Daniel Johnson Scottish Labour re-elected in Edinburgh Southern
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2026 SP/Holyrood election
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Lorna Slater elected for Edinburgh Central
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Edinburgh and East Lothian regional results announced.
3 Green (Kate Nevens, Q Manivannan, Kayleigh Ferguson Kinross-O'Neill)
2 Labour (Irshad Ahmad, Katherine Sangster)
1 Reform (Angela Ross)
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An excellent result for the Greens in Edinburgh and EL.
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Great result. Coming within 2000 votes of being the largest party in the regional vote.
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Basic details on MSPs here -
https://www.parliament.scot/msps/elections/election-2026
58 were not in SP before election (some might have been MSPs previously, I didn’t look at names/histories) -
(Some previously MPs)
Basic bios -
An ‘interesting’ pre-election roundup -
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/new-msps-reform-madcap-scottish-36971799
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In the first passed the post bit of the election the Greens went up a percent of the vote to 2.4% but managed to secures Two seats. Their second vote was much higher but Tories and Libdems received way more votes than them if you combine first and second votes. My reading is that SNP second votes went tot he Greens. Reform mainly taking from Tories is the other thing in Scotland. Whilst voting for Fascists is despicable, only 380000 people did so. Is my take, So very bad but not as bad as England or Wales. I am assuming Reform voters mainly voted Reform 1 and 2
Will the Sanne Dijkstra-Downie new list MSP for the Greens do anything about cycling? She didn’t as a councillor despite cycling everywhere and talking a good game? Assuming she is in? Must check. I know that Q is in.ah sadly she wont as too far down the list Oooopsshe will just have to content herself with talkin loud and doin nuthin as a councillor
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The Edinburgh Minute
Saturday 9 May 2026
Election results: how they affect Edinburgh + what happens next
Michael MacLeod
09 May 2026 — 3 min read
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Four Edinburgh councillors from three different parties will become MSPs after Thursday’s general election. It is unclear if they will continue to work both jobs or stand down from the council, though two have said they are considering stepping down as councillors.
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Sinita Kamari continuing i think until council elections ascSue Webber did,
Looks like Crazy Susie has gone is that right?
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Ha SSD is Lib Dem that explains pretending to be doing anything about cycling
I need to get more sleep
I see Mad Jack at the Boardwalk Cafe disowned AC-H. Though they were a good match I though.
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“Ha SSD is Lib Dem that explains pretending to be doing anything about cycling”
Not sure about any ‘pretending’, but managed to avoid appearing at TEC when ‘difficult’ decisions were due to be made…
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Is it clear that it was "managed to avoid" rather than "wasn't allowed to"?
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Is it clear“
Not to me
I made an assumption
Your nuance may be more accurate…
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@gembo - yes, Sue Webber is gone.
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...unless something happens to Miles Briggs.
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@Frenchy - good point Miles Briggs may be feeling unwell etc. Sue wasn’t attending farmers market today so I had to make do with asking Scott Arthur why his survey on the WoL Walkway did not emphasize or indeed mention it was NCN Route 75
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@gembo "My reading is that SNP second votes went tot he Greens."
More the reverse IME. Frankly I'm tired enough of the SNP's backsliding on a lot of stuff since Sturgeon left that if there had been a Green candidate on my constituency ballot they would have gotten my vote there and damn the consequences, but as it was it was SNP or the rest of them so I held my nose. By contrast a lot of the diehard SNP folk I know were hardcore back in "Both Votes SNP" mode, to the extent a couple of them even got a bit snippy with me when they found out I'd be voting Green on the list despite knowing fine well my personal politics - a lot of them really bought into Swinney's "only an SNP majority guarantees a referendum" buffoonery(which I'm sure now won't be thrown back in our face for the next decade like "once in a generation" was until recently...).
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asking Scott Arthur why his survey on the WoL Walkway did not emphasize or indeed mention it was NCN Route 75
What was the answer?
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…that Scott Arthur is a plastic cyclist only interested in posing and elevating his position?
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Despite a media and business class inherently hostile to increased powers for Scottish governance the voters have delivered a verdict (unless you think elections are futile?). Constituency votes are consistently pro Indy, bolstered by the two greens. Under FPTP this would be a seismic event. A massive amount of SNP second List votes were wasted.
But of course the Green/SNP mix still adds up to 73 as it was before.(!)
The Reform contingent and others represented by a system and parliament they don't believe in will now claim nothing has changed?
Maybe endless no change will produce change? I live in hope that England will one day be allowed to govern itself along with its neighbours on this island and the one adjacent.
https://ballotbox.scot/scottish-parliament/sp26-results/#constituencyPosted 1 month ago # -
Frenchy - a sort of bemused smile like i was some sort of fanatic rather than helpfully pointing out a missing bit in his survey. I think like with he LibDem person Sanne Diijkstra Downie it is possible to cycle like Scott and Sanne do but at the same time not support cycling - Motornormativity.
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“Public office is privilege and a heavy responsibility. I hope all those elected will exercise good judgement, show integrity and always put the interests of the country before party or ideology,” she said.
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What a repulsive article from SD.
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One of Edinburgh's new MSPs has been given a ministerial job in John Swinney's government less than two weeks after being elected to Holyrood.
Simita Kumar, SNP MSP for Edinburgh South Western, has been made Minister for Equalities and International Development, working under Social Justice and Housing Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.
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Mr Swinney also reappointed Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh North Eastern & Leith, as a minister, giving him the new title Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education. He was previously Minister for Higher and Further Education.
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