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
Leadership
- Government
- Opposition
List of MSPs
- Former MSPs
Changes

Composition

Party		May 2021 election	Currently
•	Scottish National Party	64	64
	Scottish Conservatives	31	31
	Scottish Labour	22	22
•	Scottish Greens	8	7
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	4	4
	Presiding Officer	0	1
Total		129
Government majority		0	14

Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

Leadership

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

Government

Main page: Scottish cabinet

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

Main page: Opposition Shadow Cabinets of the Scottish Parliament

Main page: First Minister's Questions (Scottish Parliament)

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.

	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

Date	Constituency/region	Gain		Loss		Note
13 May 2021	Lothian		Presiding Officer		Green	Alison Johnstone was elected Presiding Officer and consequently had to renounce her party affiliation.
5 September 2022	Mid Scotland and Fife		Conservative		Conservative	Dean Lockhart resigned his seat in the Scottish Parliament. He was succeeded by Roz McCall, who was sworn in on 20 September.

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