2007 election results by region and constituency. She was voted in for a second term as First Minister on 17 May. Changes to the SNP's selection procedures the previous year in order to ensure gender balance of candidates meant that any incumbent constituency MSP who chose to retire would have their replacement selected from an all woman shortlist. During the campaign, a series of televised debates took place, including party leaders of the elected parties. [8] This proposal was criticised by the Scottish National Party and Labour, as it had been recommended after the 2007 election that elections with different voting systems should be held on separate days: a recommendation which all of the political parties had then accepted. The Presiding Officer suspends rather than totally abandons their party affiliation during their term of office, and for that reason although I haven’t counted Macintosh in the current Labour total in this list, he is included as a Labour MSP in the map below. Note that both Independent MSPs were elected as SNP in 2016. [1], The date of the poll may be varied by up to one month either way by the monarch, on the proposal of the Presiding Officer.[7]. The Scottish Parliament uses an Additional Members System, designed to produce approximate proportional representation for each region.
Parliament went into dissolution on 24 March 2016, allowing the official period of campaigning to get underway. 2011 Election Results. [10] All the main political parties then stated their support for delaying the election by a year. What seats are most worth watching? The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. [48] The SNP released their regional candidate list in October 2015. To date the Parliament has never held a vote of no confidence in a First Minister.
The First Periodical Review of the Scottish Parliament's constituencies and regions by the Boundary Commission for Scotland, was announced on 3 July 2007. Statement of persons and parties nominated and Notice of poll", "Close of nominations – candidates for Aberdeen seats", "Edinburgh's parliament election candidates named", "Scottish Parliamentary Election. The charts below show the current 5-poll average for both the Regional (List) and Constituency ballots as well as projected seats. What are polls suggesting might be in store for them this time? Skip to content; Languages ... 2011 Election results. BBC Scotland held the first leaders’ debate on 24 March, STV broadcast the next on 29 March, and BBC Scotland hosted the final debate on 1 May. [9] In response to this criticism, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg offered the right to vary the date of the Scottish Parliament election by a year either way. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. This paper discusses the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement. Labour has 37 MSPs, nine fewer than after the 2007 election; and seven fewer than if the 2007 election had been fought (notionally) on the 2011 boundaries.