School of Social and Political Science

Dr Fraser McMillan

Lecturer in Scottish Electoral Politics

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fraser.mcmillan@ed.ac.uk
Website
https://twitter.com/frasmcm/
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Chrystal Macmillan Building

Research interests

Elections, public opinion and parties Territorial Politics Research Group UK and Comparative Politics

My main research interests are devolved voting behaviour and comparative party politics, particularly the role of election pledges in representative democracy.

Background

Originally from Aberdeen, I obtained my PhD from the University of Strathclyde in 2019. After working on various postdoctoral projects at the University of Glasgow, I joined Edinburgh PIR in January 2024 as a Fellow in Territorial Politics. In November 2025 I moved into the post of Lecturer in Scottish Electoral Politics. Since 2021 I have been a member of the ESRC-funded Scottish Election Study (SES) team, leading the launch and development of the project's ongoing Scottish Opinion Monitor polling series, and am currently a Co-Investigator on the 2026 SES.

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