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 MSPsedit
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.
^ ab"MSP announces move to step down". BBC News. BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^"Scotland's first Muslim MSP dies". BBC News. BBC. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
^"By-election figure to become MSP". BBC News. BBC. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
External linksedit
Scottish Parliament website
Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website
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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 3rd Scottish Parliament 2nd Scottish Parliament 4th Scottish Parliament Scottish Parliament BuildingOverviewLegislative bodyScottish ParliamentJurisdictionScotlandMeeting placeScottish Parliament BuildingTerm14 May 2007 22 March 2011Election2007GovernmentFirst Salmond governmentMembers129Presiding OfficerAlex FergussonFirst MinisterAlex SalmondDeputy First MinisterNicola SturgeonLeader of the OppositionJack McConnell 2007 Cathy Jamieson 2007 Wendy Alexander 2007 08 Cathy Jamieson 2008 Iain Gray 2008 11 The 2007 Scottish Parliament election produced another hung parliament which 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 administration Contents 1 Composition 2 Graphical representation 3 List of MSPs 3 1 Former MSPs 4 Changes 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksComposition editParty May 2007election March 2011dissolution Scottish National Party 47 47 Scottish Labour 46 46 Scottish Conservatives 17 16 Scottish Liberal Democrats 16 16 Scottish Greens 2 2 Independents 1 1 Presiding Officer 0 1 Total 129 Government majority 35 34 Government parties denoted with bullets Graphical representation editThese 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 nbsp nbsp Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament List of MSPs editThis 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 Type Party Brian Adam Aberdeen North Constituency Scottish National Party Bill Aitken Glasgow Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Alexander nbsp Paisley North Constituency Scottish Labour Party Alasdair Allan nbsp Western Isles Constituency Scottish National Party Jackie Baillie nbsp Dumbarton Constituency Scottish Labour Party Claire Baker nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party Richard Baker nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish Labour Party Sarah Boyack nbsp Edinburgh Central Constituency Scottish Labour Party Rhona Brankin nbsp Midlothian Constituency Scottish Labour Party Ted Brocklebank Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Gavin Brown nbsp Lothians Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Brown nbsp Ochil Constituency Scottish National Party Robert Brown nbsp Glasgow Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats Derek Brownlee South of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Butler nbsp Glasgow Anniesland Constituency Scottish Labour Party Aileen Campbell nbsp South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Jackson Carlaw nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Malcolm Chisholm nbsp Edinburgh North and Leith Constituency Scottish Labour Party Willie Coffey nbsp Kilmarnock and Loudoun Constituency Scottish National Party Angela Constance nbsp Livingston Constituency Scottish National Party Cathie Craigie nbsp Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Constituency Scottish Labour Party Bruce Crawford nbsp Stirling Constituency Scottish National Party Roseanna Cunningham nbsp Perth Constituency Scottish National Party Margaret Curran nbsp Glasgow Baillieston Constituency Scottish Labour Party Nigel Don nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Bob Doris nbsp Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party Helen Eadie nbsp Dunfermline East Constituency Scottish Labour Party Fergus Ewing nbsp Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber Constituency Scottish National Party Linda Fabiani nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Patricia Ferguson nbsp Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Constituency Scottish Labour Party Alex Fergusson nbsp Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Constituency Presiding Officer Ross Finnie nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats Joe FitzPatrick nbsp Dundee West Constituency Scottish National Party George Foulkes nbsp Lothians Regional Scottish Labour Party Murdo Fraser nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Gibson nbsp Cunninghame North Constituency Scottish National Party Rob Gibson nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish National Party Karen Gillon nbsp Clydesdale Constituency Scottish Labour Party Marlyn Glen nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish Labour Party Trish Godman West Renfrewshire Constituency Scottish Labour Party Annabel Goldie nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Gordon Glasgow Cathcart Constituency Scottish Labour Party Christine Grahame nbsp South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Rhoda Grant nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Labour Party Iain Gray nbsp East Lothian Constituency Scottish Labour Party Robin Harper nbsp Lothians Regional Scottish Green Party Christopher Harvie nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish National Party Patrick Harvie nbsp Glasgow Regional Scottish Green Party Hugh Henry nbsp Paisley South Constituency Scottish Labour Party Jamie Hepburn nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Jim Hume nbsp South of Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats Fiona Hyslop nbsp Lothians Regional Scottish National Party Adam Ingram nbsp South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Cathy Jamieson nbsp Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Constituency Scottish Labour Party Alex Johnstone nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party James Kelly nbsp Glasgow Rutherglen Constituency Scottish Labour Party Andy Kerr nbsp East Kilbride Constituency Scottish Labour Party Bill Kidd nbsp Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party Johann Lamont nbsp Glasgow Pollok Constituency Scottish Labour Party John Lamont