List of Liberal Democrat members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of Scottish Liberal Democrats MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented the Scottish Liberal Democrats (aka "Lib Dems") in the Scottish Parliament.

List of MSPs NameConstituency or regionTypeStart yearEnd year Andrew Arbuckle Mid Scotland and FifeRegion 2005Keith Raffan resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 10 January 2005. His seat was filled by the next-placed candidate on the LibDems Mid Scotland and Fife list: Andrew Arbuckle. 2007 Andrew Baxter Skye, Lochaber and BadenochConstituency 2026 Robert Brown GlasgowRegion 1999 2011 Yi-pei Chou Turvey North East ScotlandRegion 2026 Alex Cole-Hamilton Edinburgh WesternConstituency 2016 2026 Edinburgh North WesternConstituency 2026 Sanne Dijkstra-Downie Edinburgh NorthernConstituency 2026 Duncan Dunlop South ScotlandRegion 2026 Ross Finnie West ScotlandRegion 1999 2011 Donald Gorrie Central ScotlandRegion 1999 2007 David Green Caithness, Sutherland and RossConstituency 2026 Jamie GreeneWest ScotlandRegion2025 2026 Adam Harley Strathkelvin and BearsdenConstituency 2026 Jim Hume South of ScotlandRegion 2007 2011 South ScotlandRegion 2011 2016 Ian Jenkins Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleConstituency 1999 2003 George Lyon Argyll and ButeConstituency 1999 2007 Liam McArthur OrkneyConstituency 2007 Alison McInnes North East ScotlandRegion 2007 2016 Morven-May MacCallum Highlands and IslandsRegion 2026 John Farquhar Munro RossConstituency 1999 2011 Hugh O'Donnell Central ScotlandRegion 2007 2011Hugh O'Donnell resigned from the Scottish Liberal Democrats on 27 March 2011, and sat as an independent MSP until the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election. Mike Pringle Edinburgh SouthConstituency 2003 2011 Jeremy Purvis Tweeddale, Ettrick and LauderdaleConstituency 2003 2011 Nora Radcliffe GordonConstituency 1999 2007 Keith Raffan Mid Scotland and FifeRegion 1999 2005 Willie Rennie Mid Scotland and FifeRegion 2011 2016 North East FifeConstituency 2016 Euan Robson Roxburgh and BerwickshireConstituency 1999 2007 Mike Rumbles West Aberdeenshire and KincardineConstituency 1999 2011 North East ScotlandRegion 2011 2021 Tavish Scott ShetlandConstituency 1999 2019Tavish Scott resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 15 July 2019. The consequent Shetland by-election was held on 29 August 2019, and won by the Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart. Iain Smith North East FifeConstituency 1999 2011 Margaret Smith Edinburgh WestConstituency 1999 2011 David Steel LothiansConstituency 1999 1999David Steel was elected as the Scottish Parliament's first Presiding Officer, and promptly suspended his Lib Dem membership for the duration of his tenure as Presiding Office. This election was the first item of business after MSPs were sworn in, so Steel sat as Lib Dem for only a few hours or days. Nicol Stephen Aberdeen SouthConstituency 1999 2011 Jamie Stone Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossConstituency 1999 2011 Jim Tolson Dunfermline WestConstituency 2007 2011 Jim Wallace OrkneyConstituency 1999 2007 Beatrice Wishart ShetlandConstituency 2019 2026

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