2nd Scottish Parliament


This is a list of members returned to the second Scottish Parliament at the 2003 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 was 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.

Composition

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets

Graphical representation

These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliement showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2003 general election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in April 2007:

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