Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament

1st Parliament	(1999)
2nd Parliament	(2003)
3rd Parliament	(2007)
4th Parliament	(2011)

This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA) elected to the fourth Scottish Parliament at the 2011 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.

Composition of the Parliament

Party		May 2011 election	24 May 2013 current
•	Scottish National Party	69	64
	Scottish Labour Party	37	37
	Scottish Conservative Party	15	15
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	5	5
	Scottish Green Party	2	2
	Independents	1	4
	Vacant	0	1
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129	128
Government Majority		9	0

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they are in the 4th session of the Scottish Parliament.

• Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.

List of MSPs

This is a list of MSPs. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here a list of MSPs elected in the 2011 election.

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Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party
	, VacantVacant		Aberdeen Donside	Constituency
	Adam, GeorgeGeorge Adam		Paisley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Adamson, ClareClare Adamson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Alasdair Allan		Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Allard, ChristianChristian Allard		North East Scotland (since 15/05/13)	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Baillie, JackieJackie Baillie		Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Baker, RichardRichard Baker		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Baker, ClaireClaire Baker		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Baxter, JayneJayne Baxter		Mid Scotland and Fife (since 7/12/12)	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Beamish, ClaudiaClaudia Beamish		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Beattie, ColinColin Beattie		Midlothian North and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Biagi, MarcoMarco Biagi		Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Bibby, NeilNeil Bibby		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Boyack, SarahSarah Boyack		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Brodie, ChicChic Brodie		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Brown, KeithKeith Brown		Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Brown, GavinGavin Brown		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Burgess, MargaretMargaret Burgess		Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Campbell, AileenAileen Campbell		Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Campbell, RoderickRoderick Campbell		North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Carlaw, JacksonJackson Carlaw		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Chisholm, MalcolmMalcolm Chisholm		Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Coffey, WillieWillie Coffey		Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Constance, AngelaAngela Constance		Almond Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Crawford, BruceBruce Crawford		Stirling	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Cunningham, RoseannaRoseanna Cunningham		Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Davidson, RuthRuth Davidson		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Dey, GraemeGraeme Dey		Angus South	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Don, NigelNigel Don		Angus North and Mearns	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Doris, BobBob Doris		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Dornan, JamesJames Dornan		Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Dugdale, KeziaKezia Dugdale		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Eadie, HelenHelen Eadie		Cowdenbeath	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Eadie, JimJim Eadie		Edinburgh Southern	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Ewing, AnnabelleAnnabelle Ewing		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Ewing, FergusFergus Ewing		Inverness and Nairn	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fabiani, LindaLinda Fabiani		East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fee, MaryMary Fee		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Ferguson, PatriciaPatricia Ferguson		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Fergusson, AlexAlex Fergusson		Galloway and West Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Findlay, NeilNeil Findlay		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Finnie, JohnJohn Finnie		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Independent
	FitzPatrick, JoeJoe FitzPatrick		Dundee City West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fraser, MurdoMurdo Fraser		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Gibson, KennethKenneth Gibson		Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Gibson, RobRob Gibson		Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Goldie, AnnabelAnnabel Goldie		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Grahame, ChristineChristine Grahame		Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Grant, RhodaRhoda Grant		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Gray, IainIain Gray		East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Griffin, MarkMark Griffin		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Harvie, PatrickPatrick Harvie		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Henry, HughHugh Henry		Renfrewshire South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Hepburn, JamieJamie Hepburn		Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Hume, JimJim Hume		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Hyslop, FionaFiona Hyslop		Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Ingram, AdamAdam Ingram		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Johnstone, AlexAlex Johnstone		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Johnstone, AlisonAlison Johnstone		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Keir, ColinColin Keir		Edinburgh Western	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Kidd, BillBill Kidd		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Kelly, JamesJames Kelly		Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Lamont, JohannJohann Lamont		Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Lamont, JohnJohn Lamont		Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Lochhead, RichardRichard Lochhead		Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Lyle, RichardRichard Lyle		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	MacAskill, KennyKenny MacAskill		Edinburgh Eastern	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacDonald, AngusAngus MacDonald		Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacDonald, GordonGordon MacDonald		Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacDonald, MargoMargo MacDonald		Lothian	Regional	Independent
	Macdonald, LewisLewis Macdonald		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Macintosh, KenKen Macintosh		Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Mackay, DerekDerek Mackay		Renfrewshire North and West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacKenzie, MikeMike MacKenzie		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Malik, HanzalaHanzala Malik		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Marra, JennyJenny Marra		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Martin, PaulPaul Martin		Glasgow Provan	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Marwick, TriciaTricia Marwick		Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Constituency	Presiding Officer
	Mason, JohnJohn Mason		Renfrewshire North and West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson		Falkirk West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Maxwell, StewartStewart Maxwell		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McAlpine, JoanJoan McAlpine		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McArthur, LiamLiam McArthur		Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	McCulloch, MargaretMargaret McCulloch		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	McDougall, MargaretMargaret McDougall		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	McGrigor, JamieJamie McGrigor		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	McInnes, AlisonAlison McInnes		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	McKelvie, ChristinaChristina McKelvie		Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McLeod, AileenAileen McLeod		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McLeod, FionaFiona McLeod		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McLetchie, DavidDavid McLetchie		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	McMahon, MichaelMichael McMahon		Uddingston and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McMahon, SiobhanSiobhan McMahon		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	McMillan, StuartStuart McMillan		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McNeil, DuncanDuncan McNeil		Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McTaggart, AnneAnne McTaggart		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Milne, Nanette Nanette Milne		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Mitchell, MargaretMargaret Mitchell		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Murray, ElaineElaine Murray		Dumfriesshire	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Neil, AlexAlex Neil		Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Paterson, GilGil Paterson		Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Pearson, GraemeGraeme Pearson		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Pentland, JohnJohn Pentland		Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Rennie, WillieWillie Rennie		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Robertson, DennisDennis Robertson		Aberdeenshire West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Robison, ShonaShona Robison		Dundee City East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Russell, MichaelMichael Russell		Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Salmond, AlexAlex Salmond		Aberdeenshire East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Scanlon, MaryMary Scanlon		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Scott, JohnJohn Scott		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Scott, TavishTavish Scott		Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Simpson, RichardRichard Simpson		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Smith, DrewDrew Smith		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Smith, ElaineElaine Smith		Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Smith, ElizabethElizabeth Smith		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Stevenson, StewartStewart Stevenson		Banffshire and Buchan Coast	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stewart, DavidDavid Stewart		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Stewart, KevinKevin Stewart		Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Sturgeon, NicolaNicola Sturgeon		Glasgow Southside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Swinney, JohnJohn Swinney		Perthshire North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Thompson, DaveDave Thompson		Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Torrance , DavidDavid Torrance		Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Urquhart, JeanJean Urquhart		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Independent
	Walker, BillBill Walker		Dunfermline	Constituency	Independent
	Watt, MaureenMaureen Watt		Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Wheelhouse, PaulPaul Wheelhouse		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	White, SandraSandra White		Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Yousaf, HumzaHumza Yousaf		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
	Park, JohnJohn Park		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party	resigned 7/12/12
	Adam, BrianBrian Adam		Aberdeen Donside	Constituency	Scottish National Party	died 25/04/13
	McDonald, MarkMark McDonald		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party	resigned 15/05/13

