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Overview
Legislative body	Scottish Parliament
Jurisdiction	Scotland, United Kingdom
Meeting place	Scottish Parliament Building
Term	14 May 2007 – 22 March 2011
Election	2007
Government	First Salmond government
Members	129
Presiding Officer	Alex Fergusson
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Deputy First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon
Leader of the Opposition	Jack McConnell (2007) Cathy Jamieson (2007) Wendy Alexander (2007–08) Cathy Jamieson (2008) Iain Gray (2008–11)

This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the third Scottish Parliament at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. Of the 129 MSPs, 73 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 56 members being returned from eight regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of mixed member proportional representation.

The 2007 Scottish Parliament election produced another hung parliament which saw the Scottish National Party replace Scottish Labour as the largest party group in the Parliament. On 16 May 2007, the Scottish Parliament elected Alex Salmond as First Minister of Scotland. The next day, Salmond officially took office after being sworn in at the Court of Session and went on to form the Parliament's first minority administration.

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 2007 Scottish Parliament election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2011:

• 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 2007 election.

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party
	Adam, BrianBrian Adam		Aberdeen North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Aitken, BillBill Aitken		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Alexander, WendyWendy Alexander		Paisley North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Allan, AlasdairAlasdair Allan		Western Isles	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Baillie, JackieJackie Baillie		Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Baker, ClaireClaire Baker		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Baker, RichardRichard Baker		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Boyack, SarahSarah Boyack		Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Brankin, RhonaRhona Brankin		Midlothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Brocklebank, TedTed Brocklebank		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Brown, GavinGavin Brown		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Brown, KeithKeith Brown		Ochil	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Brown, RobertRobert Brown		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Brownlee, DerekDerek Brownlee		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Butler, BillBill Butler		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Campbell, AileenAileen Campbell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Carlaw, JacksonJackson Carlaw		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Chisholm, MalcolmMalcolm Chisholm		Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Coffey, WillieWillie Coffey		Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Constance, AngelaAngela Constance		Livingston	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Craigie, CathieCathie Craigie		Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Crawford, BruceBruce Crawford		Stirling	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Cunningham, RoseannaRoseanna Cunningham		Perth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Curran, MargaretMargaret Curran		Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Don, NigelNigel Don		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Doris, BobBob Doris		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Eadie, HelenHelen Eadie		Dunfermline East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Ewing, FergusFergus Ewing		Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fabiani, LindaLinda Fabiani		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Ferguson, PatriciaPatricia Ferguson		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Fergusson, AlexAlex Fergusson		Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Constituency	Presiding Officer
	Finnie, RossRoss Finnie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	FitzPatrick, JoeJoe FitzPatrick		Dundee West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Foulkes, GeorgeGeorge Foulkes		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Fraser, MurdoMurdo Fraser		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Gibson, KennethKenneth Gibson		Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Gibson, RobRob Gibson		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Gillon, KarenKaren Gillon		Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Glen, MarlynMarlyn Glen		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Godman, TrishTrish Godman		West Renfrewshire	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Goldie, AnnabelAnnabel Goldie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Gordon, CharlieCharlie Gordon		Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Grahame, ChristineChristine Grahame		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Grant, RhodaRhoda Grant		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Gray, IainIain Gray		East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Harper, RobinRobin Harper		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Harvie, ChristopherChristopher Harvie		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Harvie, PatrickPatrick Harvie		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Henry, HughHugh Henry		Paisley South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Hepburn, JamieJamie Hepburn		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Hume, JimJim Hume		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Hyslop, FionaFiona Hyslop		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Ingram, AdamAdam Ingram		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Jamieson, CathyCathy Jamieson		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Johnstone, AlexAlex Johnstone		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Kelly, JamesJames Kelly		Glasgow Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Kerr, AndyAndy Kerr		East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Kidd, BillBill Kidd		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Lamont, JohannJohann Lamont		Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Lamont, JohnJohn Lamont		Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Livingstone, MarilynMarilyn Livingstone		Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Lochhead, RichardRichard Lochhead		Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacAskill, KennyKenny MacAskill		Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Macdonald, LewisLewis Macdonald		Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	MacDonald, MargoMargo MacDonald		Lothians	Regional	Independent
	Macintosh, KenKen Macintosh		Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Martin, PaulPaul Martin		Glasgow Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Marwick, TriciaTricia Marwick		Central Fife	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mather, JimJim Mather		Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson		Falkirk West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Maxwell, StewartStewart Maxwell		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McArthur, LiamLiam McArthur		Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	McAveety, FrankFrank McAveety		Glasgow Shettleston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McCabe, TomTom McCabe		Hamilton South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McConnell, JackJack McConnell		Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McGrigor, JamieJamie McGrigor		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	McInnes, AlisonAlison McInnes		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	McKee, IanIan McKee		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McKelvie, ChristinaChristina McKelvie		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McLaughlin, AnneAnne McLaughlin		Glasgow (since 12/02/2009)	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McLetchie, DavidDavid McLetchie		Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	McMahon, MichaelMichael McMahon		Hamilton North and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McMillan, StuartStuart McMillan		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	McNeil, DuncanDuncan McNeil		Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McNeill, PaulinePauline McNeill		Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	McNulty, DesDes McNulty		Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Milne, NanetteNanette Milne		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Mitchell, MargaretMargaret Mitchell		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Morgan, AlasdairAlasdair Morgan		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Mulligan, MaryMary Mulligan		Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Munro, John FarquharJohn Farquhar Munro		Ross, Skye and Inverness West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Murray, ElaineElaine Murray		Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Neil, AlexAlex Neil		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	O'Donnell, HughHugh O'Donnell		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Oldfather, IreneIrene Oldfather		Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Park, JohnJohn Park		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Paterson, GilGil Paterson		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Peacock, PeterPeter Peacock		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Peattie, CathyCathy Peattie		Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Pringle, MikeMike Pringle		Edinburgh South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Purvis, JeremyJeremy Purvis		Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Robison, ShonaShona Robison		Dundee East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Rumbles, MikeMike Rumbles		West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Russell, MichaelMichael Russell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Salmond, AlexAlex Salmond		Gordon	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Scanlon, MaryMary Scanlon		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Scott, JohnJohn Scott		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Scott, TavishTavish Scott		Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Simpson, RichardRichard Simpson		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Smith, ElaineElaine Smith		Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Smith, LizLiz Smith		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Smith, IainIain Smith		North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Smith, MargaretMargaret Smith		Edinburgh West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Somerville, Shirley-AnneShirley-Anne Somerville		Lothians (since 31/08/2007)	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Stephen, NicolNicol Stephen		Aberdeen South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Stevenson, StewartStewart Stevenson		Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stewart, DavidDavid Stewart		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Stone, JamieJamie Stone		Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Sturgeon, NicolaNicola Sturgeon		Glasgow Govan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Swinney, JohnJohn Swinney		North Tayside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Thompson, DaveDave Thompson		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Tolson, JimJim Tolson		Dunfermline West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Watt, MaureenMaureen Watt		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Welsh, AndrewAndrew Welsh		Angus	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	White, SandraSandra White		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Whitefield, KarenKaren Whitefield		Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Whitton, DavidDavid Whitton		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Wilson, BillBill Wilson		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Wilson, JohnJohn Wilson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

Changes

See also

• Executive of the 3rd Scottish Parliament
• 2007 Scottish Parliament election
• Scottish Parliament
• Member of the Scottish Parliament