3rd Scottish Parliament

3rd Scottish Parliament
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Overview
Legislative body	Scottish Parliament
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Meeting place	Scottish Parliament Building
Term	14 May 2007 – 22 March 2011
Election	2007
Government	First Salmond government
Members	129
Presiding Officer	Alex Fergusson
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Deputy First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Leader of the Opposition	Jack McConnell (2007) Cathy Jamieson (2007) Wendy Alexander (2007–08) Cathy Jamieson (2008) Iain Gray (2008–11)

This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the third Scottish Parliament at the 2007 Scottish Parliament 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.

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election produced another hung parliament which saw the Scottish National Party replace Scottish Labour as the largest party group in the Parliament. On 16 May 2007, the Scottish Parliament elected Alex Salmond as First Minister of Scotland. The next day, Salmond officially took office after being sworn in at the Court of Session and went on to form the Parliament's first minority administration.

Composition

Party		May 2007 election	March 2011 dissolution
•	Scottish National Party	47	47
	Scottish Labour	46	46
	Scottish Conservatives	17	16
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	16	16
	Scottish Greens	2	2
	Independents	1	1
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129
Government majority		−35	−34

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2007 Scottish Parliament election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2011:

• 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 2007 election.

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party
	Brian Adam		Aberdeen North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Bill Aitken		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Wendy Alexander		Paisley North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alasdair Allan		Western Isles	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Jackie Baillie		Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Claire Baker		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Richard Baker		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Sarah Boyack		Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Rhona Brankin		Midlothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Ted Brocklebank		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Gavin Brown		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Keith Brown		Ochil	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Robert Brown		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Derek Brownlee		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Bill Butler		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Aileen Campbell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Jackson Carlaw		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Malcolm Chisholm		Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Willie Coffey		Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Angela Constance		Livingston	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Cathie Craigie		Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Bruce Crawford		Stirling	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Roseanna Cunningham		Perth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Margaret Curran		Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Nigel Don		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Bob Doris		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Helen Eadie		Dunfermline East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Fergus Ewing		Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Linda Fabiani		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Patricia Ferguson		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alex Fergusson		Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Constituency	Presiding Officer
	Ross Finnie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Joe FitzPatrick		Dundee West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	George Foulkes		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Murdo Fraser		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Kenneth Gibson		Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Rob Gibson		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Karen Gillon		Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Marlyn Glen		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Trish Godman		West Renfrewshire	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Annabel Goldie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Charlie Gordon		Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Christine Grahame		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Rhoda Grant		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Iain Gray		East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Robin Harper		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Christopher Harvie		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Patrick Harvie		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Hugh Henry		Paisley South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jamie Hepburn		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Jim Hume		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Fiona Hyslop		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Adam Ingram		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Cathy Jamieson		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alex Johnstone		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	James Kelly		Glasgow Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Andy Kerr		East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Bill Kidd		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Johann Lamont		Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	John Lamont		Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Marilyn Livingstone		Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Richard Lochhead		Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Kenny MacAskill		Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Lewis Macdonald		Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Margo MacDonald		Lothians	Regional	Independent
	Ken Macintosh		Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Paul Martin		Glasgow Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Tricia Marwick		Central Fife	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Jim Mather		Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Michael Matheson		Falkirk West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stewart Maxwell		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Liam McArthur		Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Frank McAveety		Glasgow Shettleston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Tom McCabe		Hamilton South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jack McConnell		Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jamie McGrigor		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Alison McInnes		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Ian McKee		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Christina McKelvie		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Anne McLaughlin		Glasgow (since 12/02/2009)	Regional	Scottish National Party
	David McLetchie		Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Michael McMahon		Hamilton North and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Stuart McMillan		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Duncan McNeil		Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Pauline McNeill		Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Des McNulty		Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Nanette Milne		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Margaret Mitchell		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Alasdair Morgan		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Mary Mulligan		Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	John Farquhar Munro		Ross, Skye and Inverness West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Elaine Murray		Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alex Neil		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Hugh O'Donnell		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Irene Oldfather		Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	John Park		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Gil Paterson		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Peter Peacock		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Cathy Peattie		Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Mike Pringle		Edinburgh South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Jeremy Purvis		Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Shona Robison		Dundee East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mike Rumbles		West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Michael Russell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Alex Salmond		Gordon	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mary Scanlon		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	John Scott		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Tavish Scott		Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Richard Simpson		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Elaine Smith		Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Liz Smith		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Iain Smith		North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Margaret Smith		Edinburgh West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Shirley-Anne Somerville		Lothians (since 31/08/2007)	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Nicol Stephen		Aberdeen South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Stewart Stevenson		Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	David Stewart		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Jamie Stone		Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Nicola Sturgeon		Glasgow Govan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	John Swinney		North Tayside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Dave Thompson		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Jim Tolson		Dunfermline West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Maureen Watt		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Andrew Welsh		Angus	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Sandra White		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Karen Whitefield		Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	David Whitton		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Bill Wilson		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	John Wilson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
	Stefan Tymkewycz		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party	resigned 31 August 2007
	Bashir Ahmad		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party	died 6 February 2009

Changes

Date	Constituency/region	Gain		Loss		Note
14 May 2007	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale		Presiding Officer		Conservative	Alex Fergusson is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from his party.
31 August 2007	Lothians		SNP		SNP	Stefan Tymkewycz resigned from the Parliament.[1] He was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville.[1]
6 February 2009	Glasgow		SNP		SNP	Bashir Ahmad died.[2] He was replaced by Anne McLaughlin.[3]

See also

• Executive of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
• 2007 Scottish Parliament election
• Scottish Parliament
• Member of the Scottish Parliament

References

1. "MSP announces move to step down". BBC News. BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
2. "Scotland's first Muslim MSP dies". BBC News. BBC. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
3. "By-election figure to become MSP". BBC News. BBC. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links

• Scottish Parliament website
• Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website