The polls have now closed for the Scottish Parliament election 2016. 2 Green MSPs for Lothian!
Lothian list result: 3 Conservative, 2 Labour, 2 Green. Green vote 34,551 votes, electing Alison Johnstone and Andy Wightman.
Breakdown of Green regional list vote by area as follows:
- Edinburgh Central: 17.0%
- Edinburgh Eastern 11.5%
- Edinburgh Northern and Leith 18.1%
- Edinburgh Pentland 7.0%
- Edinburgh Southern 16.8%
- Edinburgh Western 6.9%
- Midlothian North and Musselburgh 7.3%
- Almond Valley 4.6%
- Linlithgow 5.6%
TOTAL Green vote: 10.6%
Constituency results
Edinburgh Central result: Conservative gain from SNP.
Edinburgh Eastern result: SNP hold
Edinburgh Northern and Leith result: SNP gain from Labour
Edinburgh Pentlands result: SNP hold
Edinburgh Southern result: Labour gain from SNP
Edinburgh Western result: Lib Dem gain from SNP