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==List of elections:==
==List of elections:==
==List of nominating elections ==
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| style="background: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Scottish Liberal Democrats]]
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| style="background: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |
| [[Scottish National Party]]
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| style="background: {{party color|Scottish Greens}}" |
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| style="background: {{party color|Scottish Socialist Party}}" |
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!Parliamentary term
!Parliamentary term
!Date
!Date
!colspan="1"|Candidates
! colspan="1" |Candidates
!1st Round
!1st Round
!2nd Round
!2nd Round
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|'''82'''
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|George Reid
|George Reid
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|'''108'''
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|Margo MacDonald
|[[Margo MacDonald]]
|20
|20
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|[[4th Scottish Parliament|4th Parliament]]
| rowspan="3" |[[4th Scottish Parliament|4th Parliament]]
| rowspan="3" |11 May 2011<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-05-11 |title=SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-13362676 |access-date=2023-04-07}}</ref>
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|'''Tricia Marwick'''
|'''Tricia Marwick'''
|'''49'''
|'''49'''
|'''73'''
|'''73'''
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|[[Hugh Henry]]
| rowspan="2" |11 May 2011<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-05-11 |title=SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-13362676 |access-date=2023-04-07}}</ref>
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|45
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|56
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|Christine Graham
|[[Christine Grahame]]
|32
|32
|ELIMINATED
|ELIMINATED
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| rowspan="5" |[[5th Scottish Parliament|5th Parliament]]
| rowspan="5" |[[5th Scottish Parliament|5th Parliament]]
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|Murdo Fraser
|[[Murdo Fraser]]
|23
|23
|26
|26
|31
|31
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|Johann Lamont
|[[Johann Lamont]]
|23
|23
|26
|26
|26
|26
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|John Scott
|[[John Scott]]
|17
|17
|15
|15
|ELIMINATED
|ELIMINATED
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|Elaine Smith
|[[Elaine Smith (Scottish politician)|Elaine Smith]]
|7
|7
| colspan="2" |ELIMINATED
| colspan="2" |ELIMINATED
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!1999
!1st Round
|-
|Sir David Steel
|82
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|George Reid
|44
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{| class="wikitable"
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!2003
!1st Round
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|George Reid
|113
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|Against
|7
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!2007
!1st Round
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|Alex Fergusson
|108
|-
|Margo MacDonald
|20
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{| class="wikitable"
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!2011
!1st Round
!2nd Round
|-
|Tricia Marwick
|49
|73
|-
|Hugh Henry
|45
|56
|-
|Christine Graham
|32
|ELIMINATED
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{| class="wikitable"
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!2016
!1st Round
!2nd Round
!3rd Round
|-
|Ken Macintosh
|58
|60
|71
|-
|Murdo Fraser
|23
|26
|31
|-
|Johann Lamont
|23
|26
|26
|-
|John Scott
|17
|15
|ELIMINATED
|-
|Elaine Smith
|7
| colspan="2" |ELIMINATED
|}
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!2022
!1st Round
|-
|Alison Johnstone
|97
|-
|Against
|29
|}
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Parliament of Scotland#Presidency of parliament|Presidency of the old Scots Parliament]] (pre-1707):
*[[Parliament of Scotland#Presidency of parliament|Presidency of the old Scots Parliament]] (pre-1707):

Revision as of 18:32, 7 April 2023

Presiding Officer
of the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Gaelic: Oifigear Riaghlaidh Pàrlamaid na h-Alba
Scots: Preses o the Scots Pairlament
Logo used to represent the Scottish Parliament
Incumbent
Alison Johnstone
since 13 May 2021
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Scottish Parliament
Style
Member ofScottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Scottish Parliament
SeatEdinburgh
NominatorScottish Parliament
(through secret exhaustive ballot voting)
AppointerScottish Parliament
(elected by)
Term lengthElected by the Scottish Parliament at the start of each session, and upon a vacancy
Inaugural holderDavid Steel
Formation1999
DeputyAnnabelle Ewing and
Liam McArthur[1]
Salary£118,511 per annum (2023)[2]
(including £67,662 MSP salary)
Websitewww.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/parliament-organisations-groups-and-people/presiding-officer-and-deputy-presiding-officers
This article is part of a series within the
Politics of the United Kingdom on the
Politics of Scotland
The Crown

Charles III

William, Duke of Rothesay

Executive

Swinney government

The Rt Hon John Swinney MSP

Kate Forbes MSP

Legislature

Sixth session

Alison Johnstone MSP

Law and justice

Angela Constance MSP

Dorothy Bain KC

The Rt Hon Lord Carloway KC PC

Elections and referendums
Scottish Parliament elections

United Kingdom Parliament elections

European Parliament elections

Local elections

Referendums
Scotland and the United Kingdom

Sunak ministry

The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP

The Rt Hon Alister Jack MP

Administration

The presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Oifigear-Riaghlaidh, Scots: Preses[3]) is the speaker of the Scottish Parliament. The presiding officer is a member of the Scottish Parliament elected by the Scottish Parliament by means of an exhaustive ballot, and is ex officio the head of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The presiding officer is considered a figurehead of the Scottish Parliament and has an office in Queensberry House.

Appointments to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom are made by the monarch, although in practice they are made only on the advice of the UK government. To date all presiding officers have been appointed members of the Privy Council, and therefore entitled to use the style 'Right Honourable'.

The office of presiding officer was established by the Scotland Act 1998. The current presiding officer is Alison Johnstone, who was elected on 13 May 2021, following the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. She is the second woman to hold the office and the first former member of the Scottish Greens to do so.

