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
Overview
Legislative bodyScottish Parliament
JurisdictionScotland
Meeting placeScottish Parliament Building
Term14 May 2007 – 22 March 2011
Election2007
GovernmentFirst Salmond government
Members129
Presiding OfficerAlex Fergusson
First MinisterAlex Salmond
Deputy First MinisterNicola Sturgeon
Leader 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.

Composition

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Party May 2007
election
March 2011
dissolution
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

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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 MSPs

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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.

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   Paisley North Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Alasdair Allan   Western Isles Constituency Scottish National Party
Jackie Baillie   Dumbarton Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Claire Baker   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party
Richard Baker   North East Scotland Regional Scottish Labour Party
Sarah Boyack   Edinburgh Central Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Rhona Brankin   Midlothian Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Ted Brocklebank Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Gavin Brown   Lothians Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Keith Brown   Ochil Constituency Scottish National Party
Robert Brown   Glasgow Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats
Derek Brownlee South of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Bill Butler   Glasgow Anniesland Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Aileen Campbell   South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Jackson Carlaw   West of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Malcolm Chisholm   Edinburgh North and Leith Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Willie Coffey   Kilmarnock and Loudoun Constituency Scottish National Party
Angela Constance   Livingston Constituency Scottish National Party
Cathie Craigie   Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Bruce Crawford   Stirling Constituency Scottish National Party
Roseanna Cunningham   Perth Constituency Scottish National Party
Margaret Curran   Glasgow Baillieston Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Nigel Don   North East Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Bob Doris   Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party
Helen Eadie   Dunfermline East Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Fergus Ewing   Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Constituency Scottish National Party
Linda Fabiani   Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Patricia Ferguson   Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Alex Fergusson   Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Constituency Presiding Officer
Ross Finnie   West of Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats
Joe FitzPatrick   Dundee West Constituency Scottish National Party
George Foulkes   Lothians Regional Scottish Labour Party
Murdo Fraser   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Kenneth Gibson   Cunninghame North Constituency Scottish National Party
Rob Gibson   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish National Party
Karen Gillon   Clydesdale Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Marlyn Glen   North East Scotland Regional Scottish Labour Party
Trish Godman West Renfrewshire Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Annabel Goldie   West of Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Charlie Gordon Glasgow Cathcart Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Christine Grahame   South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Rhoda Grant   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Labour Party
Iain Gray   East Lothian Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Robin Harper   Lothians Regional Scottish Green Party
Christopher Harvie   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish National Party
Patrick Harvie   Glasgow Regional Scottish Green Party
Hugh Henry   Paisley South Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Jamie Hepburn   Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Jim Hume   South of Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats
Fiona Hyslop   Lothians Regional Scottish National Party
Adam Ingram   South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Cathy Jamieson   Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Alex Johnstone   North East Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
James Kelly   Glasgow Rutherglen Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Andy Kerr   East Kilbride Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Bill Kidd   Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party
Johann Lamont   Glasgow Pollok Constituency Scottish Labour Party
John Lamont   Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Marilyn Livingstone Kirkcaldy Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Richard Lochhead   Moray Constituency Scottish National Party
Kenny MacAskill   Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Constituency Scottish National Party
Lewis Macdonald   Aberdeen Central Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Margo MacDonald   Lothians Regional Independent
Ken Macintosh   Eastwood Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Paul Martin   Glasgow Springburn Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Tricia Marwick   Central Fife Constituency Scottish National Party
Jim Mather Argyll and Bute Constituency Scottish National Party
Michael Matheson   Falkirk West Constituency Scottish National Party
Stewart Maxwell   West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Liam McArthur   Orkney Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Frank McAveety   Glasgow Shettleston Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Tom McCabe   Hamilton South Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Jack McConnell   Motherwell and Wishaw Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Jamie McGrigor   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Alison McInnes   North East Scotland Regional Scottish Liberal Democrats
Ian McKee Lothians Regional Scottish National Party
Christina McKelvie   Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Anne McLaughlin Glasgow
(since 12/02/2009)
Regional Scottish National Party
David McLetchie   Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Michael McMahon   Hamilton North and Bellshill Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Stuart McMillan   West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Duncan McNeil   Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Pauline McNeill   Glasgow Kelvin Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Des McNulty   Clydebank and Milngavie Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Nanette Milne   North East Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Margaret Mitchell   Central Scotland Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Alasdair Morgan South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Mary Mulligan   Linlithgow Constituency Scottish Labour Party
John Farquhar Munro   Ross, Skye and Inverness West Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Elaine Murray   Dumfries Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Alex Neil   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   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party
Gil Paterson   West of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Peter Peacock   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   Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Shona Robison   Dundee East Constituency Scottish National Party
Mike Rumbles   West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Michael Russell   South of Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Alex Salmond   Gordon Constituency Scottish National Party
Mary Scanlon   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
John Scott   Ayr Constituency Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Tavish Scott   Shetland Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Richard Simpson   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Labour Party
Elaine Smith   Coatbridge and Chryston Constituency Scottish Labour Party
Liz Smith   Mid Scotland and Fife Regional Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Iain Smith   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   Aberdeen South Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stewart Stevenson   Banff and Buchan Constituency Scottish National Party
David Stewart   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish Labour Party
Jamie Stone   Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Nicola Sturgeon   Glasgow Govan Constituency Scottish National Party
John Swinney   North Tayside Constituency Scottish National Party
Dave Thompson   Highlands and Islands Regional Scottish National Party
Jim Tolson Dunfermline West Constituency Scottish Liberal Democrats
Maureen Watt   North East Scotland Regional Scottish National Party
Andrew Welsh Angus Constituency Scottish National Party
Sandra White   Glasgow Regional Scottish National Party
Karen Whitefield   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   Central Scotland Regional Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

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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 2009

Changes

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Date 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "MSP announces move to step down". BBC News. BBC. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Scotland's first Muslim MSP dies". BBC News. BBC. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "By-election figure to become MSP". BBC News. BBC. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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