Las elecciones parlamentarias escocesas utilizan el Sistema de Miembros Adicionales (AMS, por sus siglas en inglés). Según este sistema, los votantes reciben dos votos : uno para su circunscripción, que elige a un solo MSP por mayoría simple ; y otro para su región, que elige a siete MSP por lista cerrada . Se han celebrado cinco elecciones parlamentarias escocesas desde la reconvención del Parlamento escocés en 1999. Las elecciones se celebran cada cinco años, el primer jueves de mayo.
^ El candidato de Aberdeen North, Ryan Houghton, y la candidata de Glasgow Central, Flora Scarabello, fueron suspendidos antes de las elecciones, pero aparecieron en la papeleta electoral como candidatos conservadores.
^ La candidata de Falkirk, Safia Ali, fue suspendida antes de las elecciones, pero apareció en las papeletas electorales como candidata laborista.
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En las elecciones de 2015, el SNP obtuvo la mayoría de los escaños escoceses por primera vez.
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* Philip Lardner, el candidato conservador por North Ayrshire y Arran, fue desautorizado por el Partido Conservador por unos comentarios que publicó en su sitio web, en los que calificaba la homosexualidad de "anormal". Era demasiado tarde para que lo sustituyeran y en la papeleta electoral seguía figurando como candidato del Partido Conservador y Unionista Escocés.
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Since 1995, local elections in Scotland have been generally held every four years for all the 32 unitary authorities created under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Between 1975 and 1992, elections were held every two years for either district or regional council, which sat for four-year terms. Those arrangements were set up by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
As one consequence of the Gould Report,[7] which was a response to the fiasco of the 2007 elections, the next council elections were scheduled for 2012 (one year after the Parliamentary elections in 2011).
The election was contested for the second time under the STV system of proportional representation. It was the first time in 13 years that the elections had not been held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.
1 May: Troup (3-member ward), Aberdeenshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: result pending (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Ind)
6 March: Cambuslang East (3-member ward), South Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab gain from SNP (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 3 Lab)
28 Feb: Lerwick South (4-member ward), Shetland, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Ind hold (result May 2007: 4 Ind; after by election: 4 Ind)
21 Feb: Highland (3-member ward), Perth and Kinross, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 1 Con; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Con)
14 Feb: Elgin City South (3-member ward), Moray, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 SNP, 1 Lab, 1 Ind; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)
31 January: Kilsyth (3-member ward), North Lanarkshire, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lab hold (result May 2007: 2 Lab, 1 SNP; after by election: 2 Lab, 1 SNP)
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22 November: Lochee (4-member ward), Dundee, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP hold (result May 2007: 2 SNP, 2 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 2 Lab)
4 October: Helensburgh and Lomond South (3-member ward), Argyll and Bute, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: Lib Dem gain from Ind (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 Ind, 1 Lib Dem; after by election: 2 Lib Dem, 1 Con)
16 August: Midstocket/Rosemount (3-member ward), Aberdeen, 1 member elected by single transferable vote: SNP gain from Con (result May 2007: 1 Con, 1 SNP, 1 Lab; after by election: 2 SNP, 1 Lab)
2006
8 December: Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Lab hold (16% swing Lab to SNP)
28 September: Markinch and Woodside East, Fife, SNP gain from Lab
In 1999, a Scotland-wide constituency replaced eight first-past-the-post constituencies used in the elections between 1979 and 1994. This returned eight MEPs under the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation system. Since then the number of MEPs returned by Scotland has been reduced twice, to seven in 2004, and then to six in 2009.
Following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, Scotland no longer elects representatives to the European Parliament.
Elected candidates are shown in bold. Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won.
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For full details of results please referee to related articles;
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^The Scotsman, 25/26 May 2014 https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-european-election-2014-results-1-3422454 N.B.: This also gives the number of votes for each party in each council area.
^European Parliament Information Office in Edinburgh, Newsletter Issue 2, October 2014 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/resource/static/files/epio-in-edinburgh---october-newsletter.pdf
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