Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-2007

Template:PoliticsScotland The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 members (referred to as MSPs, short for "Members of the Scottish Parliament"; or in Gaelic as BPAn, short for "Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba"). Seventy-three are elected from first past the post constituencies. Fifty-six are elected through the Additional Member System (AMS), a form of proportional representation.

The regions used for AMS are Highlands and Islands; North East Scotland; Mid Scotland and Fife; West of Scotland; Glasgow; Central Scotland; South of Scotland; and Lothians. These regions were the same as were used for elections to the European Parliament before 1999.

Each region elects 7 PR MSPs.

The current party distribution in the Scottish Parliament:

• 50 Scottish Labour Party (Lab)
• 26 Scottish National Party (SNP)
• 18 Scottish Conservative and Unionist (Con)
• 17 Scottish Liberal Democrat (Lib Dem)
• 7 Scottish Green Party (Grn)
• 6 Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)
• 4 Independents (Ind)
• 1 Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP)

The Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 produced a slightly different make up for the Parliament than had been in place for the previous four years, with the number of Labour and SNP MSPs being reduced and the number of those representing minor parties outwith the established four main parties increasing.

There have been some changes since the 2003 election.

Campbell Martin (West of Scotland) was elected as an SNP MSP, but he has been independent since 2004.

Andrew Arbuckle (Lib-Dem) has taken the place of Keith Raffan who resigned from the Parliament in January, 2005, citing reasons of ill health. Mr Arbuckle was the next person on the Lib Dem "Additional Members" list for the Mid Scotland and Fife region at the 2003 election.

See also: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

Members by name

A

Brian Adam (SNP)

(Aberdeen North)

Bill Aitken (Con)

(Glasgow)

Wendy Alexander (Lab)

(Paisley North)

Andrew Arbuckle (Lib-Dem)

(Mid Scotland and Fife since January, 2005)

B

Jackie Baillie (Lab)

(Dumbarton)

Shiona Baird (Grn)

(North East Scotland)

Richard Baker (Lab)

(North East Scotland)

Chris Ballance (Grn)

(South of Scotland)

Mark Ballard (Grn)

(Lothians)

Scott Barrie (Lab)

(Dunfermline West)

Sarah Boyack (Lab)

(Edinburgh Central)

Rhona Brankin (Lab)

(Midlothian)

Ted Brocklebank (Con)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

Robert Brown (Lib Dem)

(Glasgow)

Bill Butler (Lab)

(Glasgow Anniesland)

Rosemary Byrne (SSP)

(South of Scotland)

C

Dennis Canavan (Ind)

(Falkirk West)

Malcolm Chisholm (Lab)

(Edinburgh North and Leith)

Cathie Craigie (Lab)

(Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Bruce Crawford (SNP)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

Roseanna Cunningham (SNP)

(Perth)

Frances Curran (SSP)

(West of Scotland)

Margaret Curran (Lab)

(Glasgow Baillieston)

D

David Davidson (Con)

(North East Scotland)

Susan Deacon (Lab)

(Edinburgh East and Musselburgh)

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Con)

(Lothians)

E

Helen Eadie (Lab)

(Dunfermline East)

Fergus Ewing (SNP)

(Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber)

Margaret Ewing (SNP)

(Moray)

F

Linda Fabiani (SNP)

(Central Scotland)

John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem)

(Ross, Skye and Inverness West)

Patricia Ferguson (Lab)

(Glasgow Maryhill)

Alex Fergusson (Con)

(Galloway & Upper Nithsdale)

Ross Finnie (Lib Dem)

(West of Scotland)

Colin Fox (SSP)

(Lothians)

Murdo Fraser (Con)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

G

Phil Gallie (Con)

(South of Scotland)

Rob Gibson (SNP)

(Highlands and Islands)

Karen Gillon (Lab)

(Clydesdale)

Marlyn Glen (Lab)

(North East Scotland)

Trish Godman (Lab)

(West Renfrewshire)

Annabel Goldie (Con)

