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Overview
Legislative body	Scottish Parliament
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Meeting place	Scottish Parliament Building
Term	13 May 2021 –
Election	2021
Government	Third Sturgeon government Yousaf government
Members	129
Presiding Officer	Alison Johnstone
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon (2021–23) Humza Yousaf (2023–Present)
Deputy First Minister	John Swinney (2021–23) Shona Robison (2023–Present)
Leader of the Opposition	Douglas Ross
Sessions
1st 13 May 2021 –

The 6th Scottish Parliament was elected at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. It was opened with the Escort to the Crown of Scotland Parade and Speech from the Throne on 2 October 2021.

Composition

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Leadership

• Presiding Officer: Alison Johnstone (Independent)
• Deputy Presiding Officers: Annabelle Ewing (SNP), Liam McArthur (Lib Dems)

Government

• First Minister: Nicola Sturgeon (SNP) (until 28 March) Humza Yousaf (SNP) (starting 29 March)
• Deputy First Minister: John Swinney (SNP) (until 28 March) Shona Robison (SNP) (starting 29 March)
• Minister for Parliamentary Business: George Adam (SNP)

Opposition

• Leader of the Opposition: Douglas Ross (Conservatives)
• Secondary Opposition Leader: Anas Sarwar (Labour)
• Tertiary Opposition Co-Leaders: Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater (Greens)
• Leader of the Liberal Democrats: Alex Cole-Hamilton (Liberal Democrats)

List of MSPs

This is a list of MSPs so far elected. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session, since the May 2021 election.

There are eight MSPs who have been constant members since the inauguration of the Parliament in 1999 (ten other founding members retired prior to the 2021 election): Jackie Baillie, Fergus Ewing and John Swinney have been elected six times under the same constituency (Swinney's was renamed with different boundaries in 2011); Christine Grahame, Fiona Hyslop, Michael Matheson, Shona Robison and Nicola Sturgeon were returned as a list member then a constituency member. A ninth MSP Richard Lochhead has served almost the same term, resigning his list seat in 2006 to successfully contest a by-election a few weeks later for a constituency seat, which he has defended since then.

