List of Scottish National Party members of the Scottish Parliament
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This is a list of Scottish National Party MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented the Scottish National Party in the Scottish Parliament.
List of MSPs
Notes
- Brian Adam died on 25 April 2013. The consequent Aberdeen Donside by-election was won by the SNP candidate Mark McDonald.
- Bashir Ahmad died in February 2009. His seat as MSP for the Glasgow region passed to the next-placed person on the SNP's regional list: Anne McLaughlin.
- In May 2013, Mark McDonald resigned as MSP for the North East Scotland region, in order to fight the Aberdeen Donside by-election caused by the death of Brian Adam. He was replaced by the next person on the SNP's North East Scotland list: Christian Allard.
- Dorothy-Grace Elder resigned from the SNP in May 2002, and sat as an independent MSP until the end of her term in 2003.
- Fergus Ewing resigned from the SNP in May 2025, and sat as an independent MSP until the end of his term in 2026.
- Margaret Ewing died in office in 2006, triggering a by-election which was won by the SNP candidate Richard Lochhead.
- John Finnie resigned from the SNP on 23 October 2012, and sat as an independent MSP until the 2016 election. He joined the Scottish Greens in 2014, but did not join Green group of MSPs until he was re-elected in 2016 a Green candidate.
- In 2026, Kenneth Gibson suspended his membership of the SNP to serve as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
- In April 2006, Richard Lochhead resigned his additional member seat as MSP for North East Scotland, in order to successfully contest the Moray by-election caused by the death of Margaret Ewing. His regional seat was filled by Maureen Watt.
- Margo MacDonald was expelled from the SNP on 28 January 2003. She sat as an independent MSP for the remaining 4 months of the 1st Scottish Parliament, and was re-elected as an independent MSP at the next 3 elections.
- On 6 February 2020, Derek Mackay was suspended from the SNP. He sat as an independent until he stood down at the May 2021 election.
- Campbell Martin was suspended from the SNP on 25 April 2004, and expelled from the party on 10 July 2004. He sat as an independent MSP until the 2007 election, when he was defeated.
- In 2011, Tricia Marwick suspended her membership of the SNP to serve as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. She continued as an independent MSP until 2016.
- In November 2017, following an investigation into misconduct, Mark McDonald resigned from the SNP. He continued to serve as an independent MSP until he stood down at the 2021 election.
- Christina McKelvie died on 27 March 2025. The consequent Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election was won by Scottish Labour.
- Ash Regan resigned from the SNP in 2023. She initially sat as an Alba Party MSP until 2025 and then an independent MSP until the 2026 election.
- George Reid served as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament from 2003 to 2007. As is customary, he suspended his SNP party membership for that period.
- Alex Salmond resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 14 May 2001, to lead the SNP group in the British House of Commons. The resulting Banff and Buchan by-election was won by the SNP's Stewart Stevenson.
- Stefan Tymkewycz was elected for the Lothians regions at the May 2007 election. He resigned his seat in August 2007, and was succeeded as MSP by Shirley-Anne Somerville, who was the next-placed candidate on the SNP Lothians list.
- Jean Urquhart resigned from the SNP on 23 October 2012. She sat as an independent until she stood down at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
- Bill Walker was suspended from the SNP on 4 March 2012, and thereafter sat as an independent. He was expelled from the SNP on 8 April 2012, and resigned his seat on 7 September 2013 after being convicted on 24 charges. The resulting Dunfermline by-election was won by the Labour candidate Cara Hilton.
- In 2014, John Wilson resigned from the SNP. He sat as an independent MSP until the 2016 election.