The Scottish Parliament

'The Scottish Parliament, adjourned on the 25 th day of March in the year 1707, is hereby reconvened'. Dr Winnie Ewing, Acting Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, 12 th May 1999.

The Scottish Parliament

The debating chamber at Holyrood
Image © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2004

The elections for the first Scottish Parliament in almost 300 years were held on the 6 th of May 1999 and MSPs were sworn in on the 8 th of May, after which the Presiding Officer and two deputies were elected. The First Minister was elected on the 13 th May and the state opening by the Queen took place on 1 st July 1999. The second elections were held on 1 st May 2003, and the third elections on the 3 rd of May 2007.

The parliament originally met at the Church of Scotland's Assembly Halls on the Mound in Edinburgh. It then moved to the controversial new building at Holyrood which was officially opened by the Queen in October 2004.

• State of the Parties
  
  
• The Presiding Officers
  
  
• The First Ministers
  
  
• The Scottish Executive
  
  
• The Shadow Scottish Executive
  
  
• Conservative & Unionist spokespersons
  
  
• Liberal spokespersons
  
  
• Green spokespersons
  
  
• Other Opposition parties
  
  
• MSP records
  
  
• Ministers defeated in Holyrood elections
  
  
• Party leaders defeated in Holyrood elections
  
  
• MSPs for less than 1,000 days
  
  
• Dual mandates
  
  
• About the Scottish Parliament
  
  
• The parliament building
  
  
• % vote polled by MSPs in 2003
  
  
• % increase or decrease in MSP votes in 2003
  
  
• Smallest majorities in 1999
  
  
• Smallest majorities in 2003
  
  
• Smallest majorities in 2007
  
  
• Voting records of dual mandate MSPs in 1999
  
  
• Members of the Scottish Parliament (Link to Scottish Parliament's Official website)