Holyrood election latest
Written by MartyM on 8 May 2026
By Jamie McDonald
Holyrood election latest
Results are continuing to come in as the Holyrood election counting continues.
Two of three Highland constituencies have declared so far. David Green of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has defeated the SNP’s Maree Todd in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross.
The SNP’s Emma Roddick has won the seat of Inverness and Nairn. The former SNP MSP Fergus Ewing ran as an independent but came third behind the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ Neil Alexander.
The result for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch is expected soon. It’s thought to be a tight race between the SNP’s Eilidh Munro and Andrew Baxter of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Turnout overall is low. Including in the Skye seat. It was 68.4% in 2021 but fell to 57.7% in 2026.
There was a shock result in the Western Isles where Scottish Labour’s Donald MacKinnon defeated the SNP’s Alasdair Allan.
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