This is a list of
members (MSPs) returned to the fourth
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( ; ) is the Devolution in the United Kingdom, devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. It is located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh, Holyrood area of Edinburgh, and is frequently referred to by the metonym 'Holyrood'. ...
at the
2011 general election. Of the 129
MSPs, 73 were elected from
first past the post
First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...
constituencies with a further 56 members being returned from eight
regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of
mixed member proportional representation.
The 2011 general election produced an unexpected
majority government with the governing
Scottish National Party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 61 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, ...
winning 69 seats, to the opposition
Scottish Labour Party
Scottish Labour (), is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist, it holds 23 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 37 of 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is repres ...
's 37 (down seven seats from the previous election).
First Minister,
Alex Salmond went on to form
his second government.
Composition
Government parties denoted with bullets (•)
Graphical representation
These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2011 general election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2016:
*Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.
List of MSPs
This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. The
changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See
here a list of MSPs elected in the
2011 election.
Former MSPs
Changes
References
External links
Scottish Parliament websiteCurrent and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) on the Scottish Parliament website
{{Lists of Members of the Scottish Parliament
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