#SP16 Edinburgh results – Edinburgh Pentlands

[tweet_box design=”default”]Gordon MacDonald has been returned to Holyrood for the second time with a majority of 2456 in Edinburgh Pentlands.[/tweet_box]

He told The Edinburgh Reporter how delighted he was to be heading back to Holyrood with an increased majority : “Our guys have been absolutely fantastic, but it is down to hard work. We’ve recruited lots of new members since the referendum and they’ve worked extremely hard.

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“They’ve chapped every door in the constituency, they’ve delivered nearly a quarter of a million leaflets, they’ve manned stalls in every weather. Without the fantastic campaign team I have had I wouldn’t be here today.”

These were the candidates who stood in the Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency :

FARTHING-SYKES, Emma – Scottish Liberal Democrats (1636 votes)

HEARY, Blair – Scottish Labour Party (7811 votes)

LINDHURST, Gordon – Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (10,725 votes)

MACDONALD, Gordon – Scottish National Party (SNP)

Gordon won this seat from the Conservatives in 2011 and was the MSP for the constituency till March 2016. (13,181 votes)