2nd Scottish Parliament

Party		May 2003 election	April 2007 dissolution
•	Scottish Labour Party	50	50
	Scottish National Party	27	25
	Scottish Conservative Party	18	17
•	Scottish Liberal Democrats	17	17
	Scottish Green Party	7	7
	Scottish Socialist Party	6	4
	Solidarity	0	2
	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party	1	1
	Independents	3	5
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129
Government majority		6	5

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 2nd session of the Scottish Parliament at the time of its dissolution in April 2007.

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

List of MSPs

This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. For a list of MSPs elected in the 2003 election see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.

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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
Arbuckle, AndrewAndrew Arbuckle	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Baillie, JackieJackie Baillie	Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Baird, ShionaShiona Baird	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Baker, RichardRichard Baker	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Ballard, MarkMark Ballard	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Ballance, ChrisChris Ballance	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Barrie, ScottScott Barrie	Dunfermline West	Constituency	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, 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
Byrne, RosemaryRosemary Byrne	South of Scotland	Regional	Solidarity
Canavan, DennisDennis Canavan	Falkirk West	Constituency	Independent
Chisholm, MalcolmMalcolm Chisholm	Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Craigie, CathieCathie Craigie	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Crawford, BruceBruce Crawford	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
Cunningham, RoseannaRoseanna Cunningham	Perth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Curran, FrancesFrances Curran	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Socialist Party
Curran, MargaretMargaret Curran	Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Davidson, DavidDavid Davidson	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Deacon, SusanSusan Deacon	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Douglas-Hamilton, JamesJames Douglas-Hamilton	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist 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	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Finnie, RossRoss Finnie	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Fox, ColinColin Fox	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Socialist Party
Fraser, MurdoMurdo Fraser	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Gallie, PhilPhil Gallie	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist 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
Gorrie, DonaldDonald Gorrie	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Grahame, ChristineChristine Grahame	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Harper, RobinRobin Harper	Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Harvie, PatrickPatrick Harvie	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Henry, HughHugh Henry	Paisley South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Home Robertson, JohnJohn Home Robertson	East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Hughes, JanisJanis Hughes	Glasgow Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Hyslop, FionaFiona Hyslop	Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
Ingram, AdamAdam Ingram	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Jackson, GordonGordon Jackson	Glasgow Govan	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Jackson, SylviaSylvia Jackson	Stirling	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Jamieson, CathyCathy Jamieson	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Jamieson, MargaretMargaret Jamieson	Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Johnstone, AlexAlex Johnstone	North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Kane, RosieRosie Kane	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Socialist Party
Kerr, AndyAndy Kerr	East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Lamont, JohannJohann Lamont	Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Leckie, CarolynCarolyn Leckie	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Socialist Party
Livingstone, MarilynMarilyn Livingstone	Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Lochhead, RichardRichard Lochhead	Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Lyon, GeorgeGeorge Lyon	Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
MacAskill, KennyKenny MacAskill	Lothians	Regional	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
Maclean, KateKate Maclean	Dundee West	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Macmillan, MaureenMaureen Macmillan	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Martin, CampbellCampbell Martin	West of Scotland	Regional	Independent
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	Glasgow Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Marwick, TriciaTricia Marwick	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
Mather, JimJim Mather	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson	Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Maxwell, StewartStewart Maxwell	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
May, ChristineChristine May	Fife Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
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
McFee, BruceBruce McFee	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
McGrigor, JamieJamie McGrigor	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
McLetchie, DavidDavid McLetchie	Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
McMahon, MichaelMichael McMahon	Hamilton North and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour 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
Monteith, BrianBrian Monteith	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Independent
Morgan, AlasdairAlasdair Morgan	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
Morrison, AlasdairAlasdair Morrison	Western Isles	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Muldoon, BristowBristow Muldoon	Livingston	Constituency	Scottish Labour 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
Oldfather, IreneIrene Oldfather	Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Peacock, PeterPeter Peacock	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
Peattie, CathyCathy Peattie	Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Petrie, DaveDave Petrie	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Pringle, MikeMike Pringle	Edinburgh South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Purvis, JeremyJeremy Purvis	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Radcliffe, NoraNora Radcliffe	Gordon	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Reid, GeorgeGeorge Reid	Ochil	Constituency	Presiding Officer
Robison, ShonaShona Robison	Dundee East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Robson, EuanEuan Robson	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Rumbles, MikeMike Rumbles	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Ruskell, MarkMark Ruskell	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Scott, EleanorEleanor Scott	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Green Party
Scott, JohnJohn Scott	Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scott, TavishTavish Scott	Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Sheridan, TommyTommy Sheridan	Glasgow	Regional	Solidarity
Smith, ElaineElaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
Smith, IainIain Smith	North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Smith, MargaretMargaret Smith	Edinburgh West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stephen, NicolNicol Stephen	Aberdeen South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stevenson, StewartStewart Stevenson	Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Stone, JamieJamie Stone	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
Sturgeon, NicolaNicola Sturgeon	Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
Swinburne, JohnJohn Swinburne	Central Scotland	Regional	Senior Citizens Unity Party
Swinney, JohnJohn Swinney	North Tayside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
Tosh, MurrayMurray Tosh	West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Turner, JeanJean Turner	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Independent
Wallace, JimJim Wallace	Orkney	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
Wilson, AllanAllan Wilson	Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party

