Events from the year 2021 in Scotland.

Incumbents First Minister – Nicola Sturgeon Secretary of Scotland – Alister Jack

Events 4 February – 2021 Kilmarnock incidents: a man stabs his ex-wife and stepdaughter to death and dies in a car crash. 6 May – Elections to the devolved Scottish parliament take place. Voter turnout is the highest in a Scottish Parliament election to date, at 63.0%. The Scottish Nationalist Party improves its performance, finishing with 64 seats, just short of an overall majority. The Conservatives finish with 31 seats, Labour 22, Scottish Greens 8 and Liberal Democrats 4. 13 May 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election: Anum Qaisar retains the UK Parliamentary seat for the SNP. Kenmure Street protests: protests occur after two Indian men living on Kenmure Street in Glasgow are taken from their home and detained by the Home Office in a van on the street for allegedly overstaying their visas. The men are released after 8 hours. 28 May – Murder of Esther Brown in her Glasgow flat. 1–12 November – The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26), a major United Nations climate summit, is held in Glasgow. 25-27 November – Storm Arwen causes widespread damage and power outages across Scotland. 28 November – Brechin Cathedral closes its doors for the final time as a sanctified church.

Deaths 4 January – Kay Ullrich, politician, MSP 1999–2003 (born 1943) 12 January – Willie Miller, urban planner (born 1950) 14 January – Vincent Logan, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dunkeld 1981–2012 (born 1941; COVID-19). 14 February – Sir William Macpherson, High Court judge and clan chief (born 1926) 11 May – Neil Connery, retired actor and younger brother of actor Sean Connery (born 1938) 21 May – Ken MacKinnon, Scottish Gaelic sociolinguist (born 1933) 17 June – Andrew Welsh, Scottish politician (born 1944) 12 August – Una Stubbs, English actress (born 1937 in England) 23 August – Elizabeth Blackadder, painter and printmaker (born 1931) 23 August – Colin Bell, journalist, broadcaster and author (born 1938). 15 October – Robert Black, auditor (born 1946) 26 October – Walter Smith, Scottish association football player, manager and director (born 1948) 5 December – Gary Callander, Scottish international rugby union player (born 1959)

See also

2021 in England 2021 in Northern Ireland 2021 in Wales Politics of Scotland

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