Changes

Date	Constituency/Region	Gain		Loss		Note
11 May 2011	Mid Fife and Glenrothes		Presiding Officer		SNP	Tricia Marwick is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from her party.
4 March 2012	Dunfermline		Independent		SNP	Bill Walker was suspended from the SNP pending an investigation into domestic abuse allegations.
23 October 2012	Highlands and Islands		Independent		SNP	John Finnie resigned from the SNP because of its conference decision on NATO membership.
23 October 2012	Highlands and Islands		Independent		SNP	Jean Urquhart resigned from the SNP because of its conference decision on NATO membership.
07 December 2012	Mid Scotland and Fife		Labour		Labour	John Park resigned as an MSP to take up a full time Trade-Union position, he is replaced by Jayne Baxter.
25 April 2013	Aberdeen Donside				SNP	Brian Adam dies of cancer at age 64, causing a by-election.
14 May 2013	North East Scotland				SNP	Mark McDonald resigns his position as an MSP in order to contest the Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013.
15 May 2013	North East Scotland		SNP			Christian Allard takes up the vacant seat as the next (and final) name on the SNP's list for the region.
25 May 2013	Aberdeen Donside					Aberdeen Donside by-election, 2013.

External links

• Scottish Parliament website
• List of Members of the Scottish Parliament