Former MSPs

	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
Watson, MikeMike Watson	Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party	resigned
Raffan, KeithKeith Raffan	Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats	resigned
Mundell, DavidDavid Mundell	South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	resigned
Ewing, MargaretMargaret Ewing	Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party	deceased
Scanlon, MaryMary Scanlon	Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	resigned

Changes

Date	Constituency/region			Note
7 May 2003	Ochil	Presiding Officer	SNP	George Reid is elected as the Presiding Officer and had to take voluntary suspension from the SNP.^[1]
10 July 2004	West of Scotland	Independent	SNP	Campbell Martin was expelled from the SNP.^[2]
10 January 2005	Mid Scotland and Fife	Liberal Democrats	Liberal Democrats	Keith Raffan resigned from Parliament, citing reasons of ill health.^[3] He was replaced by Andrew Arbuckle.^[3]
17 June 2005	South of Scotland	Conservative	Conservative	David Mundell resigned from the Scottish Parliament as he had won election to the UK Parliament.^[4] Derek Brownlee replaced Mundell.^[4]
1 September 2005	Glasgow Cathcart		Labour	Mike Watson resigned from the Scottish Parliament after pleading guilty to a charge of arson.^[5]
29 September 2005	Glasgow Cathcart	Labour		Charlie Gordon wins the Glasgow Cathcart by-election.^[6]
08 November 2005	Mid Scotland and Fife	Independent	Conservative	Brian Monteith is expelled from his party after briefing against his party leader David McLetchie.
21 March 2006	Moray		SNP	Margaret Ewing dies in March 2006.^[7]
7 April 2006	North East Scotland	SNP	SNP	Richard Lochhead resigned his regional seat to contest the Moray by-election.^[8] Maureen Watt replaced Lochhead.^[8]
7 April 2006	Highlands and Islands	Conservative	Conservative	Mary Scanlon resigned her regional seat to contest the Moray by-election.^[8] Dave Petrie replaced Scanlon.^[8]
27 April 2006	Moray	SNP		Richard Lochhead wins the Moray by-election.^[9]
3 September 2006	Glasgow	Solidarity	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Sheridan resigned from the SSP and formed Solidarity.^[10]
3 September 2006	South of Scotland	Solidarity	Scottish Socialist	Rosemary Byrne resigned from the SSP and joined Solidarity.^[10]

References

↑ "Reid wins presiding officer role". BBC News. BBC. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "Nationalists throw out rebel MSP". BBC News. BBC. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
1 2 "Health forces MSP to stand down". BBC News. BBC. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
1 2 "Tory MSP takes place in chamber". BBC News. BBC. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "Peer pleads guilty to fire charge". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "Labour victory in Cathcart seat". BBC News. BBC. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "SNP veteran Margaret Ewing dies". BBC News. BBC. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Five candidates to contest Moray". BBC News. BBC. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
↑ "SNP's joy at by-election victory". BBC News. BBC. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
1 2 "Sheridan unveils Solidarity party". BBC News. BBC. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.

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