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Scottish Parliament Fact sheet List of Male MSPs: Session 3 14 April 2009 MSPs: Historical Series

This Fact sheet provides a list of all male Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who served during the second parliamentary session, 3 May 2007 – 22 March 2011

The MSPs are listed in alphabetical order under the party for which they were elected with a note of the constituency or region that they represented. The parties are listed in order of the total number of male MSPs that represented each party during session 3.

The tables at the end of the document provide a summary of the changes in membership that took place during session 3

Scottish National Party 35 Aberdeen North Bashir Ahmad1 Glasgow Alasdair Allan Western Isles Keith Brown Ochil Willie Coffey Kilmarnock and Loudoun Stirling North East Scotland Bob Doris Glasgow Fergus Ewing East, Nairn and Lochaber Joe FitzPatrick Dundee West Kenneth Gibson Cunninghame North Highlands and Islands Mid Scotland and Fife` Jamie Hepburn Central Scotland Adam Ingram South of Scotland Bill Kidd Glasgow Richard Lochhead Moray Kenny MacAskill East and Musselburgh Argyll and Bute Michael Matheson Falkirk West West of Scotland Ian McKee Lothians Stuart McMillan West of Scotland South of Scotland Central Scotland West of Scotland Michael Russell South of Scotland Gordon Banff and Buchan North Tayside Dave Thompson Highlands and Islands Stefan Tymkewycz2 Lothians

1 Bashir Ahmad died on 6 February 2009. Reference: FS2-21 2

Andrew Welsh Angus Bill Wilson West of Scotland John Wilson Central Scotland

Scottish Labour 23 Richard Baker North East Scotland Glasgow Anniesland Edinburgh North and Leith George Foulkes Lothians Glasgow Cathcart East Lothian Paisley South James Kelly Glasgow Rutherglen Andy Kerr East Kilbride Aberdeen Central Eastwood Paul Martin Glasgow Springburn Frank McAveety Glasgow Shettleston Tom McCabe Hamilton South Jack McConnell Motherwell and Wishaw Michael McMahon Hamilton North and Bellshill Duncan McNeil Greenock and Inverclyde Des McNulty Clydebank and Milngavie Mid Scotland and Fife Highlands and Islands Richard Simpson Mid Scotland and Fife David Stewart Highlands and Islands Strathkelvin and Bearsden

2 resigned on 31 August 2007. Reference: FS2-21 3

Scottish Liberal Democrats 14 Robert Brown Glasgow West of Scotland South of Scotland Liam McArthur Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Hugh O’Donnell Central Scotland Mike Pringle Edinburgh South Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Shetland Iain Smith North East Fife Aberdeen South Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Jim Tolson Dunfermline West

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 12 Bill Aitken Glasgow Ted Brocklebank Mid Scotland and Fife Gavin Brown Lothians Derek Brownlee South of Scotland Jackson Carlaw West of Scotland Alex Fergusson3 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Murdo Fraser Mid Scotland and Fife Alex Johnstone North East Scotland John Lamont Roxburgh and Berwickshire Jamie McGrigor Highlands and Islands David McLetchie Edinburgh Pentlands John Scott Ayr

3 Elected as a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party. Alex Fergusson took voluntary suspension from the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party when he was elected to the post of Presiding Officer. Reference: FS2-21 4

Scottish Green Party 2 Robin Harper Lothians Patrick Harvie Glasgow

Table 1: Number of Male MSPs on 6 February 2009 at the death of Bashir Ahmad Constituency Regional TOTAL 16 17 33 17 6 23 Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 4 14 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 8 11 Scottish Green Party 0 2 2 Presiding Officer (Alex Fergusson) 1 0 1 47 37 84

Table 2: Number of Male MSPs on 31 August 2007 reflecting the resignation of Stefan Tymkewycz Constituency Regional TOTAL Scottish National Party 16 18 34 Scottish Labour 17 6 23 Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 4 14 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 8 11 Scottish Green Party 0 2 2 Presiding Officer (Alex Fergusson) 1 0 1 47 38 85

Table 3: Number of Male MSPs on 14 May 2007 following election of the Presiding Officer Constituency Regional TOTAL Scottish National Party 16 19 35 Scottish Labour 17 6 23 Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 4 14 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 8 11 Scottish Green Party 0 2 2 Presiding Officer (Alex Fergusson) 1 0 1 47 39 86

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Table 4: Number of Male MSPs elected at the Scottish Parliament election on 3 May 2007 Constituency Regional TOTAL Scottish National Party 16 19 35 Scottish Labour 17 6 23 Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 4 14 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 4 8 12 Scottish Green Party 0 2 2 47 39 86

Reference: FS2-21 6

RELATED FACT SHEETS Male MSPs: Session 2 Male MSPs: Session 1 Cumulative List of Female MSPs: Session 3

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