List of Members of the Scottish Parliament (5th legislature)

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Majorities in the constituencies (left, majority vote) and seats that were occupied by the regions (right, proportional representation) yellow = SNP, blue = Conservative, red = Labor, green = Scottish Green, orange = LibDem

This list provides an overview of all members of the Scottish Parliament for the 5th legislature (2016-2021).

composition

Following the general election in 2016 , the Scottish Parliament was composed as follows:

fraction At the beginning of the
legislative period 		Departures Accesses balance End of the
legislative period
Scottish National Party (SNP) 63 Mark McDonald −1 62
Scottish Conservative Party 31 Alex Johnstone (†), John Lamont , Rachael Hamilton , Douglas Ross , Ross Thomson Bill Bowman, Michelle Ballantyne, Rachael Hamilton , Jamie Halcro Johnston, Tom Mason ± 0 31
Scottish Labor Party 24 macintosh −1 23
Scottish Green Party 6th ± 0 6th
Scottish Liberal Democrats (LibDem) 5 ± 0 5
Non-party 0 Macintosh, Mark McDonald +2 2

Notes :

  1. ↑ Mark McDonald was suspended by the SNP because of allegations about his behavior and then resigned from the party.
  2. ↑ John Lamont resigned from May 4, 2017 to contest the 2017 UK Parliament election. This triggered a re-election in his Scottish Parliament seat, which will take place on the same day as the UK General Election (June 8th 2017).
  3. ↑ Rachael Hamilton returned her place on the list to contest the by-election in the constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire on June 8, 2017 for a direct mandate.
  4. ↑ Douglas Ross has resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament after winning a seat in the House of Commons in the UK general election in 2017.
  5. ↑ Ross Thomson has resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament after winning a seat in the House of Commons in the UK general election in 2017.
  6. ↑ Michelle Ballantyne replaces Rachael Hamilton in the listing constituency of South Scotland.
  7. ↑ Rachael Hamilton won the by-election in the constituency of Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire on June 8, 2017, a direct mandate.
  8. ↑ Jamie Halcro Johnston replaces Douglas Ross in the Highlands and Islands list constituency.
  9. ↑ Tom Mason replaces Ross Thomson in the list constituency of North East Scotland.
  10. ↑ Ken Macintosh 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
George Adam 1969 SNP West Scotland Paisley 49.8
Clare Adamson 1967 SNP Central Scotland Motherwell and Wishaw 52.5
Alasdair Allan 1971 SNP Highlands and Islands Na h-Eileanan to Iar 52.1 State Secretary for International Development and Europe
Tom Arthur 1985 SNP West Scotland Renfrewshire South 48.1
Jackie Baillie 1964 Labor West Scotland Dumbarton 40.2
Jeremy Balfour Conservative Lothian
Michelle Ballantyne Conservative South Scotland Rachael Hamilton who has resigned her seat.
Claudia Beamish 1952 Labor South Scotland
Colin Beattie 1951 SNP Lothian Midlothian North and Musselburgh 48.9
Neil Bibby 1983 Labor West Scotland
Bill Bowman 1950 Conservative North East Scotland since December 21, 2016, successor to the late Alex Johnstone
Claire Brennan-Baker 1971 Labor Mid Scotland and Fife
Miles Briggs Conservative Lothian
Keith Brown 1961 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 47.6 Minister for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work
Alexander Burnett 1973 Conservative North East Scotland Aberdeenshire West 38.1
Donald Andrew Cameron Conservative Highlands and Islands
Aileen Campbell 1980 SNP South Scotland Clydesdale 44.0 State Secretary for Public Health and Sport
Jackson Carlaw 1959 Conservative West Scotland Eastwood 35.7
Finlay Carson 1967 Conservative South Scotland Galloway and West Dumfries 43.5
Peter Chapman 1977 Conservative North East Scotland
Willie Coffey 1958 SNP South Scotland Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 55.4
Alex Cole-Hamilton LibDem Lothian Edinburgh Western 41.9
Angela Constance 1970 SNP Lothian Almond Valley 53.0 Minister for Local Government, Social Security and Equality
Maurice Corry Conservative West Scotland
Bruce Crawford 1955 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Stirling 47.7
Roseanna Cunningham 1951 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 42.4 Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
Ruth Davidson 1978 Conservative Lothian Edinburgh Central 30.4
Ash Denham SNP Lothian Edinburgh Eastern 47.3
Graeme Dey 1962 SNP North East Scotland Angus South 48.9
Bob Doris 1973 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 55.5
James Dornan 1953 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Cathcart 52.9
Kezia Dugdale 1981 Labor Lothian
Annabelle Ewing 1960 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Cowdenbeath 46.1 State Secretary for General Security and Law
Fergus Ewing 1957 SNP Highlands and Islands Inverness and Nairn 48.3 Minister of Agriculture and Connectivity
Linda Fabiani 1956 SNP Central Scotland East Kilbride 55.9
Mary Fee 1954 Labor West Scotland
Neil Findlay 1969 Labor Lothian
John Finnie 1956 Green Highlands and Islands
Joe FitzPatrick 1967 SNP North East Scotland Dundee City West 57.8 State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs
Kate Forbes SNP Highlands and Islands Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 47.6
Murdo Fraser 1965 Conservative Mid Scotland and Fife
Jeane Freeman 1953 SNP South Scotland Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 43.2 State Secretary for Social Security
Kenneth Gibson 1961 SNP West Scotland Cunninghame North 51.9
Jenny Gilruth SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Mid Fife and Glenrothes 54.4
Maurice Golden Conservative West Scotland
Mairi Gougeon SNP North East Scotland Angus North and Mearns 45.7
Christine Grahame 1944 SNP South Scotland Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 45.1
Rhoda Grant 1963 Labor Highlands and Islands
Iain Gray 1957 Labor South Scotland East Lothian 37.8
Jamie Greene Conservative West Scotland
Ross Greer Green West Scotland
Mark Griffin 1985 Labor Central Scotland
Rachael Hamilton 1970 Conservative South of Scotland Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 53.6 John Lamont resigned from office effective May 4, 2017. Rachael Hamilton won the
by-election in his constituency on June 8, 2017 .
Emma Harper SNP South Scotland
Alison Harris 1965 Conservative Central Scotland
Patrick Harvie 1973 Green Glasgow
Clare Haughey SNP Glasgow Rutherglen 46.2
Jamie Hepburn 1979 SNP Central Scotland Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 60.1 State Secretary for Employability and Training
Fiona Hyslop 1964 SNP Lothian Linlithgow 50.4 Minister for Culture, Tourism and External Relations
Daniel Johnson Labor Lothian Edinburgh Southern 35.5
Alison Johnstone 1965 Green Lothian
Jamie Halcro Johnston Conservative Highlands and Islands Douglas Ross has resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament since he was in the UK general election in 2017