(West of Scotland)

Donald Gorrie (Lib Dem)

(Central Scotland)

Christine Grahame (SNP)

(South of Scotland)

H

Robin Harper (Grn)

(Lothians)

Patrick Harvie (Grn)

(Glasgow)

Hugh Henry (Lab)

(Paisley South)

John Home Robertson (Lab)

(East Lothian)

Janis Hughes (Lab)

(Glasgow Rutherglen)

Fiona Hyslop (SNP)

(Lothians)

I

Adam Ingram (SNP)

(South of Scotland)

J

Gordon Jackson (Lab)

(Glasgow Govan)

Sylvia Jackson (Lab)

(Stirling)

Cathy Jamieson (Lab)

(Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley)

Margaret Jamieson (Lab)

(Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Alex Johnstone (Con)

(North East Scotland)

K

Rosie Kane (SSP)

(Glasgow)

Andy Kerr (Lab)

(East Kilbride)

L

Johann Lamont (Lab)

(Glasgow Pollok)

Carolyn Leckie (SSP)

(Central Scotland)

Marilyn Livingstone (Lab)

(Kirkcaldy)

Richard Lochhead (SNP)

(North East Scotland)

George Lyon (Lib Dem)

(Argyll and Bute)

M

Kenny MacAskill (SNP)

(Lothians)

Lewis Macdonald (Lab)

(Aberdeen Central)

Margo MacDonald (Ind)

(Lothians)

Kenneth Macintosh (Lab)

(Eastwood)

Kate Maclean (Lab)

(Dundee West)

Maureen Macmillan (Lab)

(Highlands and Islands)

Campbell Martin (elected as SNP but Ind since 2004)

(West of Scotland)

Paul Martin (Lab)

(Glasgow Springburn)

Tricia Marwick (SNP)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

Jim Mather (SNP)

(Highlands and Islands)

Michael Matheson (SNP)

(Central Scotland)

Stewart Maxwell (SNP)

(West of Scotland)

Christine May (Lab)

(Fife Central)

Frank McAveety (Lab)

(Glasgow Shettleston)

Tom McCabe (Lab)

(Hamilton South)

Jack McConnell (Lab)

Motherwell and Wishaw)

Bruce McFee (SNP)

(West of Scotland)

Jamie McGrigor (Con)

(Highlands and Islands)

David McLetchie (Con)

(Edinburgh Pentlands)

Michael McMahon (Lab)

(Hamilton North and Bellshill)

Duncan McNeil (Lab)

(Greenock and Inverclyde)

Pauline McNeill (Lab)

(Glasgow Kelvin)

Des McNulty (Lab)

(Clydebank and Milngavie)

Nanette Milne (Con)

(North East Scotland)

Margaret Mitchell (Con)

(Central Scotland)

Brian Monteith (Con)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

Alasdair Morgan (SNP)

(South of Scotland)

Alasdair Morrison (Lab)

(Western Isles)

Bristow Muldoon (Lab)

(Livingston)

Mary Mulligan (Lab)

(Linlithgow)

David Mundell (Con)

{South of Scotland)

Elaine Murray (Lab)

(Dumfries)

N

Alex Neil (SNP)

(Central Scotland)

O

Irene Oldfather (Lab)

(Cunninghame South)

P

Peter Peacock (Lab)

(Highlands and Islands)

Cathy Peattie (Lab)

(Falkirk East)

Mike Pringle (Lib Dem

(Edinburgh South)

Jeremy Purvis (Lib Dem)

(Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale)

R

Nora Radcliffe (Lib Dem)

(Gordon)

Keith Raffan (Lib Dem)

(Mid Scotland and Fife, resigned January, 2005)

George Reid (SNP but independent as Presiding Officer)

(Ochil)

Shona Robison (SNP)

(Dundee East)

Euan Robson (Lib Dem)

(Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Mike Rumbles (Lib Dem)

(West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mark Ruskell (Grn)

(Mid Scotland and Fife)

