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Members of the 2nd Scottish Parliament

1st Parliament (1999)

2nd Parliament (2003)

3rd Parliament (2007)

This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA) elected to the second Scottish Parliament at the 2003 election. Of the 129 members 73 where 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.

1 Composition of the Parliament
2 Graphical representation
3 MSPs by party
4 Members by constituency and region
- 4.1 Constituency members
- 4.2 Regional members
5 Changes
6 See also

Composition of the Parliament

Party		May 2003 election	April 2007 dissolution
•	Scottish Labour Party	50	50
	Scottish National Party	27	25
	Scottish Conservative Party	18	17
•	Scottish Liberal Democrats	17	17
	Scottish Green Party	7	7
	Scottish Socialist Party	6	4
	Solidarity	0	2
	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	1	1
	Independents	3	5
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 2nd session of the Scottish Parliament at the time of its dissolution in April 2007.

Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.

MSPs by party

This is a list MSPs and party affiliations at the end of the session sorted by party, for a list of MSPs elected in the 2003 election see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.

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	Name	Constituency or Region
Labour Party (50)	Wendy Alexander	Paisley North
	Jackie Baillie	Dumbarton
	Richard Baker	North East Scotland
	Scott Barrie	Dunfermline West
	Sarah Boyack	Edinburgh Central
	Rhona Brankin	Midlothian
	Bill Butler	Glasgow Anniesland
	Malcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith
	Cathie Craigie	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
	Margaret Curran	Glasgow Baillieston
	Susan Deacon	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
	Helen Eadie	Dunfermline East
	Patricia Ferguson	Glasgow Maryhill
	Karen Gillon	Clydesdale
	Marlyn Glen	North East Scotland
	Trish Godman	West Renfrewshire
	Hugh Henry	Paisley South
	John Home Robertson	East Lothian
	Janis Hughes	Glasgow Rutherglen
	Gordon Jackson	Glasgow Govan
	Sylvia Jackson	Stirling
	Cathy Jamieson	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
	Margaret Jamieson	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	Andy Kerr	East Kilbride
	Johann Lamont	Glasgow Pollok
	Marilyn Livingstone	Kirkcaldy
	Lewis Macdonald	Aberdeen Central
	Kenneth Macintosh	Eastwood
	Kate Maclean	Dundee West
	Maureen Macmillan	Highlands and Islands
	Paul Martin	Glasgow Springburn
	Christine May	Fife Central
	Frank McAveety	Glasgow Shettleston
	Tom McCabe	Hamilton South
	Jack McConnell	Motherwell and Wishaw
	Michael McMahon	Hamilton North and Bellshill
	Duncan McNeil	Greenock and Inverclyde
	Pauline McNeill	Glasgow Kelvin
	Des McNulty	Clydebank and Milngavie
	Alasdair Morrison	Western Isles
	Bristow Muldoon	Livingston
	Mary Mulligan	Linlithgow
	Elaine Murray	Dumfries
	Irene Oldfather	Cunninghame South
	Peter Peacock	Highlands and Islands
	Cathy Peattie	Falkirk East
	Elaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston
	Mike Watson	Glasgow Cathcart
	Karen Whitefield	Airdrie and Shotts
	Allan Wilson	Cunninghame North
Scottish National Party (25)	Brian Adam	Aberdeen North
	Bruce Crawford	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Roseanna Cunningham	Perth
	Sandra White	Glasgow
	Fergus Ewing	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
	Margaret Ewing	Moray
	Linda Fabiani	Central Scotland
	Christine Grahame	South of Scotland
	Fiona Hyslop	Lothians
	Adam Ingram	South of Scotland
	Rob Gibson	Highlands and Islands
	Richard Lochhead	North East Scotland
	Kenny MacAskill	Lothians
	Tricia Marwick	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Jim Mather	Highlands and Islands
	Michael Matheson	Central Scotland
	Stewart Maxwell	West of Scotland
	Bruce McFee	West of Scotland
	Alasdair Morgan	South of Scotland
	Alex Neil	Central Scotland
	Shona Robison	Dundee East
	Stewart Stevenson	Banff and Buchan
	Nicola Sturgeon	Glasgow
	John Swinney	North Tayside
	Andrew Welsh	Angus
Conservative Party (17)	Bill Aitken	Glasgow
	Ted Brocklebank	Mid Scotland and Fife
	David Davidson	North East Scotland
	James Douglas-Hamilton	Lothians
	Alex Fergusson	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
	Murdo Fraser	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Phil Gallie	South of Scotland
	Annabel Goldie	West of Scotland
	Alex Johnstone	North East Scotland
	Jamie McGrigor	Highlands and Islands
	David McLetchie	Edinburgh Pentlands
	Nanette Milne	North East Scotland
	Margaret Mitchell	Central Scotland
	David Mundell	South of Scotland
	Mary Scanlon	Highlands and Islands
	John Scott	Ayr
	Murray Tosh	West of Scotland
Liberal Democrats (17)	Robert Brown	Glasgow
	Ross Finnie	West of Scotland
	Donald Gorrie	Central Scotland
	George Lyon	Argyll and Bute
	John Farquhar Munro	Ross, Skye and Inverness West
	Mike Pringle	Edinburgh South
	Jeremy Purvis	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
	Nora Radcliffe	Gordon
	Keith Raffan	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Euan Robson	Roxburgh and Berwickshire
	Mike Rumbles	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	Tavish Scott	Shetland
	Iain Smith	North East Fife
	Margaret Smith	Edinburgh West
	Nicol Stephen	Aberdeen South
	Jamie Stone	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	Jim Wallace	Orkney
Scottish Green Party (7)	Shiona Baird	North East Scotland
	Mark Ballard	Lothians
	Chris Ballance	South of Scotland
	Robin Harper	Lothians
	Patrick Harvie	Glasgow
	Mark Ruskell	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Eleanor Scott	Highlands and Islands
Scottish Socialist Party (4)	Frances Curran	West of Scotland
	Colin Fox	Lothians
	Rosie Kane	Glasgow
	Carolyn Leckie	Central Scotland
Solidarity (2)	Rosemary Byrne	South of Scotland
Solidarity (2)	Tommy Sheridan	Glasgow
Senior Citizens Unity Party (1)	John Swinburne	Central Scotland
Presiding Officer (1)	George Reid	Ochil
Independent (5)	Margo MacDonald	Lothians
	Dennis Canavan	Falkirk West
	Campbell Martin	West of Scotland
	Brian Monteith	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Jean Turner	Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Members by constituency and region

