List of Members of the Scottish Parliament (3rd legislature)
This list gives an overview of all members of the Scottish Parliament for the 3rd legislative term (2007-2011).
composition
Following the 2007 Scottish General Election , Parliament was composed as follows:
fraction | At the beginning of the legislative period |
Departures | Accesses | balance | End of the legislative period |
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Labor Party | 46 | ± 0 | 46 | ||
Scottish National Party (SNP) | 47 | Ahmad (†), Tymkewycz | McLaughlin, Somerville | ± 0 | 47 |
Conservative party | 18th | Fergusson | −1 | 17th | |
Liberal Democrats (LibDem) | 16 | ± 0 | 16 | ||
Scottish Green Party | 2 | ± 0 | 2 | ||
Non-party | 1 | Fergusson | +1 | 2 | |
total | 129 |
Notes :
- ↑ Alex Fergusson was elected Presiding Officer and therefore left his party membership dormant for the duration of the office.
MPs
If an entry is made in the constituency column , the MP in question has won the direct mandate for this constituency. Otherwise a list mandate was obtained for the electoral region specified in the Elective Region column .
Member of Parliament | born | Political party | Electoral region | Constituency | First votes in% |
Remarks |
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Brian Adam | 1948 | SNP | North East Scotland | Aberdeen North | 45.8 | |
Bashir Ahmad | 1940 | SNP | Glasgow | † February 2009 | ||
Bill Aitken | 1947 | Conservative | Glasgow | |||
Wendy Alexander | 1963 | Labor | West of Scotland | Paisley North | 52.2 | |
Alasdair Allan | 1971 | SNP | Highlands and Islands | Na h-Eileanan to Iar | 46.6 | |
Jackie Baillie | 1964 | Labor | West of Scotland | Dumbarton | 38.7 | |
Richard Baker | 1974 | Labor | North East Scotland | |||
Sarah Boyack | 1961 | Labor | Lothians | Edinburgh Central | 31.3 | |
Rhona Brankin | 1950 | Labor | Lothians | Midlothian | 42.5 | |
Claire Brennan-Baker | 1971 | Labor | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Ted Brocklebank | 1942 | Conservative | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Gavin Brown | 1975 | Conservative | Lothians | |||
Keith Brown | 1961 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | Ochil | 38.5 | 02 / 09–12 / 10: State Secretary for Training and Lifelong Learning from 12/10: State Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure |
Robert Brown | 1947 | LibDem | Glasgow | |||
Derek Brownlee | 1974 | Conservative | South of Scotland | |||
Bill Butler | 1956 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Anniesland | 47.4 | |
Aileen Campbell | 1980 | SNP | South of Scotland | |||
Jackson Carlaw | 1959 | Conservative | West of Scotland | |||
Malcolm Chisholm | 1949 | Labor | Lothians | Edinburgh North and Leith | 34.8 | |
Willie Coffey | 1958 | SNP | Central Scotland | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 42.8 | |
Angela Constance | 1970 | SNP | Lothians | Livingston | 39.6 | from 12/10: State Secretary for Training and Lifelong Learning |
Cathie Craigie | 1954 | Labor | Central Scotland | Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | 48.0 | |
Bruce Crawford | 1955 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | Stirling | 32.0 | State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs |
Roseanna Cunningham | 1951 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | Perth | 39.4 | from 02/09: State Secretary for Environment and Climate Change |
Margaret Curran | 1963 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Baillieston | 52.9 | |
Nigel Don | 1954 | SNP | North East Scotland | |||
Bob Doris | 1973 | SNP | Glasgow | |||
Helen Eadie | 1947 | Labor | Mid Scotland and Fife | Dunfermline East | 44.8 | |
Fergus Ewing | 1957 | SNP | Highlands and Islands | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 41.5 | State Secretary for Security |
Linda Fabiani | 1956 | SNP | Central Scotland | 05 / 07–02 / 09: State Secretary for Europe, Foreign Affairs and Culture | ||
Patricia Ferguson | 1958 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Maryhill | 48.0 | |
