Members of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
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This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA) elected to the third Scottish Parliament at the 2007 election. Of the 129 members 73 where 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.
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[edit] Composition of the Parliament
Party | May 2007 | June 2007 | |
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• | 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 |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
[edit] Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd session of the Scottish Parliament as of December 2008.
- Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.
[edit] MSPs by party
This is a list of current MSPs, 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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[edit] Members by constituency and region
[edit] Constituency members
[edit] Regional members
[edit] Changes
Date | Constituency/Region | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
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May 14, 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.. | ||
August 31, 2007 | Lothians | Scottish National Party | Scottish National Party | Stefan Tymkewycz resigns from the Parliament he is replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville. |
[edit] See also
- Executive of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Parliament election, 2007
- Scottish Parliament
- Member of the Scottish Parliament