Co-operative Party wins eight seats in Scottish election

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, the Co-operative Party won eight seats in its pact with Scottish Labour. The SNP came top of the poll with 63 seats (6...

In the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections, the Co-operative Party won eight seats in its pact with Scottish Labour.

The SNP came top of the poll with 63 seats (6 seats lost), while the Scottish Conservatives came second with 31 seats (16 gained) and Labour was third with 24 seats (13 lost). There was a turnout of 55.6%.

Of the four Labour/Co-operative candidates standing for re-election, all were successful, while there were four newly elected MSPs bringing the total to eight. The results mean that a third of the Labour group in Holyrood are Labour / Co-operative.

The Labour leader Kezia Dugdale was defeated in her constituency by 5,087 votes to the SNP’s Ash Denham, but she retains her seat through the Lothian region seat. The others re-elected were: Claudia Beamish, South of Scotland; James Kelly, Glasgow; and Johann Lamont, Glasgow.

The four newly elected candidates were:

Those who stood, but weren’t elected were:

In the Scottish Parliament elections, 129 individuals are elected to serve; 73 are elected as first past the post constituency MSPs and 56 are elected as regional additional member MSPs (with seven elected from each of eight regional groups of constituencies).

Full results:

  • Scottish National Party: 63 seats (-6)
  • Scottish Conservative Party: 31 seats (+16)
  • Scottish Labour Party: 24 seats (-13)
  • Scottish Green Party: 6 seats (+4)
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats: 5 seats (-)
  • Independents: 0 seats (-1)
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