6th Scottish Parliament
Members of the 6th Scottish Parliament
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Overview | ||||
Legislative body | Scottish Parliament | |||
Jurisdiction | Scotland | |||
Meeting place | Scottish Parliament Building | |||
Term | 13 May 2021 – | |||
Election | 2021 | |||
Government |
Third Sturgeon government
Yousaf government |
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Members | 129 | |||
Presiding Officer | Alison Johnstone | |||
First Minister |
Nicola Sturgeon
(2021–23)
Humza Yousaf (2023–Present) |
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Deputy First Minister |
John Swinney
(2021–23)
Shona Robison (2023–Present) |
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Leader of the Opposition | Douglas Ross | |||
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The 6th Scottish Parliament was elected at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election . [1] It was opened with the Escort to the Crown of Scotland Parade and Speech from the Throne on 2 October 2021.
Composition
Party |
May 2021
election |
Currently | |
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• | Scottish National Party | 64 | 64 |
Scottish Conservatives | 31 | 31 | |
Scottish Labour | 22 | 22 | |
• | Scottish Greens | 8 | 7 |
Scottish Liberal Democrats | 4 | 4 | |
Presiding Officer | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 129 | ||
Government majority | 0 | 14 |
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Leadership
- Presiding Officer : Alison Johnstone ( Independent ) [lower-alpha 1]
- Deputy Presiding Officers : Annabelle Ewing ( SNP ), Liam McArthur ( Lib Dems )
Government
- First Minister : Nicola Sturgeon ( SNP ) (until 28 March) Humza Yousaf ( SNP ) (starting 29 March)
- Deputy First Minister : John Swinney ( SNP ) (until 28 March) Shona Robison ( SNP ) (starting 29 March)
- Minister for Parliamentary Business : George Adam ( SNP )
Opposition
- Leader of the Opposition : Douglas Ross ( Conservatives ) [lower-alpha 2]
- Secondary Opposition Leader: Anas Sarwar ( Labour )
- Tertiary Opposition Co-Leaders: Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater ( Greens )
- Leader of the Liberal Democrats : Alex Cole-Hamilton ( Liberal Democrats )
List of MSPs
This is a list of MSPs so far elected. [2] The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session, since the May 2021 election .
There are eight MSPs who have been constant members since the inauguration of the Parliament in 1999 (ten other founding members retired prior to the 2021 election): Jackie Baillie , Fergus Ewing and John Swinney have been elected six times under the same constituency (Swinney's was renamed with different boundaries in 2011); Christine Grahame , Fiona Hyslop , Michael Matheson , Shona Robison and Nicola Sturgeon were returned as a list member then a constituency member. A ninth MSP Richard Lochhead has served almost the same term, resigning his list seat in 2006 to successfully contest a by-election a few weeks later for a constituency seat, which he has defended since then. [3]
Former MSPs
Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
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Dean Lockhart | Mid Scotland and Fife | Regional | Scottish Conservatives | Resigned 5 September 2022 [4] | ||
Changes
Date | Constituency/region | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
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13 May 2021 | Lothian | Presiding Officer | Scottish Green | Alison Johnstone was elected Presiding Officer and consequently had to renounce her party affiliation. [5] | ||
5 September 2022 | Mid Scotland and Fife | Conservative | Conservative | Dean Lockhart resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament. [4] He was succeeded by Roz McCall , who was sworn in on 20 September. [6] |
References
- ↑ "Scottish Elections (Dates) Act 2016" . legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 7 May 2016 .
- ↑ "Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)" . Retrieved 7 May 2021 .
- ↑ In numbers: Scottish Parliament celebrates 20th anniversary , Shropshire Star, 29 April 2019
- 1 2 "Scottish Tories get new MSP at Holyrood" . BBC News . 5 September 2022 . Retrieved 6 September 2022 .
- ↑ "Scottish Greens MSP elected as new Presiding Officer" . STV News . 13 May 2021 . Retrieved 13 May 2021 .
- ↑ "New Scottish Tory MSP first to take oath to King Charles III" . STV News . 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 20 September 2022 .
External links
- Scottish Parliament website
- Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) , on the Scottish Parliament website
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