won a seat in the House of Commons .

James Kelly 1963 Labor Glasgow
Liam Kerr Conservative North East Scotland
Bill Kidd 1956 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Anniesland 51.7
Johann Lamont 1957 Labor Glasgow
Monica Lennon Labor Central Scotland
Richard Leonard Labor Central Scotland
Gordon Lindhurst Conservative Lothian
Richard Lochhead 1969 SNP North East Scotland Moray 47.1
Dean Lockhart Conservative Mid Scotland and Fife
Richard Lyle 1950 SNP Central Scotland Uddingston and Bellshill 48.8
Angus MacDonald 1969 SNP Central Scotland Falkirk East 51.4
Gordon MacDonald 1960 SNP Lothian Edinburgh Pentlands 39.5
Lewis Macdonald 1957 Labor North East Scotland
Fulton MacGregor SNP Central Scotland Coatbridge and Chryston 48.0
Kenneth Macintosh 1962 Labor West Scotland Presiding Officer
Derek Mackay 1977 SNP West Scotland Renfrewshire North and West 47.8 Minister of Finance and the Constitution
Rona Mackay SNP West Scotland Strathkelvin and Bearsden 43.5
Ben Macpherson SNP Lothian Edinburgh Northern and Leith 46.7
Ruth Maguire SNP West Scotland Cunninghame South 52.2
Jenny Marra 1977 Labor North East Scotland
Gillian Martin SNP North East Scotland Aberdeenshire East 45.8
John Mason 1957 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Shettleston 56.0
Tom Mason Conservative North East Scotland Ross Thomson has resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament since he was in the UK general election in 2017

won a seat in the House of Commons .