S

Mary Scanlon (Con)

(Highlands and Islands)

Eleanor Scott (Grn)

(Highlands and Islands)

John Scott (Con)

(Ayr)

Tavish Scott (Lib Dem)

(Shetland)

Tommy Sheridan (SSP)

(Glasgow)

Elaine Smith (Lab)

(Coatbridge and Chryston)

Iain Smith (Lib Dem)

(North East Fife)

Margaret Smith (Lib Dem)

(Edinburgh West)

Nicol Stephen (Lib Dem)

(Aberdeen South)

Stewart Stevenson (SNP)

(Banff and Buchan)

Jamie Stone (Lib Dem)

(Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)

(Glasgow)

John Swinburne (SSCUP)

(Central Scotland)

John Swinney (SNP)

(North Tayside)

T

Murray Tosh (Con)

(West of Scotland)

Jean Turner (Ind)

(Strathkelvin & Bearsden)

W

Jim Wallace (Lib Dem)

(Orkney)

Mike Watson (Lab)

(Glasgow Cathcart)

Andrew Welsh (SNP)

(Angus)

Sandra White (SNP)

(Glasgow)

Karen Whitefield (Lab)

(Airdrie and Shotts)

Allan Wilson (Lab)

(Cunninghame North)

Members by constituencies and regions

A

Aberdeen Central:

Lewis Macdonald (Lab)

Aberdeen North:

Brian Adam (SNP)

Aberdeen South:

Nicol Stephen (Lib Dem)

Airdrie and Shotts:

Karen Whitefield (Lab)

Angus:

Andrew Welsh (SNP)

Argyll and Bute:

George Lyon (Lib Dem)

Ayr:

John Scott (Con)

B

Banff and Buchan:

Stewart Stevenson (SNP)

C

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross:

Jamie Stone (Lib Dem)

Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley:

Cathy Jamieson (Lab)

Central Scotland:

Linda Fabiani (SNP)

Donald Gorrie (Lib Dem)

Carolyn Leckie (SSP)

Michael Matheson (SNP)

Margaret Mitchell (Con)

Alex Neil (SNP)

John Swinburne (SSCUP)

Clydebank and Milngavie:

Des McNulty (Lab)

Clydesdale):

Karen Gillon (Lab)

Coatbridge and Chryston:

Elaine Smith (Lab)

Cumbernauld and Kilsyth:

Cathie Craigie (Lab)

Cunninghame North:

Allan Wilson (Lab)

Cunninghame South:

Irene Oldfather (Lab)

D

Dumbarton:

Jackie Baillie (Lab)

Dumfries:

Elaine Murray (Lab)

Dundee East:

Shona Robison (SNP)

Dundee West:

Kate Maclean (Lab)

Dunfermline East:

Helen Eadie (Lab)

Dunfermline West:

Scott Barrie (Lab)

E

East Kilbride:

Andy Kerr (Lab)

East Lothian:

John Home Robertson (Lab)

Eastwood:

Kenneth Macintosh (Lab)

Edinburgh Central:

Sarah Boyack (Lab)

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh:

Susan Deacon (Lab)

Edinburgh North and Leith:

Malcolm Chisholm (Lab)

Edinburgh Pentlands:

David McLetchie (Con)

Edinburgh South:

Mike Pringle (Lib Dem)

Edinburgh West:

Margaret Smith (Lib Dem)

F

Falkirk East:

Cathy Peattie (Lab)

Falkirk West:

Dennis Canavan (Ind)

Fife Central:

Christine May (Lab)

G

Galloway & Upper Nithsdale:

Alex Fergusson (Con)

Glasgow:

Bill Aitken (Con)

Robert Brown (Lib Dem)

Patrick Harvie (Grn)

Rosie Kane (SSP)

Tommy Sheridan (SSP)

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP)

Sandra White (SNP)

Glasgow Anniesland:

Bill Butler (Lab)

Glasgow Baillieston:

Margaret Curran (Lab)

Glasgow Cathcart:

