Today marks 25 years since the very first Scottish Parliamentary election was held in 1999.

So who were the first Edinburgh MSPs? Here is the list – and you will see that Sarah Boyack is still an MSP, and Jeremy Balfour was unsuccessful in the 1999 election but is an MSP now,

Edinburgh Central

Brian Allingham – Independent – 364 votes

Sarah Boyack – Labour – 14,224 votes

Jacqui Low – Conservative – 6,018 votes

Ian McKee – SNP – 9,598 votes

Andy Myles – Liberal Democrat – 6,187 votes

William Wallace – Independent – 191 votes

Kevin Williamson – Scottish Socialists – 830 votes

MSP elected

Sarah Boyack – 4,626 majority

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Jeremy Balfour – Conservative – 4,600 votes

Susan Deacon – Labour – 17,086 votes

Kenny MacAskill – SNP – 10,372 votes

Marjorie Thomas – Liberal Democrat – 4,100 votes

Derrick White – Scottish Socialists – 697 votes

Michael Heavey – Independent – 134 votes

MSP elected

Susan Deacon – 6,714 majority

Edinburgh North and Leith

Ronald Brown – Scottish Socialists – 907 votes

Malcolm Chisholm – Labour – 17,203 votes

Anne Dana – SNP – 9,467 votes

Jamie Sempill – Conservative – 5,030 votes

Sebastian Tombs – Liberal Democrat – 4,039 votes

MSP elected

Malcolm Chisholm – 7,736 majority

Edinburgh Pentlands

Stewart Gibb – SNP – 8,770 votes

Ian Gibson – Liberal Democrat – 5,029 votes

Iain Gray – Labour – 14,343 votes

David McLetchie – Conservative – 11,458 votes

MSP elected

Iain Gray – 2,885 majority

Edinburgh South

Margo MacDonald – SNP – 9,445 votes

Angus MacKay – Labour – 14,869 votes

Mike Pringle – Liberal Democrat – 8,961 votes

Iain Whyte – Conservative – 6,378 votes

William Black – SWP – 482 votes

MSP elected

Angus MacKay – 5,424 majority

Edinburgh West

James Douglas-Hamilton – Conservative – 10,570 votes

Carole Fox – Labour – 8,860 votes

Margaret Smith – Liberal Democrat – 15,161 votes

Graham Sutherland – SNP – 6,984 votes

MSP elected

Margaret Smith – 4,583 majority

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