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| 2nd Scottish Parliament | |||||
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 The Scottish Parliament Building opened during this term | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Scottish Parliament | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Scotland | ||||
| Meeting place | General Assembly Scottish Parliament Building | ||||
| Term | 7 May 2003 – 2 April 2007 | ||||
| Election | 2003 | ||||
| Government | Second McConnell government | ||||
| Members | 129 | ||||
| Presiding Officer | George Reid | ||||
| First Minister | Jack McConnell | ||||
| Deputy First Minister | Jim Wallace (2003–05) Nicol Stephen (2005–07) | ||||
| Leader of the Opposition | John Swinney (2003–04) Nicola Sturgeon (2004–07) | ||||
This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the second Scottish Parliament at the 2003 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 2nd Scottish Parliament produced a second hung parliament and became colloquially known as the Rainbow Parliament. This was due to the 2003 election producing a result whereby the incoming members represented the largest number of political parties, with wide-ranging views from across the political spectrum, to be elected at a national level in Scotland. The governing Labour – Liberal Democrat coalition continued in government for a second term.[1]
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 2003 election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in April 2007:
- 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 2003 election see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.
Former MSPs
Changes
See also
- 2003 Scottish Parliament election
- Executive of the 2nd Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Parliament
- Member of the Scottish Parliament
References
- ^ "Scottish Parliament at 20: Diversity of 2003 election result a distant memory". The Scotsman. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Reid wins presiding officer role". BBC News. BBC. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Nationalists throw out rebel MSP". BBC News. BBC. 10 July 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Health forces MSP to stand down". BBC News. BBC. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Tory MSP takes place in chamber". BBC News. BBC. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Peer pleads guilty to fire charge". BBC News. BBC. 1 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "Labour victory in Cathcart seat". BBC News. BBC. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "SNP veteran Margaret Ewing dies". BBC News. BBC. 22 March 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Five candidates to contest Moray". BBC News. BBC. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ "SNP's joy at by-election victory". BBC News. BBC. 28 April 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Sheridan unveils Solidarity party". BBC News. BBC. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
External links
- Scottish Parliament website
- Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website