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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