Office

The presiding officer presides over the Parliament's debates, determining which members may speak, and maintains order during debate.[4] The presiding officer is expected to be strictly non-partisan, with some similarities in this respect to the tradition of the Speaker of the House of Commons. For this reason, they renounce all affiliation with their former political party for the duration of their term.[5] They do not take part in debate, or vote except to break ties. Even then, the convention is that when the presiding officer uses their tie-breaking vote, they do so in favour of advancing debate, but on final ballots, retaining the status quo. The presiding officer is also assisted in their duties by 2 deputies. They have the same powers as the presiding officer; they keep their party affiliation but remain impartial when presiding.

In 2006 the St Andrews Fund for Scots Heraldry commemorated the hosting of the Heraldic & Genealogical Congress in Scotland by commissioning a ceremonial robe for the presiding officer to wear, however as of May 2017, it appears no presiding officer has worn the robe.[6]

The Scottish National Party proposes that in the event of independence, the presiding officer's post be replaced with that of chancellor of Scotland. In addition to presiding over the Scottish Parliament, the chancellor would possess additional constitutional powers during the absence of the monarch from Scotland; chiefly, the chancellor should act in a role similar to a governor-general in the other Commonwealth realms.[7]

List of presiding officers

No. Portrait Name

(birth and death)

Constituency/Region

Term of office Former party
1 Sir David Steel[a]

(1938–)

MSP for Lothian

12 May 1999 7 May 2003 Scottish Liberal Democrats
2 George Reid

(1939–)

MSP for Ochil

7 May 2003 14 May 2007 Scottish National Party
3 Alex Fergusson

(1949–2018)

MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

14 May 2007 11 May 2011 Scottish Conservatives
4 Tricia Marwick

(1953–)

MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes

11 May 2011 12 May 2016 Scottish National Party
5 Ken Macintosh

(1962–)

MSP for West Scotland

12 May 2016 13 May 2021 Scottish Labour
6 Alison Johnstone

(1965–)

MSP for Lothian

13 May 2021 Incumbent Scottish Greens
  1. ^ Officially styled as The Lord Steel of Aikwood, but he was known as Sir David Steel in the Scottish Parliament.

List of deputy presiding officers

Name Party Constituency / Region Name Party Constituency / Region
Patricia Ferguson 12 May 1999 – 27 November 2001 Scottish Labour Glasgow Maryhill George Reid
12 May 1999 – 7 May 2003 		Scottish National Party Mid Scotland and Fife
Murray Tosh 29 November 2001 – 2 April 2007 Scottish Conservatives South of Scotland (1999–2003)
West of Scotland (2003–2007)
Trish Godman
7 May 2003 – 22 March 2011 		Scottish Labour West Renfrewshire
Alasdair Morgan 10 May 2007 – 22 March 2011 Scottish National Party South of Scotland
John Scott 11 May 2011 – 12 May 2016 Scottish Conservatives Ayr Elaine Smith 11 May 2011 – 12 May 2016 Coatbridge and Chryston
Linda Fabiani 12 May 2016 – 12 May 2021 Scottish National Party East Kilbride Christine Grahame 12 May 2016 – 12 May 2021 Scottish National Party Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
Lewis Macdonald (Interim) 1 April 2020 – 12 May 2021 Scottish Labour North East Scotland
Annabelle Ewing[1] 14 May 2021 - Scottish National Party Cowdenbeath Liam McArthur[1] 14 May 2021 - Scottish Liberal Democrats Orkney

Current presiding officer and deputy presiding officer

Position Current holder Term started Party Constituency / Region
Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone 13 May 2021 Scottish Greens
(Suspended during term as Presiding Officer) 		Lothian
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Annabelle Ewing 14 May 2021 Scottish National Party Cowdenbeath
Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Liam McArthur 14 May 2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats Orkney

List of elections:

Presiding Officer elections Votes received
Parliamentary term Date Candidates 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
1st Parliament 31 May 1999 Sir David Steel 82
George Reid 44
2nd Parliament 7 May 2003 [8] George Reid 113
3rd Parliament 14 May 2007 Alex Fergusson 108
Margo MacDonald 20
4th Parliament 11 May 2011[9] Tricia Marwick 49 73
Hugh Henry 45 56
Christine Grahame 32 ELIMINATED
5th Parliament 17 May 2016[10] Ken Macintosh 58 60 71
Murdo Fraser 23 26 31
Johann Lamont 23 26 26
John Scott 17 15 ELIMINATED
Elaine Smith 7 ELIMINATED
6th Parliament 18 May 2021[11] Alison Johnstone 97

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Davidson, Jenni (14 May 2021). "Scottish Parliament's deputy presiding officers elected after five-hour voting session". Holyrood. Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ "MSP salaries". parliament.scot. The Scottish Parliament. 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Your Scots Pairlament" (PDF). www.parliament.scot (in Scots). Scottish Parliament. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ Black, Andrew (14 May 2007). "Q&A: Holyrood presiding officer". BBC News. BBC. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Former Scottish Parliament Presiding Officers on the devolution years". Holyrood. 13 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ Cusack, Andrew (3 June 2010). "The Presiding Officer's Gown | andrewcusack.com". www.andrewcusack.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. ^ Principles of the Constitution Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, at constitutionalcommission.org (.pdf file)
  8. ^ "Reid wins presiding officer role". 7 May 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  9. ^ "SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon wins Scottish first minister vote". BBC News. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Nicola Sturgeon re-elected as Scotland's first minister". BBC News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.

External links

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