Lorna Jane Slater for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies)

Lorna Jane Slater

was the Scottish Green Party candidate for Edinburgh Central constituency in the Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies). They were elected with 12,680 votes.

Lorna Jane Slater's policies

Statement to voters

Lorna Slater was elected Co-leader of the Scottish Greens in 2019 and hopes to use her post to get more women elected to Holyrood in 2021 and councils across Scotland in 2020. As Engineering Project Manager at Orbital Marine power, Lorna has first-hand experience of how green industries can benefit Scotland and how we can lead the way in a just transition away from oil and gas.

Together we can elect Lorna to Holyrood to fight for climate action, and for our future as an independent country at the heart of the European Union.

This statement was last updated on Aug. 14, 2025.

This statement was added by Lorna Jane Slater, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.

Record in office

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Party manifesto

Lorna Jane Slater was the Scottish Green Party candidate. Find out more about their policies in the Scottish Green Party manifesto.

Lorna Jane Slater online

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The party's candidate page for this person: https://www.edinburghgreens.org.uk/people/lorna-slater/
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Email: lorna.slater26@scottishgreens.org.uk

About Lorna Jane Slater

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Lorna Slater is a Canadian politician in Scotland, who served as Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity in the Scottish Government from 2021 to 2024. She was co-leader of the Scottish Greens, alongside Patrick Harvie, from 2019 to 2025, and was one of the first Green politicians in the UK to serve as government ministers. Slater was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region from 2021 to 2026. She is currently the constituency-elected Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Central since 2026, the first Scottish Green MSP to be elected from a constituency rather than a region.

Scottish Green Party

Lorna Jane Slater is a Scottish Green Party candidate.

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Lorna Jane Slater's elections
Date	Election	Party	Results	Position
2026	Edinburgh and Lothians East: Scottish Parliament elections (Regions)	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (We do not collect voting data for Additional Member System elections)	Position not available
2026	Edinburgh Central: Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies)	Scottish Green Party	Elected (12,680 votes)	1st / 11 candidates
2021	Edinburgh Northern and Leith: Scottish Parliament elections (Constituencies)	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (6,116 votes)	3rd / 6 candidates
2021	Lothian: Scottish Parliament elections (Regions)	Scottish Green Party	Elected (We do not collect voting data for Additional Member System elections)	Position not available
2019	Scotland: European Parliament (UK) elections	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (We do not collect voting data for Closed-List Proportional Representation elections)	16th / 50 candidates
2019	Leith Walk: Edinburgh local by-election	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (We do not collect voting data for Single Transferable Vote elections)	2nd / 11 candidates
2017	Edinburgh North and Leith: UK Parliamentary general election	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (1,727 votes)	5th / 5 candidates
2016	Lothian: Scottish Parliament elections (Regions)	Scottish Green Party	Not elected (We do not collect voting data for Additional Member System elections)	Position not available