3rd Scottish Parliament

This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the third Scottish Parliament at the 2007 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.

Composition

Party		May 2007	May 2011
•	Scottish National Party	47	47
	Scottish Labour Party	46	46
	Scottish Conservative Party	17	16
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	16	16
	Scottish Green Party	2	2
	Independents	1	1
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129
Total		129
Government Majority		-18	-17

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they were in the 3rd session of the Scottish Parliament.

Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.

MSPs by party

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.

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	Name	Constituency or Region
Scottish National Party (47)	Brian Adam	Aberdeen North
	Alasdair Allan	Western Isles
	Keith Brown	Ochil
	Aileen Campbell	South of Scotland
	Willie Coffey	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	Angela Constance	Livingston
	Bruce Crawford	Stirling
	Roseanna Cunningham	Perth
	Nigel Don	North East Scotland
	Bob Doris	Glasgow
	Fergus Ewing	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
	Linda Fabiani	Central Scotland
	Joe FitzPatrick	Dundee West
	Kenneth Gibson	Cunninghame North
	Rob Gibson	Highlands and Islands
	Christine Grahame	South of Scotland
	Chris Harvie	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Jamie Hepburn	Central Scotland
	Fiona Hyslop	Lothians
	Adam Ingram	South of Scotland
	Bill Kidd	Glasgow
	Richard Lochhead	Moray
	Kenny MacAskill	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
	Tricia Marwick	Central Fife
	Jim Mather	Argyll and Bute
	Michael Matheson	Falkirk West
	Stewart Maxwell	West of Scotland
	Ian McKee	Lothians
	Christina McKelvie	Central Scotland
	Anne McLaughlin	Glasgow
	Stuart McMillan	West of Scotland
	Alasdair Morgan	South of Scotland
	Alex Neil	Central Scotland
	Gil Paterson	Central Scotland
	Shona Robison	Dundee East
	Michael Russell	South of Scotland
	Alex Salmond	Gordon
	Shirley-Anne Somerville	Lothians
	Stewart Stevenson	Banff and Buchan
	Nicola Sturgeon	Glasgow Govan
	John Swinney	North Tayside
	Dave Thompson	Highlands and Islands
	Maureen Watt	North East Scotland
	Andrew Welsh	Angus
	Sandra White	Glasgow
	Bill Wilson	West of Scotland
	John Wilson	Central Scotland
Labour Party (46)	Wendy Alexander	Paisley North
	Jackie Baillie	Dumbarton
	Claire Baker	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Richard Baker	North East Scotland
	Sarah Boyack	Edinburgh Central
	Rhona Brankin	Midlothian
	Bill Butler	Glasgow Anniesland
	Malcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith
	Cathie Craigie	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
	Margaret Curran	Glasgow Baillieston
	Helen Eadie	Dunfermline East
	Patricia Ferguson	Glasgow Maryhill
	George Foulkes	Lothians
	Karen Gillon	Clydesdale
	Marlyn Glen	North East Scotland
	Trish Godman	West Renfrewshire
	Charlie Gordon	Glasgow Cathcart
	Rhoda Grant	Highlands and Islands
	Iain Gray	East Lothian
	Hugh Henry	Paisley South
	Cathy Jamieson	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
	James Kelly	Glasgow Rutherglen
	Andy Kerr	East Kilbride
	Johann Lamont	Glasgow Pollok
	Marilyn Livingstone	Kirkcaldy
	Lewis Macdonald	Aberdeen Central
	Kenneth Macintosh	Eastwood
	Paul Martin	Glasgow Springburn
	Frank McAveety	Glasgow Shettleston
	Tom McCabe	Hamilton South
	Jack McConnell	Motherwell and Wishaw
	Michael McMahon	Hamilton North and Bellshill
	Duncan McNeil	Greenock and Inverclyde
	Pauline McNeill	Glasgow Kelvin
	Des McNulty	Clydebank and Milngavie
	Mary Mulligan	Linlithgow
	Elaine Murray	Dumfries
	Irene Oldfather	Cunninghame South
	John Park	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Peter Peacock	Highlands and Islands
	Cathy Peattie	Falkirk East
	Richard Simpson	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Elaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston
	David Stewart	Highlands and Islands
	Karen Whitefield	Airdrie and Shotts
	David Whitton	Strathkelvin and Bearsden
Conservative Party (16)	Bill Aitken	Glasgow
	Ted Brocklebank	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Gavin Brown	Lothians
	Derek Brownlee	South of Scotland
	Jackson Carlaw	West of Scotland
	Murdo Fraser	Mid Scotland and Fife
	Annabel Goldie	West of Scotland
	Alex Johnstone	North East Scotland
	John Lamont	Roxburgh and Berwickshire
	Jamie McGrigor	Highlands and Islands
	David McLetchie	Edinburgh Pentlands
	Nanette Milne	North East Scotland
	Margaret Mitchell	Central Scotland
	Mary Scanlon	Highlands and Islands
	John Scott	Ayr
	Elizabeth Smith	Mid Scotland and Fife
Liberal Democrats (16)	Robert Brown	Glasgow
	Ross Finnie	West of Scotland
	Jim Hume	South of Scotland
	Liam McArthur	Orkney
	Alison McInnes	North East Scotland
	John Farquhar Munro	Ross, Skye and Inverness West
	Hugh O'Donnell	Central Scotland
	Mike Pringle	Edinburgh South
	Jeremy Purvis	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale
	Mike Rumbles	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	Tavish Scott	Shetland
	Iain Smith	North East Fife
	Margaret Smith	Edinburgh West
	Nicol Stephen	Aberdeen South
	Jamie Stone	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	Jim Tolson	Dunfermline West
Scottish Green Party (2)	Robin Harper	Lothians
Scottish Green Party (2)	Patrick Harvie	Glasgow
Independent (1)	Margo MacDonald	Lothians
Presiding Officer (1)	Alex Fergusson	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Members by constituency and region

