List of Conservative members of the Scottish Parliament

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This is a list of Scottish Conservative MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented the Scottish Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament.

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List of MSPs

NameConstituency or regionTypeStart yearEnd yearReason
Bill Aitken [1] Glasgow Region 1999 2011  ?
Jeremy Balfour [2] Lothian Region 2016 Serving
Michelle Ballantyne [3] South Scotland Region2017 2020 Resigned from Conservatives
Bill Bowman [4] North East Scotland Region 2016 2021 Retired
Miles Briggs [5] Lothian Region 2016 Serving
Ted Brocklebank [6] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 2003 2011 Retired
Gavin Brown [7] Lothians Region 2007 2011 Region abolished
Lothian Region 2011 2016 Retired
Derek Brownlee [8] South of Scotland Region2005 2011 Defeated
Cameron Buchanan [9] Lothian Region2013 2016 Retired
Alexander Burnett [10] Aberdeenshire West Constituency 2016 Serving
Donald Cameron [11] Highlands and Islands Region 2016 Serving
Jackson Carlaw [12] West of Scotland Region 2007 2011 Region abolished
West Scotland Region 2011 2016 Elected for constituency
Eastwood Constituency 2016 Serving
Finlay Carson [13] Galloway and West Dumfries Constituency 2016 Serving
Peter Chapman [14] North East Scotland Constituency 2016 2021 Retired
Maurice Corry [15] West Scotland Region 2016 2021 Defeated
David Davidson [16] North East Scotland Region 1999 2007 Defeated
Ruth Davidson [17] Glasgow Region 2011 2016 Elected for constituency
Edinburgh Central Constituency 2016 2021 Retired
James Douglas-Hamilton [18] Lothians Region 1999 2007 Retired
Sharon Dowey [19] South Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Alex Fergusson [20] [note 1] South of Scotland Region 1999 2003 Elected for constituency
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Constituency 2003 2011 Constituency abolished
Galloway and West Dumfries Constituency 2011 2016 Retired
Russell Findlay [21] West Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Murdo Fraser [22] Mid Scotland and Fife Region2001Serving
Meghan Gallacher [23] Central Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Phil Gallie [24] South of Scotland Region 1999 2007 Retired
Maurice Golden [25] West Scotland Region 2016 2021 Elected for another region
North East Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Annabel Goldie [26] West of Scotland Region 1999 2011 Region abolished
West Scotland Region 2011 2016 Retired
Pam Gosal [27] West Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Jamie Greene [28] West Scotland Region 2016 Serving
Sandesh Gulhane [29] Glasgow Region 2021 Serving
Jamie Halcro Johnston [30] Highlands and Islands Region2017Serving
Rachael Hamilton [31] South Scotland Constituency 2016 2017Resigned
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency 2017 Serving
Keith Harding [32] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 1999 2003 Defeated
Alison Harris [33] Central Scotland Region 2016 2021 Retired
Craig Hoy [34] South Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Nick Johnston [35] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 1999 2001Resigned
Alex Johnstone [36] North East Scotland Region 1999 2016Died
Liam Kerr [37] North East Scotland Region 2016 Serving
Stephen Kerr [38] Central Scotland Region 2021 Serving
John Lamont [39] Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency 2007 2011 Constituency abolished
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Constituency 2011 2017 Resigned
Gordon Lindhurst [40] Lothian Region 2016 2021 Defeated
Dean Lockhart [41] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 2016 Serving
Douglas Lumsden [42] North East Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Tom Mason [43] North East Scotland Region2017 2021 Retired
Jamie McGrigor [44] Highlands and Islands Region 1999 2016 Retired
Lyndsay McIntosh [45] Central Scotland Region 1999 2003 Defeated
David McLetchie [46] Lothians Region 1999 2003 Elected for constituency
Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency 2003 2011 Defeated
Lothian Region 2011 2013Died
Nanette Milne [47] North East Scotland Region 2003 2016 Retired
Margaret Mitchell [48] Central Scotland Region 2003 2021 Retired
Brian Monteith [49] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 1999 2005Left the Conservatives
Edward Mountain [50] Highlands and Islands Region 2016 Serving
David Mundell [51] South of Scotland Region 1999 2005Resigned
Oliver Mundell [52] Dumfriesshire Constituency 2016 Serving
Dave Petrie [53] Highlands and Islands Region2006 2007 Defeated
Douglas Ross [54] Highlands and Islands Region 2016 2017Resigned
Highlands and Islands Region 2021 Serving
Mary Scanlon [55] Highlands and Islands Region 1999 2016 Retired
John Scott [56] Ayr Constituency 2000 2021 Defeated
Graham Simpson [57] Central Scotland Region 2016 Serving
Liz Smith [58] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 2007 Serving
Alexander Stewart [59] Mid Scotland and Fife Region 2016 Serving
Ross Thomson [60] North East Scotland Region 2016 2017Resigned
Adam Tomkins [61] Glasgow Region 2016 2021 Retired
Murray Tosh [62] South of Scotland Region 1999 2003 Switched region
West of Scotland Region 2003 2007 Defeated
Ben Wallace [63] North East Scotland Region 1999 2003 Retired
Sue Webber [64] Lothian Region 2021 Serving
Annie Wells [65] Glasgow Region 2016 Serving
Tess White [66] North East Scotland Region 2021 Serving
Brian Whittle [67] South Scotland Region 2016 Serving
John Young [68] West of Scotland Region 1999 2003 Retired

Notes

  1. ↑ Alex Fergusson served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2007 to 2011. As is customary, he suspended his Conservative party membership for that period.

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