Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament
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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.
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Composition of the Parliament
| Party | May 2011 election |
15 May 2013 current |
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| • | Scottish National Party | 69 | 64 |
| Scottish Labour Party | 37 | 37 | |
| Scottish Conservative Party | 15 | 15 | |
| Scottish Liberal Democrats | 5 | 5 | |
| Scottish Green Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Independents | 1 | 4 | |
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | |
| Presiding Officer | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 129 | 128 | |
| Government Majority | 9 | 0 | |
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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| This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Scotland |
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Scotland in the EU
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Former MSPs
| Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Park |  |
Mid Scotland and Fife | Regional | Scottish Labour Party | resigned 7/12/12 | |
| Brian Adam |  |
Aberdeen Donside | Constituency | Scottish National Party | died 25/04/13 | |
| Mark McDonald |  |
North East Scotland | Regional | Scottish National Party | resigned 15/05/13 | |
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 May 2013 | North East Scotland | SNP | Mark McDonald resigns his position as an MSP in order to contest the Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013. | |||
| 15 May 2013 | North East Scotland | SNP | Christian Allard takes up the vacant seat as the next (and final) name on the SNP's list for the region. | |||
| 25 May 2013 | Aberdeen Donside | Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013. | ||||
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
