Overall Mid Scotland & Fife Regional list result

Party 2nd Votes % +/-% Regional Seats +/- Constituencies +/- Total Seats +/-
SNP 116,691 45.2% +12.7% 1 0 8 +3 9 +3
Labour 64,623 25.0% -2.1% 3 0 1 -1 4 -1
Conservative 36,458 14.1% -1.5% 2 -1 0 0 2 -1
Liberal Democrats 15,103 5.9% -7.7% 1 +1 0 -2 1 -1
Scottish Green Party 10,914 4.2% +0.5% 0 0 0 0 0 0
All Scotland Pensioners Party 4,113 1.6% -0.4% 0 0 0 0 0 0
UKIP 2,838 1.1% +0.5% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Socialist Labour Party 1,771 0.7% +0.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0
BNP 1,726 0.7% -0.3% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Independent 1,446 0.6% n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Socialist Party 834 0.3% -0.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scottish Christian Party 786 0.3% -0.3% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Christian People’s Party 638 0.2% -0.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solidarity 202 0.1% -0.8% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Worth Noting:

The SNP won the final regional seat by just 41 votes from Labour, after division, thus electing Annabelle Ewing to Holyrood for the first time.

The Liberal Democrats lost both North East Fife and Dunfermline to the SNP but received part-compensation with the election of Willie Rennie as a regional MSP for Mid Scotland & Fife – he took over as party leader following Tavish Scott’s resignation.

Regional seats as elected:

SNP Labour Conservative Lib Dem Green
2ND VOTES 116,691 64,623 36,458 15,103 10,914
1st divisor 9 2 1 1 1
1st allocation 12,966 32,312 36,458 15,103 10,914
2ND DIVISOR 9 2 2 1 1
2ND ALLOCATION 12,966 32,312 18,229 15,103 10,914
3rd divisor 9 3 2 1 1
3rd allocation 12,966 21,541 18,229 15,103 10,914
4TH DIVISOR 9 4 2 1 1
4TH ALLOCATION 12,966 16,156 18,229 15,103 10,914
5th divisor 9 4 3 1 1
5th allocation 12,966 16,156 12,153 15,103 10,914
6TH DIVISOR 9 5 3 1 1
6TH ALLOCATION 12,966 12,925 12,153 15,103 10,914
7th divisor 9 5 3 2 1
7th allocation 12,966 12,925 12,153 7,552 10,914
8TH DIVISOR 10 5 3 2 1
8TH ALLOCATION (Hypothetical) 11,669 12,925 12,153 7,552 10,914

Mid Scotland & Fife Regional MSPs in order elected above:

1. Murdo Fraser (Conservative)
2. John Park (Labour)
3. Claire Baker (Labour)
4. Liz Smith (Conservative)
5. Richard Simpson (Labour)
6. Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrat)
7. Annabelle Ewing (SNP)

Seven familiar faces to Scottish politics were elected on the Mid Scotland & Fife list. Conservatives Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith returned to Holyrood for their party, while John Park, Claire Baker and Richard Simpson did likewise for Labour. Former MPs Willie Rennie (Liberal Democrat) and Annabelle Ewing (SNP) were also returned. Ewing’s election means that Holyrood now has a husband and wife (Richard and Claire Baker), a father and daughter (Michael and Siobhan McMahon) and a brother and sister (Annabelle and Fergus Ewing) in the chamber.

Since 2011, Bill Walker resigned his Dunfermline seat in disgrace and was replaced in October 2013 by Labour’s Cara Hilton: Labour also held the Cowdenbeath by-election following the death of Helen Eadie.