Robert Hardie Bruce Crawford is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy from 2011 to 2012,having held the junior ministerial position of Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2007 to 2011. Crawford served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Stirling from 2007 to 2021,having previously represented the Mid Scotland and Fife region 1999–2007.
Richard James Baker is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Glenrothes and Mid Fife since 2024. Baker was previously a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region.
Michael Stephen Matheson is a Scottish politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999,first representing the Central Scotland region and,since 2007,the Falkirk West constituency. Matheson previously served in the Scottish government as Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery,Health and Social Care from 2023 to 2024,Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero,Energy and Transport from 2018 to 2023,and Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2014 to 2018.
William Stewart Maxwell is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He was the Minister for Communities and Sport from 2007 to 2009 and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region from 2003 to 2016.
Mark Christopher Ruskell is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP). He was elected to represent Mid Scotland and Fife from 2003−2007,then elected again in 2016 and re-elected in 2021. In the Scottish Parliament,Ruskell is the Greens' spokesperson on Climate,Energy,Environment,Food and Farming.
Murdo MacKenzie Fraser is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2001. As of 2024,he serves as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Business,Economic Growth and Tourism,shadowing Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.
David Jackson Carlaw is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from February to July 2020,having acted in the position since August 2019. He previously served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007,first as an additional member for the West Scotland region and later for the Eastwood constituency since 2016.
Elizabeth Jane Smith is a Scottish politician who has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Scotland and Fife since 2007. A member of the Scottish Conservative Party,she has served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Security since 2024.
George James Adam is a Scottish politician who served as the Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2021 to 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Paisley since 2011.
Alexander Andrew Penman Rowley is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 to 2017 and acting leader of the party from August to November 2017. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2014,firstly for the Cowdenbeath constituency and the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2016. He has been described as being on the political left of the party.
Jennifer Madeleine Gilruth is a Scottish politician who has served as the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Mid Fife and Glenrothes since 2016.
Donald Andrew John Cameron of Lochiel,Baron Cameron of Lochiel is a Scottish Conservative politician and life peer who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from February to July 2024. He was elected a member of the Scottish Parliament for the electoral region of the Highlands and Islands in 2016,serving in various roles in the Conservative shadow cabinet before his appointment to the House of Lords in 2024. Cameron succeeded his father as the 28th Lochiel,the hereditary chief of Clan Cameron,in 2023.
Liam Kerr is a British politician of the Scottish Conservative Party,who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2019 to 2020 and as the Scottish Conservatives’Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2017 to 2021. Kerr has served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills since 2023 and as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region since 2016.
Maurice Charles Golden is a Scottish Conservative politician. He has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the North East Scotland region since the May 2021 Scottish Parliament election,after having previously been elected in 2016 for West Scotland. Golden was the Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy,Fair Work and Culture until May 2021. Golden was also previously Chief Whip and Business Manager.
Jamie Gillan Greene is a Scottish politician who is a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West Scotland region from 2016. He is a member of the Scottish Conservatives.
Graham Simpson is a British politician and former journalist who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region since 2016. A member of the Scottish Conservatives,he served as Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport,Infrastructure and Connectivity from 2020 to 2021.
Rachael Georgina Hamilton is a Scottish Conservative Party politician,who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Ettrick,Roxburgh and Berwickshire since 2017.
Michelle Lorraine Ballantyne is a British property developer,former politician and nurse who served as Leader of Reform UK Scotland from January 2021 to February 2022. She was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the South Scotland region from 2017 to 2021,having been elected for the Scottish Conservatives.
The February 2020 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election was the fourth internal party election to elect the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives,part of the British Conservative Party and the second-largest political party in the devolved Scottish Parliament. Ruth Davidson,who won the previous leadership election in 2011,resigned on 29 August 2019. Two candidates contested the election:Jackson Carlaw MSP,who served as the Scottish Conservatives' interim leader,and Michelle Ballantyne MSP. Carlaw was seen as the favourite in the contest,and won the endorsement of most of the party's MSPs and MPs. Carlaw won the election on 14 February 2020,winning more than three-quarters of the votes of party members.
Rosalind McCall is a Scottish politician. She is a member of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party,and a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