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party
	Adam, GeorgeGeorge Adam		Paisley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Adam, KarenKaren Adam		Banffshire and Buchan Coast	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Adamson, ClareClare Adamson		Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Allan, AlasdairAlasdair Allan		Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Arthur, TomTom Arthur		Renfrewshire South	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Baillie, JackieJackie Baillie		Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour
	Baker, ClaireClaire Baker		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Balfour, JeremyJeremy Balfour		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Beattie, ColinColin Beattie		Midlothian North and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Bibby, NeilNeil Bibby		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Boyack, SarahSarah Boyack		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Briggs, MilesMiles Briggs		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Brown, KeithKeith Brown		Clackmannanshire and Dunblane	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Brown, SiobhianSiobhian Brown		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Burgess, ArianeAriane Burgess		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Burnett, AlexanderAlexander Burnett		Aberdeenshire West	Constituency	Scottish Conservatives
	Callaghan, StephanieStephanie Callaghan		Uddingston and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Cameron, DonaldDonald Cameron		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Carlaw, JacksonJackson Carlaw		Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Conservatives
	Carson, FinlayFinlay Carson		Galloway and West Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Conservatives
	Chapman, MaggieMaggie Chapman		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Choudhury, FoysolFoysol Choudhury		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Clark, KatyKaty Clark		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Coffey, WillieWillie Coffey		Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Cole-Hamilton, AlexAlex Cole-Hamilton		Edinburgh Western	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Constance, AngelaAngela Constance		Almond Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Denham, AshAsh Denham		Edinburgh Eastern	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Dey, GraemeGraeme Dey		Angus South	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Don, NatalieNatalie Don		Renfrewshire North and West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Doris, BobBob Doris		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Dornan, JamesJames Dornan		Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Dowey, SharonSharon Dowey		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Dunbar, JackieJackie Dunbar		Aberdeen Donside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Duncan-Glancy, PamPam Duncan-Glancy		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Ewing, AnnabelleAnnabelle Ewing		Cowdenbeath	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Ewing, FergusFergus Ewing		Inverness and Nairn	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fairlie, JimJim Fairlie		Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Findlay, RussellRussell Findlay		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	FitzPatrick, JoeJoe FitzPatrick		Dundee City West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Forbes, KateKate Forbes		Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Fraser, MurdoMurdo Fraser		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Gallacher, MeghanMeghan Gallacher		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Gibson, KennethKenneth Gibson		Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Gilruth, JennyJenny Gilruth		Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Golden, MauriceMaurice Golden		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Gosal, PamPam Gosal		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Gougeon, MairiMairi Gougeon		Angus North and Mearns	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Grahame, ChristineChristine Grahame		Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Grant, RhodaRhoda Grant		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Gray, NeilNeil Gray		Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Greene, JamieJamie Greene		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Greer, RossRoss Greer		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Griffin, MarkMark Griffin		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Gulhane, SandeshSandesh Gulhane		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Johnston, Jamie HalcroJamie Halcro Johnston		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Hamilton, RachaelRachael Hamilton		Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservatives
	Harper, EmmaEmma Harper		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Harvie, PatrickPatrick Harvie		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Haughey, ClareClare Haughey		Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Hepburn, JamieJamie Hepburn		Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Hoy, CraigCraig Hoy		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Hyslop, FionaFiona Hyslop		Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Johnson, DanielDaniel Johnson		Edinburgh Southern	Constituency	Scottish Labour
	Johnstone, AlisonAlison Johnstone		Lothian	Regional	Presiding Officer
	Kerr, LiamLiam Kerr		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Kerr, StephenStephen Kerr		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Kidd, BillBill Kidd		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Lennon, MonicaMonica Lennon		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Leonard, RichardRichard Leonard		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Lochhead, RichardRichard Lochhead		Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Lumsden, DouglasDouglas Lumsden		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	MacDonald, GordonGordon MacDonald		Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	MacGregor, FultonFulton MacGregor		Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mackay, GillianGillian Mackay		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Mackay, RonaRona Mackay		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Macpherson, BenBen Macpherson		Edinburgh Northern and Leith	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Maguire, RuthRuth Maguire		Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Marra, MichaelMichael Marra		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Martin, GillianGillian Martin		Aberdeenshire East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mason, JohnJohn Mason		Glasgow Shettleston	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Matheson, MichaelMichael Matheson		Falkirk West	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McAllan, MàiriMàiri McAllan		Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McArthur, LiamLiam McArthur		Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	McCall, RozRoz McCall		Mid Scotland and Fife (since 20/09/22)	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	McKee, IvanIvan McKee		Glasgow Provan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McKelvie, ChristinaChristina McKelvie		Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McLennan, PaulPaul McLennan		East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McMillan, StuartStuart McMillan		Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McNair, MarieMarie McNair		Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	McNeill, PaulinePauline McNeill		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Minto, JenniJenni Minto		Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Mochan, CarolCarol Mochan		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Mountain, Sir EdwardSir Edward Mountain		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Mundell, OliverOliver Mundell		Dumfriesshire	Constituency	Scottish Conservatives
	Nicoll, AudreyAudrey Nicoll		Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	O'Kane, PaulPaul O'Kane		West Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Rennie, WillieWillie Rennie		North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Robertson, AngusAngus Robertson		Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Robison, ShonaShona Robison		Dundee City East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Roddick, EmmaEmma Roddick		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Ross, DouglasDouglas Ross		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Rowley, AlexAlex Rowley		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Ruskell, MarkMark Ruskell		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Sarwar, AnasAnas Sarwar		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Simpson, GrahamGraham Simpson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Slater, LornaLorna Slater		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Greens
	Smith, LizLiz Smith		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Smyth, ColinColin Smyth		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Somerville, Shirley-AnneShirley-Anne Somerville		Dunfermline	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stevenson, ColletteCollette Stevenson		East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stewart, AlexanderAlexander Stewart		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Stewart, KaukabKaukab Stewart		Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Stewart, KevinKevin Stewart		Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Sturgeon, NicolaNicola Sturgeon		Glasgow Southside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Sweeney, PaulPaul Sweeney		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Swinney, JohnJohn Swinney		Perthshire North	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Thomson, MichelleMichelle Thomson		Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Todd, MareeMaree Todd		Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Torrance, DavidDavid Torrance		Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Tweed, EvelynEvelyn Tweed		Stirling	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Villalba, MercedesMercedes Villalba		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Webber, SueSue Webber		Lothian	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Wells, AnnieAnnie Wells		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	White, TessTess White		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Whitfield, MartinMartin Whitfield		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Labour
	Whitham, ElenaElena Whitham		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Whittle, BrianBrian Whittle		South Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservatives
	Wishart, BeatriceBeatrice Wishart		Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Yousaf, HumzaHumza Yousaf		Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish National Party

Former MSPs

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
	Lockhart, DeanDean Lockhart		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservatives	Resigned 5 September 2022

Changes