The equivalent of an
MP except that a
Member of the
Scottish Parliament (sometimes just
Member of
Scottish Parliament), obviously, is elected into the
Scottish Parliament. They are elected via the
Additional Member System and so they either have been elected directly to represent as
constituency or they are elected for a region using a
list system where the party (if they win in a region) will appoint a certain
MSP to that region. This can be useful if your leader doesn't get elected by his
constituency (this happened with
Labour in the
Welsh Assembly elections of 1999).
The current list of MSPs as of 23rd April 2002 are:
Brian Adam MSP - SNP - North East Scotland
Bill Aitken MSP - Con - Glasgow
Wendy Alexander MSP - Lab - Paisley North
Jackie Baillie MSP - Lab - Dumbarton
Scott Barrie MSP - Lab - Dunfermline West
Ms Sarah Boyack MSP - Lab - Edinburgh Central
Rhona Brankin MSP - Lab - Midlothian
Robert Brown MSP - LD - Glasgow
Bill Butler MSP - Lab - Glasgow Anniesland
Colin Campbell MSP - SNP - West of Scotland
Dennis Canavan MSP - Falkirk West
Malcolm Chisholm MSP - Lab - Edinburgh North and Leith
Cathie Craigie MSP - Lab - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
Bruce Crawford MSP - SNP - Mid Scotland and Fife
Roseanna Cunningham MSP - SNP - Perth
Ms Margaret Curran MSP - Lab - Glasgow Baillieston
Mr David Davidson MSP - Con - North East Scotland
Susan Deacon MSP - Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton QC MSP - Con - Lothians
Helen Eadie MSP -Lab - Dunfermline East
Dorothy-Grace Elder MSP - SNP - Glasgow
Fergus Ewing MSP - SNP - Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber
Mrs Margaret Ewing MSP - SNP - Moray
Dr Winnie Ewing FRSA MSP - SNP - Highlands and Islands
Linda Fabiani MSP - SNP - Central Scotland
Patricia Ferguson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Maryhill
Alex Fergusson MSP - Con - South of Scotland
Ross Finnie MSP - LD - West of Scotland
Brian Fitzpatrick MSP - Lab - Strathkelvin & Bearsden
Murdo Fraser MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Phil Gallie MSP - Con - South of Scotland
Mr Kenneth Gibson MSP - SNP - Glasgow
Karen Gillon MSP - Lab - Clydesdale (elected as Karen Turnbull)
Trish Godman MSP - Lab - West Renfrewshire
Miss Annabel Goldie MSP - Con - West of Scotland
Donald Gorrie OBE MSP - LD - Central Scotland
Christine Grahame MSP - SNP - South of Scotland (elected as Christine Creech)
Rhoda Grant MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands
Iain Gray MSP - Lab - Edinburgh Pentlands
Mr Duncan Hamilton MSP - SNP - Highlands and Islands
Mr Keith Harding MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Robin Harper MSP - Green - Lothians
Hugh Henry MSP - Lab - Paisley South
Mr John Home Robertson MSP - Lab - East Lothian
Janis Hughes MSP - Lab - Glasgow Rutherglen
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Mr Adam Ingram MSP - SNP - South of Scotland
Gordon Jackson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Govan
Dr Sylvia Jackson MSP - Lab - Stirling
Cathy Jamieson MSP - Lab - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Margaret Jamieson MSP - Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Ian Jenkins MSP - LD - Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Alex Johnstone MSP - Con - North East Scotland
Mr Andy Kerr MSP - Lab - East Kilbride
Johann Lamont MSP - Lab - Glasgow Pollok
Marilyn Livingstone MSP - Lab - Kirkcaldy
Richard Lochhead MSP - SNP - North East Scotland
George Lyon MSP - LD - Argyll and Bute
Mr John McAllion MSP - Lab - Dundee East
Mr Kenny MacAskill MSP - SNP - Lothians
Mr Frank McAveety MSP - Lab - Glasgow Shettleston
Mr Tom McCabe MSP - Lab - Hamilton South
Mr Jack McConnell MSP - Lab - Motherwell and Wishaw
Lewis Macdonald MSP - Lab - Aberdeen Central
Ms Margo MacDonald MSP - SNP - Lothians
Mr Jamie McGrigor MSP - Con - Highlands and Islands
Irene McGugan MSP - SNP - North East Scotland
Mr Kenneth Macintosh MSP - Lab - Eastwood
Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh MSP - Con - Central Scotland
Angus Mackay MSP - Lab - Edinburgh South
Kate Maclean MSP - Lab - Dundee West
Henry McLeish MSP - Lab - Central Fife
Fiona McLeod MSP - SNP - West of Scotland
David McLetchie MSP - Con - Lothians
Mr Michael McMahon MSP - Lab - Hamilton North and Bellshill
Maureen Macmillan MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands
Duncan McNeil MSP - Lab - Greenock and Inverclyde
Pauline McNeill MSP - Lab - Glasgow Kelvin
Des McNulty MSP - Lab - Clydebank and Milngavie
Paul Martin MSP - Lab - Glasgow Springburn
Tricia Marwick MSP - SNP - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Mr Michael Matheson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland
Mr Brian Monteith MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Alasdair Morgan MSP - SNP - Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
Mr Alasdair Morrison MSP - Lab - Western Isles
Bristow Muldoon MSP - Lab - Livingston
Mrs Mary Mulligan MSP -Lab - Linlithgow
David Mundell MSP - Con - South of Scotland
Mr John Farquhar Munro MSP - LD - Ross, Skye and Inverness West
Dr Elaine Murray MSP - Lab - Dumfries
Alex Neil MSP - SNP - Central Scotland region
Irene Oldfather MSP - Lab - Cunninghame South
Mr Gil Paterson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland
Peter Peacock MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands
Cathy Peattie MSP - Lab - Falkirk East
Mr Lloyd Quinan MSP - SNP - West of Scotland
Nora Radcliffe MSP - LD - Gordon
Mr Keith Raffan MSP - LD - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Mr George Reid MSP - SNP - Mid-Scotland and Fife
Shona Robison MSP - SNP - North East Scotland
Euan Robson MSP - LD - Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Mr Mike Rumbles MSP - LD - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Michael Russell MSP - SNP - South of Scotland
Mary Scanlon MSP - Con - Highlands and Islands
John Scott MSP - Con - Ayr
Tavish Scott MSP - LD - Shetland
Tommy Sheridan MSP - SSP - Glasgow
Dr Richard Simpson MSP - Lab - Ochil
Elaine Smith MSP - Lab - Coatbridge and Chryston
Iain Smith MSP - LD - North East Fife
Mrs Margaret Smith MSP - LD - Edinburgh West
Rt Hon Sir David Steel KBE MSP - LD - Lothians
Nicol Stephen MSP - LD - Aberdeen South
Stewart Stevenson MSP - SNP - Banff and Buchan
Mr Jamie Stone MSP - LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP - SNP - Glasgow
Mr John Swinney MSP - SNP - North Tayside
Elaine Thomson MSP - Lab - Aberdeen North
Mr Murray Tosh MSP - Con - South of Scotland
Mrs Kay Ullrich MSP - SNP - West of Scotland
Ben Wallace MSP - Con - North East Scotland
Mr Jim Wallace MSP - LD - Orkney
Mike Watson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Cathcart
Mr Andrew Welsh MSP - SNP - Angus
Ms Sandra White MSP - SNP - Glasgow
Karen Whitefield MSP - Lab - Airdrie and Shotts
Allan Wilson MSP - Lab - Cunninghame North
Andrew Wilson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland
John Young OBE MSP - Con - West of Scotland