4th Scottish Parliament

This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the fourth Scottish Parliament at the 2011 general 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.

The 2011 election produced an unexpected majority government with the governing Scottish National Party winning 69 seats, to the opposition Scottish Labour Party's 37 (down seven seats from the previous election). First Minister, Alex Salmond went on to form his second government.

Composition Party May 2011 election March 2016 dissolution•Scottish National Party 69 64 Scottish Labour Party 37 38Scottish Conservative Party 15 15Scottish Liberal Democrats 5 5Scottish Green Party 2 2Independents 1 3Presiding Officer 0 1 Total 129 128 Vacant 0 1 Government majority 9 1 Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2011 general election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2016:

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 2011 election. Name Image Member for TypePartyPaisleyConstituencyScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyNa h-Eileanan an IarConstituencyScottish National Party North East Scotland (since 15/05/13)RegionalScottish National PartyDumbartonConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLabour Co-opMid Scotland and Fife (since 7/12/12)RegionalLabourSouth ScotlandRegionalLabour Co-opMidlothian North and MusselburghConstituencyScottish National PartyEdinburgh CentralConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalLabour Co-opLothianRegionalLabour Co-opNorth East Scotland(since 13/1/16)RegionalLabourSouth ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyLothianRegionalConservativeClackmannanshire and DunblaneConstituencyScottish National PartyLothian (since 04/09/13) RegionalConservativeCunninghame SouthConstituencyScottish National PartyClydesdaleConstituencyScottish National PartyNorth East FifeConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalConservativeEdinburgh North and LeithConstituencyLabour Kilmarnock and Irvine ValleyConstituencyScottish National PartyAlmond ValleyConstituencyScottish National PartyStirlingConstituencyScottish National PartyPerthshire South and Kinross-shireConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalConservativeAngus SouthConstituencyScottish National PartyAngus North and MearnsConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgow CathcartConstituencyScottish National PartyLothianRegionalLabour Co-opEdinburgh SouthernConstituencyScottish National PartyMid Scotland and FifeRegionalScottish National PartyInverness and NairnConstituencyScottish National PartyEast KilbrideConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalLabour Glasgow Maryhill and SpringburnConstituencyLabourGalloway and West DumfriesConstituencyConservativeLothianRegionalLabourHighlands and IslandsRegionalIndependentDundee City WestConstituencyScottish National PartyMid Scotland and FifeRegionalConservativeCunninghame NorthConstituencyScottish National PartyCaithness, Sutherland and RossConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalConservativeMidlothian South, Tweeddale and LauderdaleConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalLabour Co-opEast LothianConstituencyLabourCentral ScotlandRegionalLabourGlasgowRegionalGreenRenfrewshire SouthConstituencyLabourCumbernauld and KilsythConstituencyScottish National PartyDunfermline (since 25/10/13) ConstituencyLabourSouth ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsLinlithgowConstituencyScottish National PartyCarrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyConstituencyScottish National PartyNorth East ScotlandRegionalConservativeLothianRegionalGreenEdinburgh WesternConstituencyScottish National PartyRutherglenConstituencyLabour Co-opGlasgow AnnieslandConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgow PollokConstituencyLabour Co-opEttrick, Roxburgh and BerwickshireConstituencyConservativeMorayConstituencyScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyEdinburgh EasternConstituencyScottish National PartyFalkirk EastConstituencyScottish National PartyEdinburgh PentlandsConstituencyScottish National PartyNorth East ScotlandRegionalLabour EastwoodConstituencyLabour Co-opRenfrewshire North and WestConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgowRegionalLabourNorth East ScotlandRegionalLabourGlasgow ProvanConstituencyLabourMid Fife and GlenrothesConstituencyPresiding OfficerGlasgow ShettlestonConstituencyScottish National PartyFalkirk WestConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartySouth ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyOrkneyConstituencyLiberal DemocratsCentral ScotlandRegionalLabourAberdeen Donside (since 20/06/13)ConstituencyScottish National PartyWest ScotlandRegionalLabourHighlands and IslandsRegionalConservativeNorth East ScotlandRegionalLiberal DemocratsHamilton, Larkhall and StonehouseConstituencyScottish National PartySouth ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyStrathkelvin and BearsdenConstituencyScottish National PartyUddingston and BellshillConstituencyLabourCentral ScotlandRegionalLabourWest ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGreenock and InverclydeConstituencyLabourGlasgowRegionalLabourNorth East ScotlandRegionalConservativeCentral ScotlandRegionalConservativeDumfriesshireConstituencyLabourAirdrie and ShottsConstituencyScottish National PartyClydebank and MilngavieConstituencyScottish National PartySouth ScotlandRegionalLabourMotherwell and WishawConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLiberal DemocratsAberdeenshire WestConstituencyScottish National PartyDundee City EastConstituencyScottish National PartyCowdenbeath (since 23/01/14)ConstituencyLabour Argyll and ButeConstituencyScottish National PartyAberdeenshire EastConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalConservativeAyrConstituencyConservativeShetlandConstituencyLiberal DemocratsMid Scotland and FifeRegional Labour GlasgowRegionalLabourCoatbridge and ChrystonConstituencyLabourMid Scotland and FifeRegionalConservativeBanffshire and Buchan CoastConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalLabour Co-opAberdeen CentralConstituencyScottish National PartyGlasgow SouthsideConstituencyScottish National PartyPerthshire NorthConstituencyScottish National PartySkye, Lochaber and BadenochConstituencyScottish National PartyKirkcaldyConstituencyScottish National PartyHighlands and IslandsRegionalIndependentAberdeen South and North KincardineConstituencyScottish National PartySouth ScotlandRegionalScottish National PartyGlasgow KelvinConstituencyScottish National PartyCentral ScotlandRegionalIndependentGlasgowRegionalScottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name Image Member for TypePartyNotesMid Scotland and FifeRegionalLabour resigned 7 December 2012Aberdeen DonsideConstituencyScottish National Party died 25 April 2013LothianRegionalConservative died 12 August 2013DunfermlineConstituencyIndependent resigned 7 September 2013CowdenbeathConstituencyLabour Co-op died 9 November 2013LothianRegionalIndependent died 4 April 2014North East ScotlandRegionalLabour resigned 11 January 2016

Changes

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References

External links Scottish Parliament website Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website