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Revision as of 04:41, 25 October 2013
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| 1st Parliament | (1999) |
| 2nd Parliament | (2003) |
| 3rd Parliament | (2007) |
| 4th Parliament | (2011) |
This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA) elected to the fourth Scottish Parliament at the 2011 election. Of the 129 MSPs, 73 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 56 members being returned from eight regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of mixed member proportional representation.
Composition of the Parliament
| Party | May 2011 election |
16 July 2024 current | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" |• | Scottish National Party | 69 | 64 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Labour Party | 37 | 38 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Conservative Party | 15 | 15 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | | Scottish Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" | | Scottish Green Party | 2 | 2 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Independents | 1 | 3 |
| style="background-color: Template:Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament/meta/color" | | Presiding Officer | 0 | 1 |
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 129 | 129 | |
| Government Majority | 9 | 1 | |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they are in the 4th session of the Scottish Parliament.
- Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.
List of MSPs
This is a list of MSPs. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here a list of MSPs elected in the 2011 election.
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Former MSPs
| Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
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| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color"| | John Park | 
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Mid Scotland and Fife | Regional | Scottish Labour Party | resigned 7/12/12 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| | Brian Adam | 
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Aberdeen Donside | Constituency | Scottish National Party | died 25/04/13 |
| style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative Party/meta/color"| | David McLetchie | 
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Lothian | Regional | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | died 12/08/13 |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | Bill Walker | 
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Dunfermline | Constituency | Independent | resigned 7/9/13 |
Changes
| Date | Constituency/region | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2011 | Mid Fife and Glenrothes | Presiding Officer | SNP | Tricia Marwick is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from her party.[1] | ||
| 4 March 2012 | Dunfermline | Independent | SNP | Bill Walker was suspended from the SNP pending an investigation into domestic abuse allegations. | ||
| 23 October 2012 | Highlands and Islands | Independent | SNP | John Finnie resigned from the SNP because of its conference decision on NATO membership.[2] | ||
| 23 October 2012 | Highlands and Islands | Independent | SNP | Jean Urquhart resigned from the SNP because of its conference decision on NATO membership. | ||
| 07 December 2012 | Mid Scotland and Fife | Labour | Labour | John Park resigned as an MSP to take up a full time Trade-Union position,[3] he is replaced by Jayne Baxter. | ||
| 25 April 2013 | Aberdeen Donside | SNP | Brian Adam dies of cancer at age 64,[4] causing a by-election. | |||
| 14/15 May 2013 | North East Scotland | SNP | SNP | Mark McDonald resigns his position as an MSP in order to contest the Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013. Christian Allard takes up the vacant seat as the next (and final) name on the SNP's list for the region. | ||
| 20 June 2013 | Aberdeen Donside | SNP | Mark McDonald holds the seat for the SNP in the Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013. | |||
| 12 August 2013 | Lothian | Conservative | Conservative | David McLetchie dies of cancer, aged 61.[5] He was replaced by Cameron Buchanan. | ||
| 7 September 2013 | Dunfermline | Labour | Independent | Bill Walker resigned following his conviction for assault, precipitating a by-election in the constituency. He was replaced by Cara Hilton. | ||
References
- ^ "SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ "MSPs John Finnie and Jean Urquhart quit SNP over Nato policy". BBC News. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9776000/9776931.stm
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22291973
- ^ "Former Scottish Conservative leader David McLetchie dies". BBC News. BBC. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.