Alex Fergusson | 1949 | Conservative | South of Scotland | Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 44.2 | Presiding Officer |
Ross Finnie | 1947 | LibDem | West of Scotland | |||
Joe FitzPatrick | 1967 | SNP | North East Scotland | Dundee West | 45.1 | |
George Foulkes | 1942 | Labor | Lothian | |||
Murdo Fraser | 1965 | Conservative | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Kenneth Gibson | 1961 | SNP | West of Scotland | Cunninghame North | 30.7 | |
Rob Gibson | 1945 | SNP | Highlands and Islands | |||
Karen Gillon | 1967 | Labor | South of Scotland | Clydesdale | 41.5 | |
Marlyn Glen | 1951 | Labor | North East Scotland | |||
Patricia Godman | 1939 | Labor | West of Scotland | West Renfrewshire | 35.9 | |
Annabel Goldie | 1950 | Conservative | West of Scotland | |||
Charles Gordon | 1951 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Cathcart | 39.1 | |
Christine Grahame | 1944 | SNP | South of Scotland | |||
Rhoda Grant | 1963 | Labor | Highlands and Islands | |||
Iain Gray | 1957 | Labor | South of Scotland | East Lothian | 35.4 | |
Robin Harper | 1940 | Green | Lothians | |||
Christopher Harvie | 1944 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Patrick Harvie | 1973 | Green | Glasgow | |||
Hugh Henry | 1952 | Labor | West of Scotland | Paisley South | 47.5 | |
Jamie Hepburn | 1979 | SNP | Central Scotland | |||
Jim Hume | 1962 | LibDem | South of Scotland | |||
Fiona Hyslop | 1964 | SNP | Lothians | 05 / 07–12 / 09: Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning from 12/09: State Secretary for Culture and External Affairs |
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Adam Ingram | 1951 | SNP | South of Scotland | State Secretary for Children and Young People | ||
Cathy Jamieson | 1956 | Labor | South of Scotland | Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 42.5 | |
Alex Johnstone | 1961 | Conservative | North East Scotland | |||
James Kelly | 1963 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Rutherglen | 42.2 | |
Andy Kerr | 1962 | Labor | Central Scotland | East Kilbride | 42.7 | |
Bill Kidd | 1956 | SNP | Glasgow | |||
Johann Lamont | 1957 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Pollok | 53.9 | |
John Lamont | 1976 | Conservative | South of Scotland | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 41.1 | |
Marilyn Livingstone | 1952 | Labor | Mid Scotland and Fife | Kirkcaldy | 43.9 | |
Richard Lochhead | 1969 | SNP | North East Scotland | Moray | 49.7 | Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment |
Kenny MacAskill | 1958 | SNP | Lothians | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 37.4 | Minister of Justice |
Lewis Macdonald | 1957 | Labor | North East Scotland | Aberdeen Central | 34.2 | |
Margo MacDonald | 1943 | independent | Lothians | |||
Kenneth Macintosh | 1962 | Labor | West of Scotland | Eastwood | 35.8 | |
Paul Martin | 1967 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Springburn | 56.9 | |
Tricia Marwick | 1953 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | Central Fife | 44.2 | |
Jim Mather | 1947 | SNP | Highlands and Islands | Argyll and Bute | 34.5 | State Secretary for Business, Energy and Tourism |
Michael Matheson | 1970 | SNP | Central Scotland | Falkirk West | 41.9 | |
Stewart Maxwell | 1963 | SNP | West of Scotland | 05 / 07–02 / 09: Minister for Municipalities and Sport | ||
Liam McArthur | 1962 | LibDem | Highlands and Islands | Orkney | 47.5 | |
Frank McAveety | 1962 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Shettleston | 51.2 | |
Tom McCabe | 1954 | Labor | Central Scotland | Hamilton South | 44.3 | |
Jack McConnell | 1960 | Labor | Central Scotland | Motherwell and Wishaw | 48.1 | |
Jamie Mcgrigor | 1949 | Conservative | Highlands and Islands | |||
Alison McInnes | 1957 | LibDem | North East Scotland | |||
Ian McKee | SNP | Lothians | ||||
Christina McKelvie | 1968 | SNP | Central Scotland | |||
Anne McLaughlin | 1966 | SNP | Glasgow | joined in 2009 as the successor to Bashir Ahmad | ||
David McLetchie | 1952 | Conservative | Lothians | Edinburgh Pentlands | 37.6 | |