Constituency members

Members of the Scottish Parliament
Constituency	Name		Party
Aberdeen Central		Lewis Macdonald	Labour Party
Aberdeen North		Brian Adam	Scottish National Party
Aberdeen South		Nicol Stephen	Liberal Democrats
Airdrie and Shotts		Karen Whitefield	Labour Party
Angus		Andrew Welsh	Scottish National Party
Argyll and Bute		Jim Mather	Scottish National Party
Ayr		John Scott	Conservative
Banff and Buchan		Stewart Stevenson	Scottish National Party
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross		Jamie Stone	Liberal Democrats
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Cathy Jamieson	Labour Party
Central Fife		Tricia Marwick	Scottish National Party
Clydebank and Milngavie		Des McNulty	Labour Party
Clydesdale		Karen Turnbull	Labour Party
Coatbridge and Chryston		Elaine Smith	Labour Party
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth		Cathie Craigie	Labour Party
Cunninghame North		Kenny Gibson	Scottish National Party
Cunninghame South		Irene Oldfather	Labour Party
Dumbarton		Jackie Baillie	Labour Party
Dumfries		Elaine Murray	Labour Party
Dundee East		Shona Robison	Scottish National Party
Dundee West		Joe Fitzpatrick	Scottish National Party
Dunfermline East		Helen Eadie	Labour Party
Dunfermline West		Jim Tolson	Liberal Democrats
East Kilbride		Andy Kerr	Labour Party
East Lothian		Iain Gray	Labour Party
Eastwood		Kenneth Macintosh	Labour Party
Edinburgh Central		Sarah Boyack	Labour Party
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh		Kenny MacAskill	Scottish National Party
Edinburgh North and Leith		Malcolm Chisholm	Labour Party
Edinburgh Pentlands		David McLetchie	Conservative
Edinburgh South		Mike Pringle	Liberal Democrats
Edinburgh West		Margaret Smith	Liberal Democrats
Falkirk East		Cathy Peattie	Labour Party
Falkirk West		Michael Matheson	Scottish National Party
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale		Alex Fergusson	Presiding Officer
Glasgow Anniesland		Bill Butler	Labour Party
Glasgow Baillieston		Margaret Curran	Labour Party
Glasgow Cathcart		Charlie Gordon	Labour Party
Glasgow Govan		Nicola Sturgeon	Scottish National Party
Glasgow Kelvin		Pauline McNeill	Labour Party
Glasgow Maryhill		Patricia Ferguson	Labour Party
Glasgow Pollok		Johann Lamont	Labour Party
Glasgow Rutherglen		James Kelly	Labour Party
Glasgow Shettleston		Frank McAveety	Labour Party
Glasgow Springburn		Paul Martin	Labour Party
Gordon		Alex Salmond	Scottish National Party
Greenock and Inverclyde		Duncan McNeil	Labour Party
Hamilton North and Bellshill		Michael McMahon	Labour Party
Hamilton South		Tom McCabe	Labour Party
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber		Fergus Ewing	Scottish National Party
Kilmarnock and Loudoun		Willie Coffey	Scottish National Party
Kirkcaldy		Marilyn Livingstone	Labour Party
Linlithgow		Mary Mulligan	Labour Party
Livingston		Angela Constance	Scottish National Party
Midlothian		Rhona Brankin	Labour Party
Moray		Richard Lochhead	Scottish National Party
Motherwell and Wishaw		Jack McConnell	Labour Party
North East Fife		Iain Smith	Liberal Democrats
North Tayside		John Swinney	Scottish National Party
Ochil		Keith Brown	Scottish National Party
Orkney		Liam McArthur	Liberal Democrats
Paisley North		Wendy Alexander	Labour Party
Paisley South		Hugh Henry	Labour Party
Perth		Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party
Ross, Skye and Inverness West		John Farquhar Munro	Liberal Democrats
Roxburgh and Berwickshire		John Lamont	Conservative
Shetland		Tavish Scott	Liberal Democrats
Stirling		Bruce Crawford	Scottish National Party
Strathkelvin and Bearsden		David Whitton	Labour Party
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Jeremy Purvis	Liberal Democrats
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine		Mike Rumbles	Liberal Democrats
Western Isles		Alasdair Allan	Scottish National Party
West Renfrewshire		Patricia Godman	Labour Party

