09/05/2026
Many thanks to all those who voted for our Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates on Thursday. We achieved some very positive results, including winning the highest left votes in any constituency in Scotland for our candidates Jim McFarlane in Dundee City West and Jim Halfpenny in Renfrewshire North and Cardonald.
The fight continues to oppose all cuts and for the building of a mass working class party that can defeat the politicians of austerity, racism and division. Below are our full results with comparisons with the last Holyrood elections in 2021 where appropriate.
2026 Scottish TUSC Holyrood votes
Dundee City West – Jim McFarlane 649 (2.5%)
• 2021 Scottish TUSC vote Dundee City West – 432 (1.3%)
• Jim's vote is our highest ever vote for Scottish TUSC in a Holyrood election in that seat
Dundee City East – Donald MacLeod 361 (1.4%)
• 2021 Scottish TUSC vote Dundee City East - 287 (0.9%)
• Donald defeated George Galloway’s Workers Party candidate who got 209 votes
• We polled over 1000 votes across Dundee for the first time since 2016
Rutherglen and Cambuslang – Chris Sermanni 467 (1.4%)
• 2023 Scottish TUSC vote in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West Westminster by-election Chris Sermanni 178 (0.6%).
Dumbarton – Lynda McEwan – 356 (1.1%)
• Lynda defeated the independent candidate and TUSC was standing for the first time in this seat
Renfrewshire North and Cardonald – Jim Halfpenny 610 (1.7%)
• 2016 Scottish TUSC result Renfrewshire North and West - Jim Halfpenny 414 (1.4%)
Paisley – Sinead Daly – 297 (1%)
• Sinead defeated the Freedom Alliance candidate and TUSC was standing for the first time in this seat.
• Total Scottish TUSC vote was 2740 and an average 457 per candidate
