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Legislative body	Scottish Parliament
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Meeting place	General Assembly
Term	12 May 1999 – 31 March 2003
Election	1999
Government	Dewar government McLeish government First McConnell government
Members	129
Presiding Officer	Sir David Steel
First Minister	Donald Dewar (1999–2000) Henry McLeish (2000–01) Jack McConnell (2001–03)
Deputy First Minister	Jim Wallace
Leader of the Opposition	Alex Salmond (1999–2000) John Swinney (2000–03)

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This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the first Scottish Parliament at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. Of the 129 members, 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 1999 election produced a hung parliament, with the Labour MSPs forming the largest minority. Consequently, they formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats to form the first Scottish Executive.

Composition

Government coalition 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 1999 election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2003:

• Note this is not the official seating plan of the Scottish Parliament.

List of MSPs

This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. For a list of MSPs elected in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party
	Brian Adam		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Bill Aitken		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Wendy Alexander		Paisley North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jackie Baillie		Dumbarton	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Scott Barrie		Dunfermline West	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Sarah Boyack		Edinburgh Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Rhona Brankin		Midlothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Robert Brown		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Bill Butler		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Colin Campbell		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Dennis Canavan		Falkirk West	Constituency	Independent
	Malcolm Chisholm		Edinburgh North and Leith	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Cathie Craigie		Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Bruce Crawford		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Roseanna Cunningham		Perth	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Margaret Curran		Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	David Davidson		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Susan Deacon		Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	James Douglas-Hamilton		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Helen Eadie		Dunfermline East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Dorothy Grace Elder		Glasgow	Regional	Independent
	Fergus Ewing		Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Margaret Ewing		Moray	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Winnie Ewing		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Linda Fabiani		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Patricia Ferguson		Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alex Fergusson		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Ross Finnie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Brian Fitzpatrick		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Murdo Fraser		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Phil Gallie		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Kenneth Gibson		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Karen Gillon		Clydesdale	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Trish Godman		West Renfrewshire	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Annabel Goldie		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Donald Gorrie		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Christine Grahame		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Rhoda Grant		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Iain Gray		Edinburgh Pentlands	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Duncan Hamilton		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Keith Harding		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Robin Harper		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Green Party
	Hugh Henry		Paisley South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	John Home Robertson		East Lothian	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Janis Hughes		Glasgow Rutherglen	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Fiona Hyslop		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Adam Ingram		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Gordon Jackson		Glasgow Govan	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Sylvia Jackson		Stirling	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Cathy Jamieson		Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Margaret Jamieson		Kilmarnock and Loudoun	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Ian Jenkins		Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Alex Johnstone		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Andy Kerr		East Kilbride	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Johann Lamont		Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Marilyn Livingstone		Kirkcaldy	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Richard Lochhead		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	George Lyon		Argyll and Bute	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Kenny MacAskill		Lothians	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Lewis Macdonald		Aberdeen Central	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Margo MacDonald		Lothians	Regional	Independent
	Ken Macintosh		Eastwood	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Angus MacKay		Edinburgh South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Kate Maclean		Dundee West	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Maureen Macmillan		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Paul Martin		Glasgow Springburn	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Tricia Marwick		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Michael Matheson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	John McAllion		Dundee East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Frank McAveety		Glasgow Shettleston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Tom McCabe		Hamilton South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jack McConnell		Motherwell and Wishaw	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Jamie McGrigor		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Irene McGugan		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Lyndsay McIntosh		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Henry McLeish		Central Fife	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Fiona McLeod		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	David McLetchie		Lothians	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Michael McMahon		Hamilton North and Bellshill	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Duncan McNeil		Greenock and Inverclyde	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Pauline McNeill		Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Des McNulty		Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Brian Monteith		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Alasdair Morgan		Galloway and Upper Nithsdale	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Alasdair Morrison		Western Isles	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Bristow Muldoon		Livingston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Mary Mulligan		Linlithgow	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	David Mundell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	John Farquhar Munro		Ross, Skye and Inverness West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Elaine Murray		Dumfries	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Alex Neil		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Irene Oldfather		Cunninghame South	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Gil Paterson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Peter Peacock		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Labour Party
	Cathy Peattie		Falkirk East	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Lloyd Quinan		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Nora Radcliffe		Gordon	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Keith Raffan		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	George Reid		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Shona Robison		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Euan Robson		Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Mike Rumbles		West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Michael Russell		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Mary Scanlon		Highlands and Islands	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	John Scott		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Tavish Scott		Shetland	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Tommy Sheridan		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish Socialist Party
	Richard Simpson		Ochil	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Elaine Smith		Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Iain Smith		North East Fife	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Margaret Smith		Edinburgh West	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	David Steel		Lothians	Regional	Presiding Officer
	Nicol Stephen		Aberdeen South	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Stewart Stevenson		Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Jamie Stone		Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Nicola Sturgeon		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	John Swinney		North Tayside	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Elaine Thomson		Aberdeen North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Murray Tosh		South of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Kay Ullrich		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Ben Wallace		North East Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
	Jim Wallace		Orkney	Constituency	Scottish Liberal Democrats
	Mike Watson		Glasgow Cathcart	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Andrew Welsh		Angus	Constituency	Scottish National Party
	Sandra White		Glasgow	Regional	Scottish National Party
	Karen Whitefield		Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Allan Wilson		Cunninghame North	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party
	Andrew Wilson		Central Scotland	Regional	Scottish National Party
	John Young		West of Scotland	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Former MSPs

Name		Image	Member for	Type	Party	Notes
	Donald Dewar		Glasgow Anniesland	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party	Deceased
	Sam Galbraith		Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party	Resigned
	Nick Johnston		Mid Scotland and Fife	Regional	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	Resigned
	Ian Welsh		Ayr	Constituency	Scottish Labour Party	Resigned
	Alex Salmond		Banff and Buchan	Constituency	Scottish National Party	Resigned

Changes

During the 1999 to 2003 period there were one death and three resignations amongst constituency MSPs, and replacement MSPs were elected in by-elections. Also there was one resignation amongst the additional member MSPs, with that MSP being replaced by the candidate who was next on the additional members list at the time of the 1999 election.

See also

• Member of the Scottish Parliament
• 1999 Scottish Parliament election
• Executive of the 1st Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Parliament

References

1. "Ayr by-election set for March". BBC News. BBC. 21 December 1999. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
2. "Tories walking on Ayr". BBC News. BBC. 17 March 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. "'Father of nation' dies". BBC News. BBC. 11 October 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. "Labour holds Dewar seats". BBC News. BBC. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. Martin, Lorna (18 March 2007). "'I was meant to die. I didn't.'". The Observer. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "Salmond defends Westminster move". BBC News. BBC. 15 January 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
7. ^ "Holyrood by-elections resolved". BBC News. BBC. 8 June 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
8. "Outgoing Tory attacks colleagues". BBC News. BBC. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
9. "MSP quits nationalists". BBC News. BBC. 2 May 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
10. "Margo expelled from SNP". BBC News. BBC. 28 January 2003. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

External links

• Scottish Parliament website
• Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website

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