Members of the Scottish Parliament, 2003-2007
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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 second such election was held in May 2003, and the next will be in 2007. For changes to levels of party representation in the 2003 election see Scottish parliamentary election, 2003.
For lists of the parliament's constituencies and regions see Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions.
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, although it has been indicated that there were irregularities with his claims for expenses, the largest of any MSP. Mr Arbuckle was the next person on the Lib Dem "Additional Members" list for the Mid Scotland and Fife region at the 2003 election.
- Following his election to the UK Parliament in the general election of 2005, David Mundell (Conservative and Unionist) resigned his seat at Holyrood and was replaced by Derek Brownlee, who was the next name on the Conservative and Unionist list for the South of Scotland electoral region.
- Mike Watson (Labour) resigned his Glasgow Cathcart seat in September 2005 pending his conviction for fire-raising. Charlie Gordon won the subsequent by-election.
- In November 2005 the Conservative and Unionist whip was withdrawn from Brian Monteith for briefing against his party leader David McLetchie to the Scotland on Sunday newspaper (McLetchie eventually being forced to resign over his claim for taxi expenses), and Monteith now sits as an Independent.
- Margaret Ewing (SNP) died in March 2006. Richard Lochhead won the subsequent by-election. Maureen Watt took Lochhead's list seat.
- Mary Scanlon (Conservative) resigned to contest the Moray by-election after Margaret Ewing's death. Dave Petrie, who was the next name on the Conservative list for Highlands and Islands electoral region, replaced her.
- In September 2006, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne, who were both elected as Scottish Socialist Party MSP's changed affiliation to the Solidarity party.
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[edit] Members by name
[edit] Members elected or re-elected May 2003
[edit] Replacement MSPs
| MSP | Party | Constituency or region | Notes |
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| Andrew Arbuckle | Liberal Democrat | Mid Scotland and Fife | Replaced Keith Raffan, who resigned citing reasons of ill health in January 2005 Andrew Arbuckle was the next person on the Liberal Democrat additional members list |
| Derek Brownlee | Conservatve and Unionist | South of Scotland | Replaced David Mundell, who resigned in June 2005 after becoming the Member of Parliament for the House of Commons constituency of Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale, and Tweeddale in the 2005 general election Derek Brownlee was the next person on the Conservative additional members list |
| Charlie Gordon | Labour | Glasgow Cathcart | Elected at the Glasgow Cathcart by-election, 2005, September 29 Replaced Mike Watson, who had been a Labour MSP Mike Watson had resigned in anticipation of his conviction for fire-raising |
| Dave Petrie | Conservative | Highlands and Islands | Replaced Mary Scanlon as Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands, when she resigned her seat to contest the Moray by-election. He was sworn in as a MSP on April 19, 2006. |
| Maureen Watt | SNP | North East Scotland | She replaced Richard Lochhead as SNP MSP for the North East. Lochhead had resigned his seat to contest the Moray by-election. The next person on the SNP list at the 2003 election had been SNP National Secretray, Alasdair Allan, but he did not accept his seat in Parliament as he had recently secured the SNP nomination for the Western Isles seat for the 2007 election, and felt he could not reasonably be a MSP for the North East while seeking to win in the Hebrides. Therefore the place went to the next person on the list, Maureen Watt, who was the first MSP to swear their oath of allegiance in Doric, when she did so on April 19, 2006. |
[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 |
| Carolyn Leckie | Scottish Socialist Party |
| Michael Matheson | Scottish National Party |
| Margaret Mitchell | Conservative and Unionist |
| Alex Neil | Scottish National Party |
| John Swinburne | Scottish Senior Citizens |
| Glasgow | |
| Bill Aitken | Conservative and Unionist |
| Robert Brown | Liberal Democrat |
| Patrick Harvie | Green |
| Rosie Kane | Scottish Socialist |
| Tommy Sheridan | Scottish Socialist |
| Nicola Sturgeon | Scottish National Party |
| Sandra White | Scottish National Party |
| Highlands and Islands | |
| Rob Gibson | Scottish National Party |
| Maureen Macmillan | Labour |
| Jim Mather | Scottish National Party |
| Jamie McGrigor | Conservative and Unionist |
| Peter Peacock | Labour |
| Mary Scanlon Replaced by Dave Petrie in April 2006 | Conservative and Unionist |
| Eleanor Scott | Green |
| Lothians | |
| Mark Ballard | Green |
| Lord James Douglas-Hamilton | Conservative and Unionist |
| Colin Fox | Scottish Socialist |
| Robin Harper | Green |
| Fiona Hyslop | Scottish National Party |
| Kenny MacAskill | Scottish National Party |
| Margo MacDonald | Independent |
| Mid Scotland and Fife | |
| Ted Brocklebank | Conservative and Unionist |
| Bruce Crawford | Scottish National Party |
| Murdo Fraser | Conservative and Unionist |
| Tricia Marwick | Scottish National Party |
| Brian Monteith | Conservative and Unionist until 2005 Independent since 2005 |
| Keith Raffan Replaced by Andrew Arbuckle in January 2005 | Liberal Democrat |
| Mark Ruskell | Green |
| North East Scotland | |
| Shiona Baird | Green |
| Richard Baker | Labour |
| David Davidson | Conservative and Unionist |
| Marlyn Glen | Labour |
| Alex Johnstone | Conservative and Unionist |
| Richard Lochhead Replaced by Maureen Watt in April 2006 | Scottish National Party |
| Nanette Milne | Conservative and Unionist |
| South of Scotland | |
| Chris Ballance | Green |
| Rosemary Byrne | Scottish Socialist |
| Phil Gallie | Conservative and Unionist |
| Christine Grahame | Scottish National Party |
| Adam Ingram | Scottish National Party |
| Alasdair Morgan | Scottish National Party |
| David Mundell Replaced by Derek Brownlee in June 2005 | Conservative and Unionist |
| West of Scotland | |
| Frances Curran | Scottish Socialist |
| Bruce McFee | Scottish National Party |
| Ross Finnie | Liberal Democrat |
| Annabel Goldie | Conservative and Unionist |
| Campbell Martin | Scottish National Party until 2004 Independent since 2004 |
| Stewart Maxwell | Scottish National Party |
| Murray Tosh | Conservative and Unionist |
[edit] See also
- Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003
- Scottish Parliament
- Members of the Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003
- Member of the Scottish Parliamentgd:Buill-Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, 2003-2007
sco:Commissioners tae the Scots Pairlament sv:Lista över ledamöter av det skotska parlamentet 2003-2007