Constituency members

Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency	Name		Party
Aberdeen Central		Lewis Macdonald	Labour Party
Aberdeen North		Elaine Thomson	Labour Party
Aberdeen South		Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrats
Airdrie and Shotts		Karen Whitefield	Labour Party
Angus		Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party
Argyll and Bute		George Lyon	Liberal Democrats
Ayr		John Scott	Conservative
Banff and Buchan		Stewart Stevenson	Scottish National Party
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross		Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrats
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Cathy Jamieson	Labour Party
Central Fife		Christine May	Labour Party
Clydebank and Milngavie		Des McNulty	Labour Party
Clydesdale		Karen Turnbull	Labour Party
Coatbridge and Chryston		Elaine Smith	Labour Party
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth		Cathie Craigie	Labour Party
Cunninghame North		Allan Wilson	Labour Party
Cunninghame South		Irene Oldfather	Labour Party
Dumbarton		Jackie Baillie	Labour Party
Dumfries		Elaine Murray	Labour Party
Dundee East		John McAllion	Labour Party
Dunfermline East		Shona Robison	Scottish National Party
Dundee West		Kate Maclean	Labour Party
Dunfermline West		Scott Barrie	Labour Party
East Kilbride		Andy Kerr	Labour Party
East Lothian		John Home Robertson	Labour Party
Eastwood		Kenneth Macintosh	Labour Party
Edinburgh Central		Sarah Boyack	Labour Party
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh		Susan Deacon	Labour Party
Edinburgh North and Leith		Malcolm Chisholm	Labour Party
Edinburgh Pentlands		David McLetchie	Conservative
Edinburgh South		Mike Pringle	Liberal Democrats
Edinburgh West		Margaret Smith	Liberal Democrats
Falkirk East		Cathy Peattie	Labour Party
Falkirk West		Dennis Canavan	Independent
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale		Alex Fergusson	Conservative
Glasgow Anniesland		Bill Butler	Labour Party
Glasgow Baillieston		Margaret Curran	Labour Party
Glasgow Cathcart		Charlie Gordon	Labour Party
Glasgow Govan		Gordon Jackson	Labour Party
Glasgow Kelvin		Pauline McNeill	Labour Party
Glasgow Maryhill		Patricia Ferguson	Labour Party
Glasgow Pollok		Johann Lamont	Labour Party
Glasgow Rutherglen		Janis Hughes	Labour Party
Glasgow Shettleston		Frank McAveety	Labour Party
Glasgow Springburn		Paul Martin	Labour Party
Gordon		Nora Radcliffe	Liberal Democrats
Greenock and Inverclyde		Duncan McNeil	Labour Party
Hamilton North and Bellshill		Michael McMahon	Labour Party
Hamilton South		Tom McCabe	Labour Party
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber		Fergus Ewing	Scottish National Party
Kilmarnock and Loudoun		Margaret Jamieson	Labour Party
Kirkcaldy		Marilyn Livingstone	Labour Party
Linlithgow		Mary Mulligan	Labour Party
Livingston		Bristow Muldoon	Labour Party
Midlothian		Rhona Brankin	Labour Party
Moray		Margaret Ewing	Scottish National Party
Motherwell and Wishaw		Jack McConnell	Labour Party
North East Fife		Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
North Tayside		John Swinney	Scottish National Party
Ochil		George Reid	Scottish National Party
Orkney		Jim Wallace	Liberal Democrats
Paisley North		Wendy Alexander	Labour Party
Paisley South		Hugh Henry	Labour Party
Perth		Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
Ross, Skye and Inverness West		John Farquhar Munro	Liberal Democrats
Roxburgh and Berwickshire		Euan Robson	Liberal Democrats
Shetland		Tavish Scott	Liberal Democrats
Stirling		Sylvia Jackson	Labour Party
Strathkelvin and Bearsden		Jean Turner	Independent
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Jeremy Purvis	Liberal Democrats
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine		Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrats
Western Isles		Alasdair Morrison	Labour Party
West Renfrewshire		Patricia Godman	Labour Party

