There were 7 seats to be allocated to the Highlands and Islands Region. The following political parties secured seats after the votes were distributed.

Reform UK : 2 seats , (up 2)

• no. of votes 28,276
• Share of the vote 14.1% (up 13.8)
• The following were elected as MSPs, Vic Currie, Max Bannerman.

Scottish Greens: 2 seats, (up 1)

• no. of votes 21,935
• Share of the vote 10.9% ( up 3.5)
• The following were elected as MSPs, Arianne Burgess, Kristopher Leask.

Scottish National Party : 1 Seat

• no. of votes 54,011
• Share of the vote 26.9% ( down 13.5)
• The following was elected as MSP, Maree Todd.

Liberal Democrat : 1 Seat (up 1)

• no. of votes 47,437
• Share of the vote 23.6% (up 12.4)
• The following was elected as MSP, Morven-May MacCallum

Conservative : 1 Seat (down 3)

• no. of votes 20,334
• Share of the vote 10.1% (down 15.3)
• The following was elected as MSP, Tim Eagle

The Scottish Parliament is now made up of:

Scottish National Party 58 (down 6)

Labour 17 (down 4)

Reform UK 17 (up 17)

Scottish Green 15 (up 6)

Conservative 12 (down 19)

Liberal Democrat 10 ( up 6)

The result for the Orkney Constituency can be found here:

McArthur Retains Orkney Constituency for the LibDems Election 2026

We’ll bring you more of a breakdown of the voting across Scotland tomorrow and who the MSPs elected to serve you now are.

Fiona Grahame