Dr Fraser McMillan
Job Title
Lecturer in Scottish Electoral Politics
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Email
fraser.mcmillan@ed.ac.uk
Personal website
Website
Twitter username
https://twitter.com/frasmcm/
Room number
4.13Building (Address)
Chrystal Macmillan BuildingResearch interests
Research themes
Research interests
My main research interests are devolved voting behaviour and comparative party politics, particularly the role of election pledges in representative democracy.
Since 2021 I have been a member of the ESRC-funded Scottish Election Study (SES) team and am currently a Co-Investigator on the 2026 SES.
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.