4th Scottish Parliament
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| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Scottish Parliament | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Scotland, United Kingdom | ||||
| Meeting place | Scottish Parliament Building | ||||
| Term | 11 May 2011 – 24 March 2016 | ||||
| Election | 2011 | ||||
| Government | Second Salmond government First Sturgeon government | ||||
| Members | 129 | ||||
| Presiding Officer | Rt Hon Tricia Marwick | ||||
This is a list of members (MSPs) returned 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
| Party | May 2011 election |
March 2016 dissolution | |
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| 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 |
| Total | 129 | 128 | |
| Vacant | 0 | 1[1] | |
| Government majority | 9 | 1[2] | |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Graphical representation
These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliement showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2011 general election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2016:
- Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.
List of MSPs
This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. 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
Changes
| Date | Constituency/region | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
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| 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.[3] | ||
| 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.[4] Though he joined the Scottish Green Party in October 2014, Finnie continued to sit as an independent MSP until the end of the parliament.[5] | ||
| 23 October 2012 | Highlands and Islands | Independent | SNP | Jean Urquhart resigned from the SNP because of its conference decision on NATO membership.[4] | ||
| 07 December 2012 | Mid Scotland and Fife | Labour | Labour | John Park resigned as an MSP to take up a full time Trade-Union position,[6] he is replaced by Jayne Baxter. | ||
| 25 April 2013 | Aberdeen Donside | SNP | Brian Adam dies of cancer at age 64,[7] 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 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election. 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 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election. | |||
| 12 August 2013 | Lothian | Conservative | Conservative | David McLetchie dies of cancer, aged 61.[8] 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. | ||
| 9 November 2013 | Cowdenbeath | Labour | Labour | Helen Eadie dies of cancer at age 66,[9] causing a by-election. She was replaced by Alex Rowley. | ||
| 4 April 2014 | Lothian | Independent | Margo MacDonald died, age 70.[1] She had been elected as an independent to a regional seat and therefore no-one could be nominated as a replacement.[1] | |||
| 23 September 2014 | Central Scotland | Independent | SNP | John Wilson resigned from the SNP because of its 2012 conference decision on NATO membership.[10] Though he joined the Scottish Green Party in December 2014, Wilson continued to sit as an independent MSP until the end of the parliament.[11] | ||
References
- ^ a b c "Independent MSP Margo MacDonald dies". BBC News. BBC. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
As Ms MacDonald was an independent MSP elected to Holyrood as a regional list member, there will be no by-election, and her seat will remain vacant until the next Scottish Parliament election, in 2016.
- ^ "SNP MSP John Wilson quits party over Nato row". BBC News. BBC. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "SNP MSP Tricia Marwick elected presiding officer". BBC News. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ a b "MSPs John Finnie and Jean Urquhart quit SNP over Nato policy". BBC News. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Why I’ve joined the Scottish Greens, John Finnie MSP.
- ^ "Member's Oath/Affirmation: Jayne Baxter". BBC News. 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Aberdeen SNP MSP Brian Adam dies aged 64". BBC News. 25 April 2013.
- ^ "Former Scottish Conservative leader David McLetchie dies". BBC News. BBC. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ "Labour MSP Helen Eadie dies, aged 66". BBC News. 9 November 2013.
- ^ "SNP MSP John Wilson quits party over Nato row". BBC News.
- ^ "John Wilson MSP joins the Scottish Greens". Scottish Greens.
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