Regional members

Members of the Scottish Parliament
Region	Name		Party
Central Scotland		Linda Fabiani	Scottish National Party
		Jamie Hepburn	Scottish National Party
		Christina McKelvie	Scottish National Party
		Margaret Mitchell	Conservative
		Alex Neil	Scottish National Party
		Hugh O'Donnell	Liberal Democrats
		John Wilson	Scottish National Party
Glasgow		Bill Aitken	Conservative
		Robert Brown	Liberal Democrats
		Bob Doris	Scottish National Party
		Patrick Harvie	Scottish Green Party
		Bill Kidd	Scottish National Party
		Anne McLaughlin	Scottish National Party
		Sandra White	Scottish National Party
Highlands and Islands		Rob Gibson	Scottish National Party
		Rhoda Grant	Labour Party
		Jamie McGrigor	Conservative
		Peter Peacock	Labour Party
		Mary Scanlon	Conservative
		David Stewart	Labour Party
		David Thompson	Scottish National Party
Lothians		Gavin Brown	Conservative
		George Foulkes	Labour Party
		Robin Harper	Scottish Green Party
		Fiona Hyslop	Scottish National Party
		Margo MacDonald	Independent
		Ian McKee	Scottish National Party
		Shirley-Anne Somerville	Scottish National Party
Mid Scotland and Fife		Claire Baker	Labour Party
		Ted Brocklebank	Conservative
		Murdo Fraser	Conservative
		Chris Harvie	Scottish National Party
		John Park	Labour Party
		Richard Simpson	Labour Party
		Elizabeth Smith	Conservative
North East Scotland		Richard Baker	Labour Party
		Nigel Don	Scottish National Party
		Marlyn Glen	Labour Party
		Alex Johnstone	Conservative
		Alison McInnes	Liberal Democrats
		Nanette Milne	Conservative
		Maureen Watt	Scottish National Party
South of Scotland		Derek Brownlee	Conservative
		Aileen Campbell	Scottish National Party
		Christine Grahame	Scottish National Party
		Jim Hume	Liberal Democrats
		Adam Ingram	Scottish National Party
		Alasdair Morgan	Scottish National Party
		Michael Russell	Scottish National Party
West of Scotland		Jackson Carlaw	Conservative
		Ross Finnie	Liberal Democrats
		Annabel Goldie	Conservative
		Stewart Maxwell	Scottish National Party
		Stuart McMillan	Scottish National Party
		Gil Paterson	Scottish National Party
		Bill Wilson	Scottish National Party

Changes

Date	Constituency/Region			Note
14 May 2007	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Presiding Officer	Conservative	Alex Fergusson is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from his party.
31 August 2007	Lothians	SNP	SNP	Stefan Tymkewycz resigns from the Parliament he is replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville.
6 February 2009	Glasgow	SNP	SNP	Bashir Ahmad dies, he is replaced by Anne McLaughlin.

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Scottish Parliaments and Governments

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2nd Parliament (2003–2007)	Second McConnell government (2003–2007)

3rd Parliament (2007–2011)	First Salmond government (2007–2011)

4th Parliament (2011–present)	Second Salmond government (2011–2014) Sturgeon government (2014–present)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

Incumbent First Minister: Jack McConnell (Labour) Subsequent First Minister: Alex Salmond (SNP)

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