Mike Watson (Lab)

Glasgow Govan:

Gordon Jackson (Lab)

Glasgow Kelvin:

Pauline McNeill (Lab)

Glasgow Maryhill:

Patricia Ferguson (Lab)

Glasgow Pollok:

Johann Lamont (Lab)

Glasgow Rutherglen:

Janis Hughes (Lab)

Glasgow Shettleston:

Frank McAveety (Lab)

Glasgow Springburn:

Paul Martin (Lab)

Gordon):

Nora Radcliffe (Lib Dem)

Greenock and Inverclyde:

Duncan McNeil (Lab)

H

Hamilton North and Bellshill:

Michael McMahon (Lab)

Hamilton South:

Tom McCabe (Lab)

Highlands and Islands:

Rob Gibson (SNP)

Maureen Macmillan (Lab)

Jim Mather (SNP)

Jamie McGrigor (Con)

Peter Peacock (Lab)

Mary Scanlon (Con)

Eleanor Scott (Grn)

I

Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber:

Fergus Ewing (SNP)

K

Kilmarnock and Loudoun:

Margaret Jamieson (Lab)

Kirkcaldy:

Marilyn Livingstone (Lab)

L

Linlithgow:

Mary Mulligan (Lab)

Livingston:

Bristow Muldoon (Lab)

Lothians:

Mark Ballard (Grn)

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Con)

Colin Fox (SSP)

Robin Harper (Grn)

Fiona Hyslop (SNP)

Kenny MacAskill (SNP)

Margo MacDonald (Ind)

M

Midlothian:

Rhona Brankin (Lab)

Mid Scotland and Fife:

Ted Brocklebank (Con)

Bruce Crawford (SNP)

Murdo Fraser (Con)

Tricia Marwick (SNP)

Brian Monteith (Con)

Keith Raffan (Lib Dem) - replaced by Andrew Arbuckle in January, 2005)

Mark Ruskell (Grn)

Motherwell and Wishaw:

Jack McConnell (Lab)

Moray:

Margaret Ewing (SNP)

N

North East Fife:

Iain Smith (Lib Dem)

North East Scotland:

Shiona Baird (Grn)

Richard Baker (Lab)

David Davidson (Con)

Marlyn Glen (Lab)

Alex Johnstone (Con)

Richard Lochhead (SNP)

Nanette Milne (Con)

North Tayside:

John Swinney (SNP)

O

Ochil:

George Reid (Elected SNP but became "independent" upon his election as Presiding Officer)

Orkney:

Jim Wallace (Lib Dem)

P

Paisley North:

Wendy Alexander (Lab)

Paisley South:

Hugh Henry (Lab)

Perth:

Roseanna Cunningham (SNP)

R

Ross, Skye and Inverness West:

John Farquhar Munro (Lib Dem)

Roxburgh and Berwickshire:

Euan Robson (Lib Dem)

S

Shetland:

Tavish Scott (Lib Dem)

South of Scotland:

Chris Ballance (Grn)

Rosemary Byrne (SSP)

Phil Gallie (Con)

Christine Grahame (SNP)

Adam Ingram (SNP)

Alasdair Morgan (SNP)

David Mundell (Con)

Stirling:

Sylvia Jackson (Lab)

Strathkelvin & Bearsden:

Jean Turner (Ind)

T

Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale:

Jeremy Purvis (Lib Dem)

W

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine:

Mike Rumbles (Lib Dem)

Western Isles:

Alasdair Morrison (Lab)

West of Scotland:

Frances Curran (SSP)

Ross Finnie (Lib Dem)

Annabel Goldie (Con)

Campbell Martin (SNP 2003 to 2004, Ind since)

Stewart Maxwell (SNP)

Bruce McFee (SNP)

Murray Tosh (Con)

West Renfrewshire:

Trish Godman (Lab)

See also

• Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
• Scottish Parliament
• Members of the Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003
• Member of the Scottish Parliamentgd:Ball-Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, 2003-2007