2021 in Scotland
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See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
2021 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 2020–21 • 2021–22
2021 in Scottish television
Timeline of Scottish history
2021 in: The UK • England • Wales • Elsewhere
Scottish football: 2020–21 • 2021–22
2021 in Scottish television
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Events from the year 2021 in Scotland.
Events
- 4 February – 2021 Kilmarnock incidents lead to three deaths.
- 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.[1]
- 13 May
- 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election
- 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 25-27 November - Storm Arwen causes widespread damage and power outages across Scotland.
