John Ramsay Swinney is a Scottish politician who has served as the First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since May 2024. He previously served as the leader of the SNP from 2000 to 2004 as Leader of the Opposition,and 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.
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.
Shona McRory Robison is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she previously served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 2024. Robison has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dundee City East since 2003 and was an additional member for the North East Scotland region from 1999 to 2003.
Paul Martin is a Scottish politician who served as Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Provan constituency from 2011 to 2016. A member of the Scottish Labour Party,he previously represented Glasgow Springburn from 1999 to 2011.
Alasdair James Allan is a Scottish politician serving as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency since 2007. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he served in the Scottish Government from 2011 to 2018,first as Minister for Learning,Science and Scotland's Languages and then Minister for International Development and Europe.
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.
Bashir Ahmad was an entrepreneur and a Scottish National Party politician. He was first elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region at the 2007 election,and was the first MSP to be elected from a South Asian and Muslim background.
Stuart McMillan is a Scottish politician serving as Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Greenock and Inverclyde since 2016,having previously represented the West of Scotland region from 2007 to 2016.
Anne McLaughlin is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2019 to 2024,and previously from 2015 to 2017. She has been SNP Spokesperson for International Development since 2023.
Glasgow Provan is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood),being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Mark McDonald is a Scottish politician who was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Aberdeen Donside constituency from 2013 to 2021,having previously represented the North East Scotland region between 5 May 2011 and 14 May 2013. Formerly a Scottish National Party politician and Minister for Childcare and Early Years in the Scottish Government,he was suspended by the SNP in November 2017 following allegations of inappropriate behaviour against several women. Following a party investigation,the claims were substantiated,McDonald issued an apology on 6 March 2018,announcing he had now left the SNP and would sit in the Scottish Parliament as an Independent.
Mairi Angela Gougeon is a Scottish politician who has served as Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs,Land Reform and Islands since 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Angus North and Mearns since 2016.
Ashten Regan is a Scottish politician. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Eastern since 2016. Initially elected to parliament for the Scottish National Party (SNP),she defected to the Alba Party. Regan served under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as the minister for community safety from 2018 until she resigned in 2022 in protest against her government's Gender Recognition Reform bill.
Thomas Compton Arthur MSP is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He is the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Renfrewshire South,having been first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2021. He has served as Minister for Employment and Investment since 2024.
Kate Elizabeth Forbes is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic since May 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy from 2020 to 2023. Forbes has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Skye,Lochaber and Badenoch since 2016.
Carol Ann "Annie" Wells is a British politician of the Scottish Conservatives,who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party to Jackson Carlaw in 2020. She has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region since 2016.
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.
Màiri Louise McAllan is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy since 2024. She previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Transport,Net Zero and Just Transition from 2023 to 2024 and Minister for Environment,Biodiversity and Land Reform from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Clydesdale since 2021. McAllan is a former corporate solicitor,who also served as a special advisor to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon prior to her election to the Scottish Parliament.
The 2023 Scottish National Party leadership election took place in February and March 2023 to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) to succeed Nicola Sturgeon,who announced her resignation on 15 February. Nominations closed on 24 February 2023 with three candidates:Kate Forbes,Ash Regan,and Humza Yousaf being presented to the electorate of party members. Yousaf was elected the new leader on 27 March with 48.2% of first preference votes and 52.1% of the vote after third-placed candidate Regan's second preferences were redistributed. Yousaf was elected as the First Minister of Scotland on 28 March 2023.
