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Scottish Parliament Fact sheet List of MSPs A-Z: Session 3 03 May 2012 MSPs: Historical Series

This fact sheet provides an alphabetical list of all Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) during Session 3. It also lists their party and the constituency or region that they represented.

Abbreviation Party Used C Constituency seat Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Green Scottish Green Party Ind Independent Lab LD Scottish Liberal Democrats NPA No Party Affiliation R Regional seat SNP

MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) SNP North (C) Bashir Ahmad1 SNP (R) Con Glasgow (R) Lab Paisley North (C) Dr SNP Western Isles (C) Lab Dumbarton (C) Lab Mid and (R) Richard Baker Lab North East Scotland (R) Lab Central (C) Lab Midlothian (C) Con Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Con Lothians (R) Keith Brown SNP Ochil (C) Robert Brown LD Glasgow (R) Con South of Scotland Lab Glasgow Anniesland (C) SNP South of Scotland (R) Con West of Scotland (R) Lab Edinburgh North and Leith (C) Willie Coffey SNP and Loudoun (C) SNP Livingston (C) Lab Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (C) SNP Stirling (C) SNP Perth (C) Lab Glasgow Baillieston (C) SNP North East Scotland (R) SNP Glasgow (R) Lab Dunfermline East (C) SNP East, Nairn and Lochaber (C) SNP Central Scotland (R) Lab Glasgow Maryhill (C)

1 Bashir Ahmad died on 6 February 2009. Reference: FS2-20 2

MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) Alex Fergusson NPA2 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale (C) LD West of Scotland (R) Joe FitzPatrick SNP West (C) George Foulkes Lab Lothians (R) Con Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Kenneth Gibson SNP Cunninghame North (C) SNP Highlands and Islands (R) Lab Clydesdale (C) Lab North East Scotland (R) Lab West (C) Con West of Scotland (R) Lab Glasgow Cathcart (C) SNP South of Scotland (R) Lab Highlands and Islands (R) Lab East Lothian (C) Green Lothians (R) SNP Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Green Glasgow (R) Lab Paisley South (C) SNP Central Scotland (R) LD South of Scotland (R) SNP Lothians (R) Adam Ingram SNP South of Scotland (R) Lab Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley (C) Con North East Scotland (R) James Kelly Lab Glasgow (C) Andy Kerr Lab East Kilbride (C) SNP Glasgow (R) Lab Glasgow Pollok (C) Con Roxburgh and Berwickshire (C) Lab (C)

2 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: FS2-20 3

MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) SNP Moray (C) Kenny MacAskill SNP Edinburgh East and Musselburgh (C) Lab Aberdeen Central (C) Margo MacDonald Ind Lothians (R) Lab Eastwood (C) Paul Martin Lab Glasgow Springburn (C) SNP Central Fife (C) SNP Argyll and Bute (C) Michael Matheson SNP West (C) SNP West of Scotland (R) Liam McArthur LD Orkney (C) Frank McAveety Lab Glasgow Shettleston (C) Tom McCabe Lab Hamilton South (C) Jack McConnell Lab Motherwell and Wishaw (C) Jamie McGrigor Con Highlands and Islands (R) Alison McInnes LD North East Scotland (R) Ian McKee SNP Lothians (R) Christina McKelvie SNP Central Scotland (R) Anne McLaughlin3 SNP Glasgow (R) David McLetchie Con Edinburgh Pentlands (C) Michael McMahon Lab Hamilton North and Bellshill (C) Stuart McMillan SNP West of Scotland (R) Duncan McNeil Lab and Inverclyde (C) Pauline McNeill Lab Glasgow Kelvin (C) Con North East Scotland (R) Des McNulty Lab Clydebank and Milngavie (C) Margaret Mitchell Con Central Scotland (R) SNP South of Scotland (R) Lab Linlithgow (C) LD Ross, Skye and Inverness West (C) Lab Dumfries (C) SNP Central Scotland (R)

3 Anne McLaughlin became regional member for Glasgow on 9 February 2009. She replaced Bashir Ahmad. Reference: FS2-20 4

MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) Hugh O’Donnell LD Central Scotland (R) Lab Cunninghame South (C) Lab Mid Scotland and Fife (R) SNP West of Scotland (R) Lab Highlands and Islands (R) Lab Falkirk East (C) Mike Pringle LD Edinburgh South (C) LD Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (C) SNP Dundee East (C) LD West and Kincardine (C) Michael Russell SNP South of Scotland SNP Gordon (C) Con Highlands and Islands (R) John Scott Con Ayr (C) LD Shetland (C) Dr Richard Simpson Lab Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Elaine Smith Lab Coatbridge and Chryston (C) Elizabeth Smith Con Mid Scotland and Fife (R) Iain Smith LD North East Fife (C) Margaret Smith LD Edinburgh West (C) Shirley-Anne Somerville4 SNP Lothians (R) LD Aberdeen South (C) SNP Banff and Buchan (C) David Stewart Lab Highlands and Islands (R) LD Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (C) SNP Glasgow Govan (C) SNP North Tayside (C) Dave Thompson SNP Highlands and Islands (R) LD Dunfermline West (C) Stefan Tymkewycz5 SNP Lothians (R) SNP North East Scotland (R)

4 Shirley-Anne Somerville became regional member for Lothians on 31 August 2007. She replaced 5 Stefan Tymkewycz resigned on 31 August 2007. He was replaced by Shirley-Anne Somerville Reference: FS2-20 5

MSP Party Constituency (C) or Region (R) Andrew Welsh SNP Angus (C) SNP Glasgow (R) Lab Airdrie and Shotts (C) Lab Strathkelvin and Bearsden (C) Bill Wilson SNP West of Scotland (R) John Wilson SNP Central Scotland (R)

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