6th Scottish Parliament
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 bulletsLeadership
Government
- First Minister: Nicola Sturgeon Humza Yousaf John Swinney
- Deputy First Minister: John Swinney Shona Robison Kate Forbes
- Minister for Parliamentary Business: George Adam Jamie Hepburn Graeme Dey
Opposition parties
- Conservative leader: Russell Findlay
- Labour leader: Anas Sarwar
- Greens leaders: Ross Greer & Gillian Mackay
- Liberal Democrats leader: Alex Cole-Hamilton
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 : Jackie Baillie, Fergus Ewing and John Swinney have been elected six times under the same constituency ; 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.