It was quite a battle to get here! And the results are more than impressive – this is the first time in history every voter in Scotland was able to vote for a libertarian party. Without any support from the media or tons of money, we have brought our message to the people willing to listen. It’s quite hard to bring new ideas to the public but we have made a good start on this journey.
We have run candidates in nine constituencies, also a record for us. Here are their results, with Stephen Jamieson getting the highest number of votes in Aberdeen South (286) and Caz Paul getting the highest 0.8% of the votes in Kirkcaldy. In total, we have received 1913 votes in the constituencies:
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % of the vote |
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | Stephen Jamieson | 286 | 0.7 |
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | Harry Christian | 222 | 0.6 |
Dumbarton | Jonathan Rainey | 134 | 0.3 |
Edinburgh Central | Tam Laird | 137 | 0.3 |
Edinburgh Western | Daniel Fraser | 201 | 0.4 |
Glasgow Pollok | Alan Findlay | 157 | 0.5 |
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | Stef Johnstone | 253 | 0.6 |
Kirkcaldy | Caz Paul | 269 | 0.8 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | Mark Meechan | 254 | 0.7 |
In the regions, we have received around 0.2% of the vote, with the highest 818 votes in Mid Scotland and Fife, for a total of 4987 votes:
Central Scotland | 626 | 0.2 |
Glasgow | 680 | 0.2 |
Highlands and Islands | 488 | 0.2 |
Lothian | 689 | 0.2 |
Mid Scotland and Fife | 818 | 0.2 |
North East Scotland | 653 | 0.2 |
South Scotland | 534 | 0.1 |
West Scotland | 499 | 0.1 |
While the unusually busy field full of all sorts of brand new parties has impacted us, we have made our mark and found our voters. That’s a foundation we can build on in the years to come.
A big thank you belongs to everyone who helped us and voted for us! Our small party is growing thanks to all of you – and our ideas are getting out there.
Kind regards,
Scottish Libertarian Party
from small be beginnings great things can emerge congratulations.
I think more campaigning needs to be done using legacy media.
We are open to suggestions on how to achieve that.