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It was the sixth Scottish Parliament election since the parliament was re-established in 1999. 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament were elected. The election was held alongside the Senedd election in Wales, English local elections , London Assembly and mayoral election and the Hartlepool by-election .
The Conservative Party lost one seat, taking their total down to five. Turnout dropped to 59%, eclipsed for the first time by a preceding Scottish Parliament election (63.5%). This was a reduction in turnout of 8.4% from 2019 and in a few constituencies the turnout was down 10%.
Under this system, voters are given two votes: one for their constituency, which elects a single MSP by first-past-the-post; and one for their region, which elects seven MSPs by closed list. Five Scottish Parliamentary elections have been held since the reconvention of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
A 2023 by-election took place in the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West on 5 October 2023, [1] following the recall of incumbent MP Margaret Ferrier. [2] Ferrier, elected for the Scottish National Party, was suspended from the House of Commons in June 2023 for 30 days for breaching COVID-19 regulations in ...
"Scottish Parliament Elections: 2021" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 20 May 2021 "Full votes and seats by party etc - SPE21". Electoral Management Board for Scotland. 9 May 2021 "Scottish Parliament election 2021 - National results". BBC News
Voter turnout is the highest in a Scottish Parliament election to date, at 63.0%. The Scottish Nationalist Party improves its performance, finishing with 64 seats, just short of an overall majority. The Conservatives finish with 31 seats, Labour 22, Scottish Greens 8 and Liberal Democrats 4. [1] 13 May 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election
All 1,226 seats across all 32 Scottish local authorities were up for election and voter turnout was 44.8%. [1] Compared to the previous elections of 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) gained seats and maintained its position as largest party in local government, winning 36.9% of the seats available.
The election of a Labour government in the 1997 general election was followed by the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Act 1997, which legislated for the 1997 Scottish devolution referendum, a referendum on establishing a devolved Scottish Parliament. 74.3% of voters agreed with the establishment of the Parliament and 63.5% agreed it should have ...