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- Victory for the SNP with 63 seats - two short of a majority
- Conservatives are the second largest party on 31 seats - but Labour on 24 lost 13 seats
- Scottish Greens are the fourth largest party with six seats, ahead of the Lib Dems who won five
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Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party LD Scottish Lib Dems | CandidatesAlex Cole-Hamilton | Votes16,645 | 41.9% | Net percentage change in seats+14.1 |
| Party SNP Scottish National Party | CandidatesToni Giugliano | Votes13,685 | 34.4% | Net percentage change in seats−1.4 |
| Party CON Scottish Conservatives | CandidatesSandy Batho | Votes5,686 | 14.3% | Net percentage change in seats−0.8 |
| Party LAB Scottish Labour | CandidatesCat Headley | Votes3,750 | 9.4% | Net percentage change in seats−12.0 |
Change compared with 2011 | ||||
Turnout and Majority
Scottish Lib Dems Majority
2,960Turnout
64.5%Constituency Profile
This seat contains the old villages of Cramond, Dalmeny and Corstorphine, the seat of the Earls of Rosebery, and Queensferry on the coast.
Notable landmarks in Edinburgh Western include the southern ends of the Forth road and rail bridges, Edinburgh Airport and the Gyle Shopping Centre. The airport's eastern terminal expansion, opened in 2014, netted a "Carbuncle Award", a satirical prize criticising architectural design. Both the M8 and M9 roads also run through the constituency.
The Liberal Democrats won the seat from Conservative Lord James Douglas-Hamilton at the 1997 general election, and Lib Dem Margaret Smith defeated Lord James in the 1999 Holyrood elections. She retained the seat in the 2003 and 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, but lost to Colin Keir for the SNP in 2011. Mr Keir was defeated in his bid to be re-selected to contest the seat for the SNP in 2016.
