Alexander Neil is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
John Ramsay Swinney is a Scottish politician who has served as First Minister of Scotland since May 2024. Swinney has served as Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on two occasions,since May 2024 and between 2000 and 2004. He has held various roles within the Scottish Cabinet from 2007 to 2023 under First Ministers Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon. Swinney was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North Tayside from 1999 to 2011 and,following boundary changes,has been MSP for Perthshire North since 2011. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tayside North from 1997 to 2001.
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.
Christine Grahame is a Scottish politician who served as a Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Midlothian South,Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency since 2011,having previously represented the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2011.
Richard Neilson Lochhead is a Scottish politician serving as the Minister for Business since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs,Food and Environment from 2007 to 2016. Lochhead has been a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999,first representing North East Scotland electoral region from 1999 to 2006,before representing the Moray constituency since 2006.
Fiona Jane Hyslop is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport since 2024. Hyslop has served in various offices under first ministers Salmond,Sturgeon,Yousaf and Swinney;as education secretary,culture secretary,and economy secretary as well as in junior ministerial roles. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Linlithgow constituency since 2011,having represented the Lothians region from 1999 to 2011.
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.
Kenneth James Gibson is a Scottish politician serving as the Convenor of the Finance and Public Administration Committee since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame North since 2007,having previously represented the Glasgow electoral region from 1999 to 2003.
Catherine Mario Ullrich was a Scottish politician who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. A prominent member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was an early supporter of the political career of Nicola Sturgeon,who later became First Minister of Scotland.
Joseph Martin FitzPatrick is a Scottish politician who most recently served as Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning from March 2023 to May 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City West since the 2007. Prior to his most recent Ministerial appointment,he was Convener of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities,Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. He served as Minister for Public Health,Sport and Wellbeing from 2018 to until his resignation in 2020. He also served as Minister for Parliamentary Business from 2012 to 2018.
Keith James Brown is a Scottish politician serving as Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since 2018. He is a former Royal Marines commando and has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 2007,first representing the Ochil constituency from 2007 to 2011,then the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency since 2011. Brown previously served in the Scottish Cabinet,most recently as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans from 2021 to 2023.
The 2021 Scottish Parliament election took place on 11 May 2021,under the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998. All 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament were elected in the sixth election since the parliament was re-established in 1999. The election was held alongside the Senedd election in Wales,English local elections,London Assembly and mayoral election and the Hartlepool by-election.
Derek Mackay is a former Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance,Economy and Fair Work from 2016 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West from 2011 to 2021. Mackay served as a government minister from 2011 to 2020 under the administrations of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.
Rona Mackay is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Strathkelvin and Bearsden since the Scottish Parliamentary elections in May 2016.
Ruth Bernadette Maguire is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cunninghame South since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
There was a Scottish National Party leadership election to choose the new Depute leader of the Scottish National Party at the SNP's conference on 14–15 October 2016. The SNP's Westminster Group Leader Angus Robertson MP won the election.
Stephen Charles Kerr is a Scottish Conservative &Unionist politician,currently serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Central Scotland Region since 2021. From 2021 to 2022,Kerr served as the Convener of the Education,Children and Young People Committee. Prior to his election to Holyrood,Kerr was the Member of Parliament for Stirling from 2017 to 2019.
Beatrice Wishart is a Scottish Liberal Democrats politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Shetland since 2019. Wishart currently serves as spokesperson for both Connectivity and Rural Affairs for her party,and is Deputy Convener for the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee. She was elected at the 2019 Shetland by-election,after the sitting Liberal Democrat MSP Tavish Scott stepped down.
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.
Marie McNair is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydebank and Milngavie since May 2021.
