3rd Scottish Parliament

Party		May 2007	May 2011
•	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	129
Government Majority		-18	-17

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths as they were in the 3rd 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 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.

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	Member for	Type	Party
Adam, BrianBrian Adam	Aberdeen North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Aitken, BillBill Aitken	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Alexander, WendyWendy Alexander	Paisley North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Allan, AlasdairAlasdair Allan	Western Isles	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Baillie, JackieJackie Baillie	Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Baker, ClaireClaire Baker	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Baker, RichardRichard Baker	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Boyack, SarahSarah Boyack	Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Brankin, RhonaRhona Brankin	Midlothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Brocklebank, TedTed Brocklebank	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Brown, GavinGavin Brown	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Brown, KeithKeith Brown	Ochil	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Brown, RobertRobert Brown	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Brownlee, DerekDerek Brownlee	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Butler, BillBill Butler	Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Campbell, AileenAileen Campbell	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Carlaw, JacksonJackson Carlaw	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Chisholm, MalcolmMalcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Coffey, WillieWillie Coffey	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Constance, AngelaAngela Constance	Livingston	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Craigie, CathieCathie Craigie	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Crawford, BruceBruce Crawford	Stirling	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Cunningham, RoseannaRoseanna Cunningham	Perth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Curran, MargaretMargaret Curran	Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Don, NigelNigel Don	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Doris, BobBob Doris	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
Eadie, HelenHelen Eadie	Dunfermline East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Ewing, FergusFergus Ewing	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Fabiani, LindaLinda Fabiani	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Ferguson, PatriciaPatricia Ferguson	Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Fergusson, AlexAlex Fergusson	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Constituency	Presiding Officer
Finnie, RossRoss Finnie	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
FitzPatrick, JoeJoe FitzPatrick	Dundee West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Foulkes, GeorgeGeorge Foulkes	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Labour 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	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
Gillon, KarenKaren Gillon	Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Glen, MarlynMarlyn Glen	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Godman, TrishTrish Godman	West Renfrewshire	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Goldie, AnnabelAnnabel Goldie	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Gordon, CharlieCharlie Gordon	Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Grahame, ChristineChristine Grahame	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Grant, RhodaRhoda Grant	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Gray, IainIain Gray	East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Harper, RobinRobin Harper	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Harvie, ChristopherChristopher Harvie	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
Harvie, PatrickPatrick Harvie	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Henry, HughHugh Henry	Paisley South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Hepburn, JamieJamie Hepburn	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Hume, JimJim Hume	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Hyslop, FionaFiona Hyslop	Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
Ingram, AdamAdam Ingram	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Jamieson, CathyCathy Jamieson	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Johnstone, AlexAlex Johnstone	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	Glasgow Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Kerr, AndyAndy Kerr	East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Kidd, BillBill Kidd	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
Lamont, JohannJohann Lamont	Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Lamont, JohnJohn Lamont	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Livingstone, MarilynMarilyn Livingstone	Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Lochhead, RichardRichard Lochhead	Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
MacAskill, KennyKenny MacAskill	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Macdonald, LewisLewis Macdonald	Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
MacDonald, MargoMargo MacDonald	Lothians	Regional	Independent
Macintosh, KenKen Macintosh	Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	Glasgow Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Marwick, TriciaTricia Marwick	Central Fife	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Mather, JimJim Mather	Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson	Falkirk West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Maxwell, StewartStewart Maxwell	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
McArthur, LiamLiam McArthur	Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
McAveety, FrankFrank McAveety	Glasgow Shettleston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
McCabe, TomTom McCabe	Hamilton South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
McConnell, JackJack McConnell	Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	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
McKee, IanIan McKee	Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
McKelvie, ChristinaChristina McKelvie	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
McLaughlin, AnneAnne McLaughlin	Glasgow (since 12/02/2009)	Regional	Scottish National Party
McLetchie, DavidDavid McLetchie	Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
McMahon, MichaelMichael McMahon	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
McMillan, StuartStuart McMillan	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
McNeil, DuncanDuncan McNeil	Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
McNeill, PaulinePauline McNeill	Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
McNulty, DesDes McNulty	Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Milne, NanetteNanette Milne	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Mitchell, MargaretMargaret Mitchell	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Morgan, AlasdairAlasdair Morgan	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Mulligan, MaryMary Mulligan	Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Munro, John FarquharJohn Farquhar Munro	Ross, Skye and Inverness West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Murray, ElaineElaine Murray	Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Neil, AlexAlex Neil	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
O'Donnell, HughHugh O'Donnell	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Oldfather, IreneIrene Oldfather	Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Park, JohnJohn Park	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Paterson, GilGil Paterson	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Peacock, PeterPeter Peacock	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Peattie, CathyCathy Peattie	Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Pringle, MikeMike Pringle	Edinburgh South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Purvis, JeremyJeremy Purvis	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Robison, ShonaShona Robison	Dundee East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Rumbles, MikeMike Rumbles	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Russell, MichaelMichael Russell	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Salmond, AlexAlex Salmond	Gordon	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, ElaineElaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Smith, ElizabethElizabeth Smith	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Smith, IainIain Smith	North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Smith, MargaretMargaret Smith	Edinburgh West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Somerville, Shirley-AnneShirley-Anne Somerville	Lothians (since 31/08/2007)	Regional	Scottish National Party
Stephen, NicolNicol Stephen	Aberdeen South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stevenson, StewartStewart Stevenson	Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Stewart, DavidDavid Stewart	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Stone, JamieJamie Stone	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Sturgeon, NicolaNicola Sturgeon	Glasgow Govan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Swinney, JohnJohn Swinney	North Tayside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Thompson, DaveDave Thompson	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
Tolson, JimJim Tolson	Dunfermline West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Watt, MaureenMaureen Watt	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Welsh, AndrewAndrew Welsh	Angus	Constituency	Scottish National Party
White, SandraSandra White	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
Whitefield, KarenKaren Whitefield	Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Whitton, DavidDavid Whitton	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Wilson, BillBill Wilson	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
	Tymkewycz, StefanStefan Tymkewycz		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party	resigned 31 August 2007
	Ahmad, BashirBashir Ahmad		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party	died 6 February 2009

Changes

Date	Constituency/Region			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]

References

1 2 "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.

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Scottish Parliaments and Governments

1st Parliament (1999–2003)	Dewar (1999–2000) McLeish (2000–01) McConnell I (2001–03)

2nd Parliament (2003–07)	McConnell II (2003–07)

3rd Parliament (2007–11)	Salmond I (2007–11)

4th Parliament (2011–16)	Salmond II (2011–14) Sturgeon I (2014–16)

5th Parliament (2016–present)	Sturgeon II (2016–present)

Scottish Parliament election, 2007

Incumbent First Minister: Jack McConnell (Labour) Subsequent First Minister: Alex Salmond (SNP)

Alex Salmond (SNP) Jack McConnell (Labour) Annabel Goldie (Conservative) Nicol Stephen (Liberal Democrats) Robin Harper/Shiona Baird (Green)

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