nbsp Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Marilyn Livingstone Kirkcaldy Constituency Scottish Labour Party Richard Lochhead nbsp Moray Constituency Scottish National Party Kenny MacAskill nbsp Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Constituency Scottish National Party Lewis Macdonald nbsp Aberdeen Central Constituency Scottish Labour Party Margo MacDonald nbsp Lothians Regional Independent Ken Macintosh nbsp Eastwood Constituency Scottish Labour Party Paul Martin nbsp Glasgow Springburn Constituency Scottish Labour Party Tricia Marwick nbsp Central Fife Constituency Scottish National Party Jim Mather Argyll and Bute Constituency Scottish National Party Michael Matheson nbsp Falkirk West Constituency Scottish National Party Stewart Maxwell nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Liam McArthur nbsp Orkney Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Frank McAveety nbsp Glasgow Shettleston Constituency Scottish Labour Party Tom McCabe nbsp Hamilton South Constituency Scottish Labour Party Jack McConnell nbsp Motherwell and Wishaw Constituency Scottish Labour Party Jamie McGrigor nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alison McInnes nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats Ian McKee Lothians Regional Scottish National Party Christina McKelvie nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Anne McLaughlin Glasgow since 12 02 2009 Regional Scottish National Party David McLetchie nbsp Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Michael McMahon nbsp Hamilton North and Bellshill Constituency Scottish Labour Party Stuart McMillan nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Duncan McNeil nbsp Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency Scottish Labour Party Pauline McNeill nbsp Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Scottish Labour Party Des McNulty nbsp Clydebank and Milngavie Constituency Scottish Labour Party Nanette Milne nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Mitchell nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Alasdair Morgan South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Mary Mulligan nbsp Linlithgow Constituency Scottish Labour Party John Farquhar Munro nbsp Ross Skye and Inverness West Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Elaine Murray nbsp Dumfries Constituency Scottish Labour Party Alex Neil nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Hugh O Donnell Central Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats Irene Oldfather Cunninghame South Constituency Scottish Labour Party John Park nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party Gil Paterson nbsp West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Peter Peacock nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Labour Party Cathy Peattie Falkirk East Constituency Scottish Labour Party Mike Pringle Edinburgh South Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Jeremy Purvis nbsp Tweeddale Ettrick amp Lauderdale Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Shona Robison nbsp Dundee East Constituency Scottish National Party Mike Rumbles nbsp West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Michael Russell nbsp South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Alex Salmond nbsp Gordon Constituency Scottish National Party Mary Scanlon nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party John Scott nbsp Ayr Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Tavish Scott nbsp Shetland Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Richard Simpson nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party Elaine Smith nbsp Coatbridge and Chryston Constituency Scottish Labour Party Liz Smith nbsp Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Smith nbsp North East Fife Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith Edinburgh West Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Shirley Anne Somerville Lothians since 31 08 2007 Regional Scottish National Party Nicol Stephen nbsp Aberdeen South Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Stewart Stevenson nbsp Banff and Buchan Constituency Scottish National Party David Stewart nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Labour Party Jamie Stone nbsp Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Nicola Sturgeon nbsp Glasgow Govan Constituency Scottish National Party John Swinney nbsp North Tayside Constituency Scottish National Party Dave Thompson nbsp Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish National Party Jim Tolson Dunfermline West Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats Maureen Watt nbsp North East Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Andrew Welsh Angus Constituency Scottish National Party Sandra White nbsp Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party Karen Whitefield nbsp Airdrie and Shotts Constituency Scottish Labour Party David Whitton Strathkelvin and Bearsden Constituency Scottish Labour Party Bill Wilson West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party John Wilson nbsp Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party Former MSPs edit Name Image Member for Type Party Notes Stefan Tymkewycz Lothians Regional Scottish National Party resigned 31 August 2007 Bashir Ahmad Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party died 6 February 2009Changes editDate Constituency region Gain Loss 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 resigned from the Parliament 1 He was replaced by Shirley Anne Somerville 1 6 February 2009 Glasgow SNP SNP Bashir Ahmad died 2 He was replaced by Anne McLaughlin 3 See also editExecutive of the 3rd Scottish Parliament 2007 Scottish Parliament election Scottish Parliament Member of the Scottish ParliamentReferences edit a b MSP announces move to step down BBC News BBC 18 August 2007 Retrieved 19 May 2016 Scotland s first Muslim MSP dies BBC News BBC 6 February 2009 Retrieved 19 May 2016 By election figure to become MSP BBC News BBC 9 February 2009 Retrieved 19 May 2016 External links editScottish Parliament website Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament MSPs on the Scottish Parliament website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 3rd Scottish Parliament amp oldid 1202544939, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