Regional members

Members of the Scottish Parliament
Region	Name		Party
Central Scotland		Linda Fabiani	Scottish National Party
		Donald Gorrie	Liberal Democrats
		Carolyn Leckie	Scottish Socialist Party
		Michael Matheson	Scottish National Party
		Margaret Mitchell	Conservative
		Alex Neil	Scottish National Party
		John Swinburne	Scottish Senior Citizens
Glasgow		Bill Aitken	Conservative
		Robert Brown	Liberal Democrats
		Patrick Harvie	Scottish Green Party
		Rosie Kane	Scottish Socialist Party
		Tommy Sheridan	Solidarity
		Nicola Sturgeon	Scottish National Party
		Sandra White	Scottish National Party
Highlands and Islands		Rob Gibson	Scottish National Party
		Maureen Macmillan	Labour Party
		Jamie McGrigor	Conservative
		Jim Mather	Scottish National Party
		Peter Peacock	Labour Party
		Dave Petrie	Conservative
		Eleanor Scott	Scottish Green Party
Lothians		Mark Ballard	Scottish Green Party
		James Douglas-Hamilton	Conservative
		Colin Fox	Scottish Socialist Party
		Robin Harper	Scottish Green Party
		Fiona Hyslop	Scottish National Party
		Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party
		Margo MacDonald	Independent
Mid Scotland and Fife		Ted Brocklebank	Conservative
		Bruce Crawford	Scottish National Party
		Murdo Fraser	Conservative
		Tricia Marwick	Scottish National Party
		Brian Monteith	Independent
		Keith Raffan	Liberal Democrats
		Andrew Arbuckle	Scottish Green Party
North East Scotland		Shiona Baird	Scottish Green Party
		Richard Baker	Labour Party
		David Davidson	Conservative
		Marlyn Glen	Labour Party
		Alex Johnstone	Conservative
		Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party
		Nanette Milne	Conservative
South of Scotland		Chris Ballance	Scottish Green Party
		Rosemary Byrne	Solidarity
		Phil Gallie	Conservative
		Christine Grahame	Scottish National Party
		Adam Ingram	Scottish National Party
		Alasdair Morgan	Scottish National Party
		Derek Brownlee	Conservative
West of Scotland		Frances Curran	Scottish Socialist Party
		Bruce McFee	Scottish National Party
		Ross Finnie	Liberal Democrats
		Annabel Goldie	Conservative
		Campbell Martin	Independent
		Stewart Maxwell	Scottish National Party
		Murray Tosh	Conservative

Changes

Date	Constituency/Region			Note
May 07, 2003	Ochil	Presiding Officer	Scottish National Party	George Reid is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from the SNP.
July 10, 2004	West of Scotland	Independent	Scottish National Party	Campbell Martin was expelled from the SNP after publicly criticizing the party leader.
January 10, 2005	Mid Scotland and Fife		Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan resigned from Parliament, citing reasons of ill health, although it has been indicated that there were irregularities with his claims for expenses.
January 10, 2005	Mid Scotland and Fife	Liberal Democrats		Andrew Arbuckle replaces Keith Raffan as he was next on the Lib Dem regional list.
June 17, 2005	South of Scotland		Conservative	David Mundell resigned from Parliament as he was elected to the UK Parliament.
June 17, 2005	South of Scotland	Conservative		Derek Brownlee replaces David Mundell as he was next on the Conservative regional list.
September 05, 2005	Glasgow Cathcart		Labour	Mike Watson resigned from Parliament pending his conviction for arson.
September 05, 2005	Glasgow Cathcart	Labour		Charlie Gordon holds the seat vacated by Mike Watson at the by-election.
November 08, 2005	Mid Scotland and Fife	Independent	Conservative	Brian Monteith is expelled from his party after briefing against his party leader David McLetchie.
March 21, 2006	Moray		Scottish National Party	Margaret Ewing dies in March 2006.
April 7, 2006	North East Scotland		Scottish National Party	Richard Lochhead resigned to contest the Moray by-election after Margaret Ewing's death.
April 7, 2006	Highlands and Islands		Conservative	Mary Scanlon resigned to contest the Moray by-election after Margaret Ewing's death.
April 19, 2006	North East Scotland	Scottish National Party		Maureen Watt replaces Richard Lochhead as she was next on the SNP regional list.
April 19, 2006	Highlands and Islands	Conservative		Dave Petrie replaces Mary Scanlon as he was next on the Conservative regional list.
May 3, 2005	Moray	Scottish National Party		Richard Lochhead holds the seat vacated by Margaret Ewing at the by-election
September 03, 2006	Glasgow	Solidarity	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan resigned from the SSP and formed Solidarity.
September 03, 2006	South of Scotland	Solidarity	Scottish Socialist	Rosemary Byrne resigned from the SSP and joined Solidarity.

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