Election results - various elections since 2014

The Scottish Parliament elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2016.

East Lothian Constituency

Iain Cumming Gray, of the Scottish Labour Party, was elected to serve as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the East Lothian Constituency.

Results of the election are as follows:

• Electorate - 60,848
• Total votes cast - 38,031
• Turnout - 62.5%

Iain Cumming Gray (Scottish Labour Party) - 14,329

Rachael Hamilton (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) - 9,045

DJ Johnston-Smith (Scottish National Party - (SNP)) - 13,202

Ettie Spencer (Scottish Liberal Democrats) - 1,337

• Total Valid Votes - 37,913
• Total Rejected Votes - 118

Reason for rejection:

1. Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark - 0
2. Voting for more than one candidate - 15
3. Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified - 1
4. Unmarked or void for uncertainty - 102

East Lothian / South Scotland Constituency

As Returning Officer for the Scottish Parliamentary Election in the East Lothian Constituency of the South Scotland Region the results of the election are as follows:

• Electorate - 60,848
• Total votes cast - 38,027
• Turnout - 62.5%

Clydesdale and South Scotland Independent - 71

Rise – Respect, Independence, Socialism and Environmentalism - 70

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - 10,570

Scottish Green Party - 2,580

Scottish Labour Party - 10,020

Scottish Liberal Democrats - 1,242

Scottish National Party (SNP) - 12,729

Solidarity – Scotland’s Socialist Movement - 108

UK Independence Party (UKIP) - 590

• Total Valid Votes - 37,980
• Total Rejected Votes - 47

Reason for rejection:

1. Lack of official mark or unique identifying mark - 0
2. Voting for more than one party or individual candidate - 8
3. Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified - 1
4. Unmarked or void for uncertainty - 38