Members of the Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003
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The Scottish Parliament is composed of 129 members called Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA). They are elected from eight electoral regions through the additional member system (AMS), a system of proportional representation. Seventy-three are elected from first past the post constituencies within each region. Fifty-six are additional members, seven from each region, who are added to ensure that the total elected (first past the post and additional) from each region is proportional.
General elections to the Scottish Parliament are held on a four year cycle. The first such election was held on 6 May 1999. (See Scottish parliamentary election, 1999.) The second was in 2003.
The regions used are: Highlands and Islands; North East Scotland; Mid Scotland and Fife; West of Scotland; Glasgow; Central Scotland; South of Scotland; and Lothians. These regions are the same as were used for elections to the European Parliament before 1999. For a list of the parliament's constituencies see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions.
The 1999 election produced a hung parliament, with the Labour MSPs forming the largest minority. Consequently they formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats to form the first Scottish Executive. The Scottish National Party formed the official opposition.
During the 1999 to 2003 period there were one death and three resignations amongst constituency MSPs, and replacement MSPs were elected in by-elections. Also there was one resignation amongst the additional member MSPs, with that MSP being replaced by the candidate who was next on the additional members list at the time of the 1999 election.
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[edit] Members by name
[edit] Members elected May 1999
[edit] Replacement MSPs
| MSP | Party | Constituency or region | Notes |
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| Bill Butler | Labour | Glasgow Anniesland | Elected at the Glasgow Anniesland by-election, 2000, November 23 Replaced Donald Dewar, who had been a Labour MSP Donald Dewar had died suddenly on October 11, 2000 |
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Labour | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Elected at the Strathkelvin and Bearsden by-election, 2001, June 7 (the same day as the United Kingdom general election of 2001) Replaced Sam Galbraith, who had been a Labour MSP Sam Galbraith had had a lung transplant many years previously, and his health was the reason given for his resignation |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative and Unionist | Mid Scotland and Fife | Replaced Nicholas Johnston who had resigned due to ill health on August 10, 2001 Murdo Fraser was the next person on the Conservative and Unionist additional members list |
| John Scott | Conservative and Unionist | Ayr | Elected at the Ayr by-election, 2000, March 16 Replaced Ian Welsh, who had been a Labour MSP Ian Welsh had resigned from the parliament on December 21, 1999, citing his reasons as being a desire to spend more time with his family |
| Stewart Stevenson | Scottish National Party | Banff and Buchan | Elected at the Banff and Buchan by-election, 2001, June 7 (the same day as the United Kingdom general election of 2001) Replaced Alex Salmond, who had been a Scottish National Party MSP Alex Salmond was elected the same day as Member of Parliament for the House of Commons constituency of Banff and Buchan |
[edit] Members by constituency and region
[edit] Constituency members
[edit] Additional members by region
| Region and additional MSPs | Party |
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| Central Scotland | |
| Linda Fabiani | Scottish National Party |
| Donald Gorrie | Liberal Democrat |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party |
| Lyndsay McIntosh | Conservative and Unionist in the 1999 election Joined the Scottish People's Alliance in 2003 |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party |
| Gil Paterson | Scottish National Party |
| Andrew Wilson | Scottish National Party |
| Glasgow | |
| Bill Aitken | Conservative and Unionist |
| Robert Brown | Liberal Democrat |
| Dorothy Grace Elder | Scottish National Party in the 1999 election Became independent in 2002 |
| Kenneth Gibson | Scottish National Party |
| Tommy Sheridan | Scottish Socialist |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party |
| Highlands and Islands | |
| Winnie Ewing | Scottish National Party |
| Rhoda Grant | Labour |
| Duncan Hamilton | Scottish National Party |
| Maureen Macmillan | Labour |
| Jamie McGrigor | Conservative and Unionist |
| Peter Peacock | Labour |
| Mary Scanlon | Conervative |
| Lothians | |
| Lord James Douglas-Hamilton | Conservative and Unionist |
| Robin Harper | Green |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party |
| Kenneth MacAskill | Scottish National Party |
| Margo MacDonald | Scottish National Party in the 1999 election Became independent in 2003 |
| David McLetchie | Conservative and Unionist |
| David Steel | Liberal Democrat in the 1999 election Became independent upon election as Presiding Officer |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party |
| Keith Harding | Conservative and Unionist in the 1999 election Joined the Scottish People's Alliance in 2003 |
| Nicholas Johnston Replaced by Murdo Fraser in August 2001 | Conservative and Unionist |
| Tricia Marwick | Scottish National Party |
| Brian Monteith | Conservative and Unionist |
| Keith Raffan | Liberal Democrat |
| George Reid | Scottish National Party |
| North East Scotland | |
| Brian Adam | Scottish National Party |
| David Davidson | Conservative and Unionist |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative and Unionist |
| Richard Lochhead | Scottish National Party |
| Irene McGugan | Scottish National Party |
| Shona Robison | Scottish National Party |
| Ben Wallace | Conservative and Unionist |
| South of Scotland | |
| Christine Creech Elected as Creech Known as Grahame for most of the parliamentary term | Scottish National Party |
| Alex Fergusson | Conservative and Unionist |
| Phil Gallie | Conservative and Unionist |
| Adam Ingram | Scottish National Party |
| David Mundell | Conservative and Unionist |
| Michael Russell | Scottish National Party |
| Murray Tosh | Conservative and Unionist |
| West of Scotland | |
| Colin Campbell | Scottish National Party |
| Ross Finnie | Liberal Democrat |
| Annabel Goldie | Conservative and Unionist |
| Fiona McLeod | Scottish National Party |
| Lloyd Quinan | Scottish National Party |
| Kay Ullrich | Scottish National Party |
| John Young | Conservative and Unionist |
