The results for Edinburgh’s six city constituencies, along with the seven seats for the Edinburgh and Lothians East region have been announced at the Royal Highland Centre today (Friday 8 May).
The declarations were made by Paul Lawrence, Returning Officer for the Edinburgh constituencies, and Regional Returning Officer for Edinburgh and Lothians East.
The newly elected Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are listed below, with further details of the results available on our website:
Edinburgh Central: Lorna Jane Slater, Scottish Green Party (4,582 majority)
Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith: Ben Macpherson, Scottish National Party (3,071 majority)
Edinburgh North Western: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Scottish Liberal Democrats (13,016 majority)
Edinburgh Northern: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Scottish Liberal Democrats (2,493 majority)
Edinburgh South Western: Simita Kumar, Scottish National Party (3,289 majority)
Edinburgh Southern: Daniel Guy Johnson, Scottish Labour Party (4,963 majority)
Edinburgh and Lothians East (Region):
- Kate Nevens - Scottish Green Party
- Angela Ross - Reform UK
- Irshad Ahmed - Scottish Labour Party
- Miles Briggs - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Q Manivannan - Scottish Green Party
- Katherine Sangster - Scottish Labour Party
- Kayleigh Ferguson Kinross-O’Neill - Scottish Green Party
Paul Lawrence, Constituency and Regional Returning Officer said:
I’d like to thank our colleagues in the Elections team and across the Council for their hard work and many months of planning in delivering this election. This is one of the most important duties that we carry out and truly is public service at its very best. I’d also like to thank Police Scotland, the candidates, agents, and media for working with us throughout the process.
I wish our new MSPs the best of luck and I have no doubt they will represent our city, our region, and its residents with great pride.
Finally, I’d like to thank our residents for taking the time to cast their votes and make their voices heard.
The total electorate for the city constituencies was 387,355, total votes cast 223,815, and turnout 57.8%.
For the region, the electorate was 564,571, total votes cast 320,286 and turnout 56.7%.