STATE OF THE PARTIES: SESSION 2 Scottish Parliament This fact sheet lists the number of MSPs in each party in Session 2. Fact sheet The information is presented in tabular format. The first table reflects the state of the parties following the election on 1 May 2003. Each subsequent table charts changes to state of the parties up to dissolution. MSP: Historical Series The tables are arranged by party, with the largest party appearing 3 April 2007 first. Con Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Ind Independent Lab Scottish Labour Party LD Scottish Liberal Democrats SNP Scottish National Party 1 Table 1: State of the parties elected at the Scottish Parliament election on 1 May 2003 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 9 18 27 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent1 2 1 3 73 56 129 Table 2: State of the parties on 7 May 2003, following the election of the Presiding Officer Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 18 26 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 1 3 Presiding Officer (George Reid)2 1 0 1 73 56 129 1 Dennis Canavan, MSP for Falkirk West; Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians; Jean Turner, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden. 2 George Reid (SNP) was elected for Ochil. He took voluntary suspension from the SNP when he was elected to the post of Presiding Officer. Scottish Parliament Fact sheet 2 Table 3: State of the parties on 10 July 2004, following the expulsion of Campbell Martin from the Scottish National Party3 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 2 4 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 Table 4: State of the parties on 15 November 2004, following the expulsion of Mike Watson from the Labour Party4 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 3 2 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 Table 5: State of the parties on 7 January 2005, following the resignation of Keith Raffan5 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 3 16 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 3 2 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 55 128 3 Campbell Martin, MSP for West of Scotland, became an independent MSP 4 Mike Watson, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, became an independent MSP 5 Keith Raffan (LD) was MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife 3 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Table 6: State of the parties on 10 January 2005, following the filling of the vacancy in Mid Scotland and Fife6 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 3 2 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 Table 7: State of the parties on 17 June 2005, following the resignation of David Mundell7 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 3 2 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 55 128 Table 8: State of the parties on 22 June 2005, following the filling of the vacancy in South of Scotland8 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 3 2 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 6 Andrew Arbuckle (LD) replaced Keith Raffan. 7 David Mundell (Con) was MSP for South of Scotland 8 Derek Brownlee (Con) replaced David Mundell 4 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Table 9: State of the parties on 5 September 2005, following the resignation of Mike Watson9 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 45 4 49 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 2 4 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 72 56 128 Table 10: State of the parties on 29 September 2005, following the Glasgow Cathcart by- election10 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 15 18 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 2 4 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 Table 11: State of the parties on 8 November 2005, following the resignation of Brian Monteith from the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party11 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 9 Mike Watson (Ind) was MSP for Glasgow Cathcart 10 Charlie Gordon (Lab) replaced Mike Watson 11 Brian Monteith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, became an independent MSP 5 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Table 12: State of the parties on 21 March 2006, following the death of Margaret Ewing12 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 7 17 24 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 72 56 128 Table 13: State of the parties on 7 April 2006, following the resignations of Richard Lochhead and Mary Scanlon13 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 7 16 23 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 13 16 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 72 54 126 Table 14: State of the parties on 19 April 2006, following the filling of the vacancies in Highlands and Islands and North East Scotland14 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 7 17 24 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 72 56 128 12 Margaret Ewing (SNP) was MSP for Moray 13 Richard Lochhead (SNP) was MSP for North East Scotland; Mary Scanlon (Con) was MSP for Highlands and Islands 14 Dave Petrie (Con) replaced Mary Scanlon; Maureen Watt (SNP) replaced Richard Lochhead 6 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Table 17: State of the parties on 27 April 2006, following the Moray by-election15 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 6 6 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 Table 18: State of the parties on 3 September 2006, following the resignation of Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne from the Scottish Socialist Party16 Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 4 4 Solidarity Group 0 2 2 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 15 Richard Lochhead (SNP) replaced Margaret Ewing 16 Tommy Sheridan, MSP for Glasgow, and Rosemary Byrne, MSP for South of Scotland, became members of the Solidarity Group 7 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Table 19: State of the parties on 3 April 2007 following dissolution Constituency Regional TOTAL MSPs MSPs MSPs Scottish Labour 46 4 50 Scottish National Party 8 17 25 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 14 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats 13 4 17 Scottish Green Party 0 7 7 Scottish Socialist Party 0 4 4 Solidarity Group 0 2 2 Scottish Senior Citizens’ Unity Party 0 1 1 Independent 2 3 5 Presiding Officer (George Reid) 1 0 1 73 56 129 8 Scottish Parliament Fact sheet FS2-15 Contacting the Public Information Service For more information you can visit our website at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk or contact the Public Information Service.