Michael McMahon | 1961 | Labor | Central Scotland | Hamilton North and Bellshill | 48.6 | |
Stuart McMillan | 1972 | SNP | West of Scotland | |||
Duncan McNeil | 1950 | Labor | West of Scotland | Greenock and Inverclyde | 43.4 | |
Pauline McNeill | 1962 | Labor | Glasgow | Glasgow Kelvin | 33.5 | |
McNulty's | 1952 | Labor | West of Scotland | Clydebank and Milngavie | 43.4 | |
Nanette Milne | 1942 | Conservative | North East Scotland | |||
Margaret Mitchell | 1952 | Conservative | Central Scotland | |||
Alasdair Morgan | 1945 | SNP | South of Scotland | |||
Mary Mulligan | 1960 | Labor | Lothians | Linlithgow | 42.9 | |
John Farquhar Munro | 1934 | LibDem | Highlands and Islands | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 42.6 | |
Elaine Murray | 1954 | Labor | South of Scotland | Dumfries | 41.0 | |
Alex Neil | 1951 | SNP | Central Scotland | from 02/09: State Secretary for Housing and Municipalities | ||
Hugh O'Donnell | 1952 | LibDem | Central Scotland | |||
Irene Oldfather | 1954 | Labor | South of Scotland | Cunninghame South | 43.8 | |
John Park | 1973 | Labor | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Gil Paterson | 1942 | SNP | Central Scotland | |||
Peter Peacock | 1952 | Labor | Highlands and Islands | |||
Cathy Peattie | 1951 | Labor | Central Scotland | Falkirk East | 43.5 | |
Mike Pringle | 1945 | LibDem | Lothians | Edinburgh South | 35.0 | |
Jeremy Purvis | 1974 | LibDem | South of Scotland | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 35.1 | |
Shona Robison | 1966 | SNP | North East Scotland | Dundee East | 49.6 | State Secretary for Health and Sport |
Mike Rumbles | 1956 | LibDem | North East Scotland | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 41.1 | |
Michael Russell | 1953 | SNP | South of Scotland | 05 / 07–02 / 09: State Secretary for the Environment 02 / 09–12 / 09: State Secretary for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution from 12/09: Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning |
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Alex Salmond | 1954 | SNP | North East Scotland | Gordon | 41.4 | First Minister |
Mary Scanlon | 1947 | Conservative | Highlands and Islands | |||
John Scott | 1951 | Conservative | South of Scotland | Ayr | 40.7 | |
Tavish Scott | 1966 | LibDem | Highlands and Islands | Shetland | 66.7 | |
Richard Simpson | 1942 | Labor | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Elaine Smith | 1963 | Labor | Central Scotland | Coatbridge and Chryston | 46.1 | |
Elizabeth Smith | 1960 | Conservative | Mid Scotland and Fife | |||
Iain Smith | 1960 | LibDem | Mid Scotland and Fife | North East Fife | 42.2 | |
Margaret Smith | 1961 | LibDem | Lothians | Edinburgh West | 39.4 | |
Shirley-Anne Somerville | 1974 | SNP | Lothians | |||
Nicol Stephen | 1960 | LibDem | North East Scotland | Aberdeen South | 36.3 | |
Stewart Stevenson | 1946 | SNP | North East Scotland | Banff and Buchan | 58.8 | 05 / 09–12 / 10: State Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change |
David Stewart | 1956 | Labor | Highlands and Islands | |||
Jamie Stone | 1954 | LibDem | Highlands and Islands | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | 40.2 | |
Nicola Sturgeon | 1970 | SNP | Glasgow | Glasgow Govan | 41.9 | Deputy First Minister Health Minister |
John Swinney | 1964 | SNP | Mid Scotland and Fife | North Tayside | 51.6 | Minister for Finance and Growth |
David Thompson | 1949 | SNP | Highlands and Islands | |||
Jim Tolson | 1965 | LibDem | Mid Scotland and Fife | Dunfermline West | 33.7 | |
Stefan Tymkewycz | 1959 | SNP | Lothians | until 08/07 | ||
Maureen Watt | 1951 | SNP | North East Scotland | 05 / 07–02 / 09: State Secretary for Schools | ||
Andrew Welsh | 1944 | SNP | North East Scotland | Angus | 49.1 | |
Sandra White | 1951 | SNP | Glasgow | |||
Karen Whitefield | 1970 | Labor | Central Scotland | Airdrie and Shotts | 43.8 | |
David Whitton | 1952 | Labor | West of Scotland | Strathkelvin and Bearsden | 31.1 | |
Bill Wilson | 1963 | SNP | West of Scotland | |||
John Wilson | 1956 | SNP | Central Scotland |