3rd Scottish Parliament

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 election 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 government.

Composition Party May 2007election March 2011dissolution•Scottish National Party 47 47Scottish Labour 46 46Scottish Conservatives 17 16Scottish Liberal Democrats 16 16Scottish Greens 2 2Independents 1 1Presiding 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 TypeParty Aberdeen NorthConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalConservativePaisley NorthConstituencyLabourWestern IslesConstituencyScottish National PartyDumbartonConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLabour Co-opNorth East ScotlandRegionalLabourEdinburgh CentralConstituencyLabour Co-opMidlothianConstituencyLabour Co-opMid Scotland and FifeRegionalConservativeLothiansRegionalConservativeOchilConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalLiberal DemocratsSouth of ScotlandRegionalConservativeGlasgow AnnieslandConstituencyLabour Co-opSouth of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyWest of ScotlandRegionalConservativeEdinburgh North and LeithConstituencyLabour Kilmarnock and LoudounConstituencyScottish National PartyLivingstonConstituencyScottish National PartyCumbernauld and KilsythConstituencyLabourStirlingConstituencyScottish National PartyPerthConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgow BailliestonConstituencyLabour North East ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalScottish National PartyDunfermline EastConstituencyLabour Co-opInverness East, Nairn and LochaberConstituencyScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgow Maryhill and SpringburnConstituencyLabour Galloway and Upper NithsdaleConstituencyPresiding OfficerWest of ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsDundee WestConstituencyScottish National PartyLothiansRegionalLabour Co-opMid Scotland and FifeRegionalConservativeCunninghame NorthConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalScottish National PartyClydesdaleConstituencyLabourNorth East ScotlandRegionalLabourWest RenfrewshireConstituencyLabourWest of ScotlandRegionalConservativeGlasgow CathcartConstituencyLabourSouth of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalLabour Co-opEast LothianConstituencyScottish Labour PartyLothiansRegionalGreenMid Scotland and FifeRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalGreenPaisley SouthConstituencyLabourCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartySouth of ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsLothiansRegionalScottish National PartySouth of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyConstituencyLabour Co-opNorth East ScotlandRegionalConservativeGlasgow RutherglenConstituencyLabour Co-opEast KilbrideConstituencyLabourGlasgowRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgow PollokConstituencyLabour Co-opRoxburgh and BerwickshireConstituencyConservativeKirkcaldyConstituencyLabour Co-opMorayConstituencyScottish National PartyEdinburgh East and MusselburghConstituencyScottish National PartyAberdeen CentralConstituencyLabourLothiansRegionalIndependentEastwoodConstituencyLabour Co-opGlasgow SpringburnConstituencyLabourCentral FifeConstituencyScottish National PartyArgyll and ButeConstituencyScottish National PartyFalkirk WestConstituencyScottish National PartyWest of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyOrkneyConstituencyLiberal DemocratsGlasgow ShettlestonConstituencyLabourHamilton SouthConstituencyLabourMotherwell and WishawConstituencyLabourHighlands and IslandsRegionalConservativeNorth East ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsLothiansRegionalScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgow(since 12/02/2009)RegionalScottish National PartyEdinburgh PentlandsConstituencyConservativeHamilton North and BellshillConstituencyLabourWest of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGreenock and InverclydeConstituencyLabourGlasgow KelvinConstituencyLabour Co-opClydebank and MilngavieConstituencyLabourNorth East ScotlandRegionalConservativeCentral ScotlandRegionalConservativeSouth of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyLinlithgowConstituencyLabourRoss, Skye and Inverness WestConstituencyLiberal DemocratsDumfriesConstituencyLabourCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsCunninghame SouthConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLabourWest of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalLabourFalkirk EastConstituencyLabourEdinburgh SouthConstituencyLiberal DemocratsTweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleConstituencyLiberal DemocratsDundee EastConstituencyScottish National PartyWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineConstituencyLiberal DemocratsSouth of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGordonConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalConservativeAyrConstituencyConservativeShetlandConstituencyLiberal DemocratsMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLabourCoatbridge and ChrystonConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalConservativeNorth East FifeConstituencyLiberal DemocratsEdinburgh WestConstituencyLiberal DemocratsLothians(since 31/08/2007)RegionalScottish National PartyAberdeen SouthConstituencyLiberal DemocratsBanff and BuchanConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalLabour Co-opCaithness, Sutherland and Easter RossConstituencyLiberal DemocratsGlasgow GovanConstituencyScottish National PartyNorth TaysideConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalScottish National PartyDunfermline WestConstituencyLiberal DemocratsNorth East ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyAngusConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalScottish National PartyAirdrie and ShottsConstituencyLabourStrathkelvin and BearsdenConstituencyLabour West of ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name Image Member for TypePartyNotesLothiansRegionalScottish National Party resigned 31 August 2007GlasgowRegionalScottish National Party died 6 February 2009

Changes

See also Executive of the 3rd Scottish Parliament 2007 Scottish Parliament election Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish Parliament

Notes

References

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