The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Saturday 9 May 2026

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here’s a quick bonus edition of the Edinburgh Minute rounding-up the election results and links to local coverage.

🚨 Angus Robertson is out and four local councillors are taking the step up to Holyrood to become MSPs. Here are the local results from the Scottish Parliamentary elections, followed by local headlines:

Results in full:

Edinburgh Central: Lorna Jane Slater, Scottish Green Party (4,582 majority)

Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith: Ben Macpherson, Scottish National Party (3,071 majority)

Edinburgh North Western: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Scottish Liberal Democrats (13,016 majority)

Edinburgh Northern: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, Scottish Liberal Democrats (2,493 majority)

Edinburgh South Western: Simita Kumar, Scottish National Party (3,289 majority)

Edinburgh Southern: Daniel Guy Johnson, Scottish Labour Party (4,963 majority)

Turnout for the city constituencies was 57.8%, with 223,815 votes cast from 387,355.

Regional list winners:

• Kate Nevens - Scottish Green Party
• Angela Ross - Reform UK
• Irshad Ahmed - Scottish Labour Party
• Miles Briggs - Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
• Q Manivannan - Scottish Green Party
• Katherine Sangster - Scottish Labour Party
• Kayleigh Ferguson Kinross-O’Neill - Scottish Green Party

For the region, turnout was 56.7%: 320,286 votes cast from the electorate of 564,571.

Full results: Find every detail of every result by putting your postcode in to this BBC Scotland News map.

Headlines

'Edinburgh Central goes green as Robertson loses his seat' - There are quotes from the winners and the losers in this report by Phyllis Stephen in The Edinburgh Reporter.

'Greens oust SNP's Robertson as they win first Holyrood constituencies' - Angus Cochrane, BBC Scotland News.

'Greens celebrate seismic regional list success in Edinburgh' - Reporting from the Ingliston count, Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco, The Herald.

"We have to recognise that the victory of the Scottish Green Party in Edinburgh Central is historic," Mr Robertson said. - Alistair Grant, The Scotsman.

SNP minister Angus Robertson routed by Greens and Labour in Edinburgh seat

Mr Robertson came third behind Ms Slater of the Scottish Greens and Labour’s James Dalgleish in the hotly-contested Edinburgh Central constituency.

The HeraldJosh Pizzuto-Pomaco

'SNP loses seats in capital but holds on in Lothians and Fife' - Iona Young, BBC Scotland News.

'Spirited Lib Dems seize crucial Holyrood constituency from SNP in Edinburgh' - Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco, The Herald.

'Four Edinburgh councillors elevated to Holyrood, unclear if they will continue to work both jobs' - Lee Dalgetty & Joe Sullivan, Edinburgh Live.

'Dr Q Manivannan, first transgender person elected to Holyrood, says their win 'is what diversity looks like'' - Nicholas Malizia & Lee Dalgetty, Edinburgh Live.

'What happened in Edinburgh - Greens oust Angus Robertson and win three list seats; Lib Dems get two MSPs' - Ian Swanson, Evening News.

• 'Inside the Edinburgh count as Angus Robertson ousted and Greens surge' - James Walker, The National.
• 'SNP Edinburgh councillor Kate Campbell wins in Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent' - Anna McAlinden, East Lothian Courier.

What happens next:

The newly elected MSPs will be contacted over the weekend about their induction sessions then begin hiring staff and setting up their constituency offices. The traditional Kirking of the Parliament event is planned for Wednesday at St Giles Cathedral, followed by formal swearing-in at the Holyrood chamber on Thursday. - More details are expected to be shared by the Scottish Parliament on Monday.

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