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Chamber composition

How the chamber's party balance has shifted from the first session in 1999 through to today.

129
Current MSPs
415
MSPs ever elected
13
Parties on record
7
Snapshots in the timeline
Session by session

Party seats over time

0 25 50 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 Now SNP · Session 1: 35 seats (27.1%) SNP · Session 2: 26 seats (20.2%) SNP · Session 3: 47 seats (36.4%) SNP · Session 4: 68 seats (52.7%) SNP · Session 5: 63 seats (48.8%) SNP · Session 6: 64 seats (49.6%) SNP · Current chamber: 58 seats (45.0%) Lab · Session 1: 56 seats (43.4%) Lab · Session 2: 50 seats (38.8%) Lab · Session 3: 46 seats (35.7%) Lab · Session 4: 37 seats (28.7%) Lab · Session 5: 23 seats (17.8%) Lab · Session 6: 22 seats (17.1%) Lab · Current chamber: 17 seats (13.2%) Con · Session 1: 18 seats (14.0%) Con · Session 2: 18 seats (14.0%) Con · Session 3: 17 seats (13.2%) Con · Session 4: 15 seats (11.6%) Con · Session 5: 31 seats (24.0%) Con · Session 6: 31 seats (24.0%) Con · Current chamber: 12 seats (9.3%) LD · Session 1: 16 seats (12.4%) LD · Session 2: 17 seats (13.2%) LD · Session 3: 16 seats (12.4%) LD · Session 4: 5 seats (3.9%) LD · Session 5: 5 seats (3.9%) LD · Session 6: 4 seats (3.1%) LD · Current chamber: 10 seats (7.8%) Reform · Session 1: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Session 2: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Session 3: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Session 4: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Session 5: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Session 6: 0 seats (0.0%) Reform · Current chamber: 17 seats (13.2%) Green · Session 1: 1 seats (0.8%) Green · Session 2: 7 seats (5.4%) Green · Session 3: 2 seats (1.6%) Green · Session 4: 2 seats (1.6%) Green · Session 5: 6 seats (4.7%) Green · Session 6: 7 seats (5.4%) Green · Current chamber: 15 seats (11.6%) SSP · Session 1: 1 seats (0.8%) SSP · Session 2: 6 seats (4.7%) SSP · Session 3: 0 seats (0.0%) SSP · Session 4: 0 seats (0.0%) SSP · Session 5: 0 seats (0.0%) SSP · Session 6: 0 seats (0.0%) SSP · Current chamber: 0 seats (0.0%) Ind · Session 1: 0 seats (0.0%) Ind · Session 2: 2 seats (1.6%) Ind · Session 3: 1 seats (0.8%) Ind · Session 4: 1 seats (0.8%) Ind · Session 5: 0 seats (0.0%) Ind · Session 6: 0 seats (0.0%) Ind · Current chamber: 0 seats (0.0%) * · Session 1: 1 seats (0.8%) * · Session 2: 1 seats (0.8%) * · Session 3: 0 seats (0.0%) * · Session 4: 0 seats (0.0%) * · Session 5: 0 seats (0.0%) * · Session 6: 0 seats (0.0%) * · Current chamber: 0 seats (0.0%) NPA · Session 1: 1 seats (0.8%) NPA · Session 2: 1 seats (0.8%) NPA · Session 3: 0 seats (0.0%) NPA · Session 4: 1 seats (0.8%) NPA · Session 5: 1 seats (0.8%) NPA · Session 6: 1 seats (0.8%) NPA · Current chamber: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Session 1: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Session 2: 1 seats (0.8%) SSCUP · Session 3: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Session 4: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Session 5: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Session 6: 0 seats (0.0%) SSCUP · Current chamber: 0 seats (0.0%)

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SNP Lab Con LD Reform Green SSP Ind * NPA SSCUP
S1

Session 1

1999-05-12
129
MSPs
SNP 35
Lab 56
Con 18
LD 16
Green 1
SSP 1
* 1
NPA 1
S2

Session 2

2003-05-07
129
MSPs
SNP 26
Lab 50
Con 18
LD 17
Green 7
SSP 6
Ind 2
* 1
NPA 1
SSCUP 1
S3

Session 3

2007-05-09
129
MSPs
SNP 47
Lab 46
Con 17
LD 16
Green 2
Ind 1
S4

Session 4

2011-05-11
129
MSPs
SNP 68
Lab 37
Con 15
LD 5
Green 2
Ind 1
NPA 1
S5

Session 5

2016-05-12
129
MSPs
SNP 63
Lab 23
Con 31
LD 5
Green 6
NPA 1
S6

Session 6

2021-05-13
129
MSPs
SNP 64
Lab 22
Con 31
LD 4
Green 7
NPA 1
Now

Current chamber

Current data
129
MSPs
SNP 58
Lab 17
Con 12
LD 10
Reform 17
Green 15
Session timeline

Party totals at every session start

Party S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 Now
SNP
Scottish National Party
 35 26 47 68 63 64 58
Lab
Scottish Labour
 56 50 46 37 23 22 17
Con
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
 18 18 17 15 31 31 12
LD
Scottish Liberal Democrats
 16 17 16 5 5 4 10
Reform
Reform UK
 0 0 0 0 0 0 17
Green
Scottish Green Party
 1 7 2 2 6 7 15
SSP
Scottish Socialist Party
 1 6 0 0 0 0 0
Ind
Independent
 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
*
Member for Falkirk West
 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
NPA
No Party Affiliation
 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
SSCUP
Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
 0 1 0 0 0 0 0