Michael Matheson 1970 SNP Central Scotland Falkirk West 56.9 Minister of Justice
Joan McAlpine 1962 SNP South Scotland
Liam McArthur 1962 LibDem Highlands and Islands Orkney 67.4
Mark McDonald 1980 Independent North East Scotland Aberdeen Donside 56.0 Mark McDonald was suspended by the SNP on allegations of his behavior and subsequently resigned from the party.
Ivan McKee 1963 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Provan 54.6
Christina McKelvie 1968 SNP Central Scotland Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 48.3
Stuart McMillan 1972 SNP West Scotland Greenock and Inverclyde 53.7
Pauline McNeill 1962 Labor Glasgow
Margaret Mitchell 1952 Conservative Central Scotland
Edward Mountain Conservative Highlands and Islands
Oliver Mundell Conservative South Scotland Dumfriesshire 37.3
Alex Neil 1951 SNP Central Scotland Airdrie and Shotts 52.5
Gil Paterson 1942 SNP West Scotland Clydebank and Milngavie 49.2
Willie Rennie 1967 LibDem Mid Scotland and Fife North East Fife 43.8
Shona Robison 1966 SNP North East Scotland Dundee City East 58.1 Minister for Health and Sport
Gail Ross SNP Highlands and Islands Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 43.3
Alex Rowley 1963 Labor Mid Scotland and Fife
Mike Rumbles 1956 LibDem North East Scotland
Mark Ruskell 1972 Green Mid Scotland and Fife
Michael Russell 1953 SNP Highlands and Islands Argyll and Bute 46.0 Secretary of State for the UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe
Anas Sarwar 1983 Labor Glasgow
John Scott 1951 Conservative South Scotland Ayr 43.0
Tavish Scott 1966 LibDem Highlands and Islands Shetland 67.4
Graham Simpson Conservative Central Scotland
Elaine Smith 1963 Labor Central Scotland
Elizabeth Smith 1960 Conservative Mid Scotland and Fife
Colin Smyth Labor South Scotland
Shirley-Anne Somerville 1974 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Dunfermline 43.3 State Secretary for Continuing Education, Higher Education and Science
Stewart Stevenson 1946 SNP North East Scotland Banffshire and Buchan Coast 55.1
Alexander Stewart Conservative Mid Scotland and Fife
David Stewart 1956 Labor Highlands and Islands
Kevin Stewart 1968 SNP North East Scotland Aberdeen Central 43.6 State Secretary for Local Government and Housing
Nicola Sturgeon 1970 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Southside 61.4 First Minister
John Swinney 1964 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Perthshire North 48.6 Minister for Education and Skills
Maree Todd SNP Highlands and Islands
Adam Tomkins Conservative Glasgow
David Torrance 1961 SNP Mid Scotland and Fife Kirkcaldy 52.6
Maureen Watt 1951 SNP North East Scotland Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 42.1 State Secretary for Mental Health
Annie Wells Conservative Glasgow
Paul Wheelhouse 1970 SNP South Scotland State Secretary for Economy, Innovation and Energy
Sandra White 1951 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Kelvin 38.5
Brian Whittle 1964 Conservative South Scotland
Andy Wightman Green Lothian
Humza Yousaf 1985 SNP Glasgow Glasgow Pollok 54.8 Secretary of State for Transport and the Islands

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Selkirkshire Councillor Michelle Ballantyne is new Tory MSP Holyrood Magazine, May 18, 2017, accessed May 18, 2017
  2. ↑ MSP Rachael Hamilton quits to fight Holyrood by-election BBC News, May 3, 2017, accessed May 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Tory MSP to quit Holyrood to stand for Westminster BBC News, April 25, 2017, accessed April 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Rachael Hamilton wins Scottish Parliament by-election BBC News, June 9, 2017, accessed June 11, 2017.
  5. ^ A b Two new Conservative MSPs sworn in at Holyrood BBC News, June 20, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b Newly-elected Tory MPs quit Holyrood for Westminster BBC News, June 13, 2017, accessed June 16, 2017.