don't think the people who voted for Reform would have been happy with the outcome of that - that is, to see another SNP MSP in Holyrood," he added.

    But he said he would "absolutely" stay on as leader.