List of female members of the Scottish Parliament explained

This is a list of women who are or have been members of the Scottish Parliament.

List of female members of the Scottish Parliament

Party		Name	Constituency or region	Type	Start year	End year	Reason
		data-sort-value="Alexander, Wendy"	Wendy Alexander^[1]	Paisley North	Constituency	1999	2011	Retired
		data-sort-value="Baillie, Jackie"	Jackie Baillie	Dumbarton	Constituency	1999		Serving
		Sarah Boyack	Edinburgh Central	Constituency	1999	2011^[2]	Defeated
			Lothian	Region	2011	2016	Defeated
					2019		Serving
		data-sort-value="Brankin, Rhona"	Rhona Brankin	Midlothian	Constituency	1999	2011	Retired
		data-sort-value="Craigie, Cathie"	Cathie Craigie	Cumbernauld and Kilsyth	Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		Roseanna Cunningham^[3]	Perth	Constituency	1999	2011	Constituency abolished
			Perthshire South and Kinross-shire	Constituency	2011	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Curran, Margaret"	Margaret Curran^[4]	Glasgow Baillieston	Constituency	1999	2011	Retired
		data-sort-value="Deacon, Susan"	Susan Deacon	Edinburgh East and Musselburgh	Constituency	1999	2007	Retired
		Helen Eadie	Dunfermline East	Constituency	1999	2011	Constituency abolished
			Cowdenbeath	Constituency	2011	2013	Died
		Dorothy-Grace Elder	Glasgow	Region	1999	2002	Resigned from the SNP
					2002	2003	Retired
		data-sort-value="Ewing, Margaret"	Margaret Ewing^[5]	Moray	Constituency	1999	2006	Died
		data-sort-value="Ewing, Winnie"	Winnie Ewing^[6]	Highlands and Islands	Region	1999	2003	Retired
		Linda Fabiani	Central Scotland	Region	1999	2011	Elected for constituency
			East Kilbride	Constituency	2011	2021	Retired
		Patricia Ferguson	Glasgow Maryhill	Constituency	1999	2011	Constituency abolished
			Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn	Constituency	2011	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Gillon, Karen"	Karen Gillon	Clydesdale	Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Godman, Trish"	Trish Godman^[7]	West Renfrewshire	Constituency	1999	2011	Retired
		Annabel Goldie^[8]	West of Scotland	Region	1999	2011	Region abolished
			West Scotland	Region	2011	2016	Retired
		Christine Grahame	South of Scotland	Region	1999	2011	Elected to constituency
			Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale	Constituency	2011		Serving
		Rhoda Grant		Region	1999	2003	Defeated
					2007		Serving
		data-sort-value="Hughes, Janis"	Janis Hughes		Constituency	1999	2007	Retired
		Fiona Hyslop	Lothians	Region	1999	2011	Elected for constituency
			Linlithgow	Constituency	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Jackson, Sylvia"	Sylvia Jackson		Constituency	1999	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Jamieson, Cathy"	Cathy Jamieson^[9]	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	1999	2011	Retired
		data-sort-value="Jamieson, Margaret"	Margaret Jamieson		Constituency	1999	2007	Defeated
		Johann Lamont	Glasgow Pollok	Constituency	1999	2016	Defeated^[10]
			Glasgow	Region	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Livingstone, Marion"	Marilyn Livingstone		Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		Margo MacDonald^[11]	Lothians	Region	1999	2003	Expelled from the SNP
					2003	2014	Died
		data-sort-value="Maclean, Kate"	Kate Maclean		Constituency	1999	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Macmillan, Maureen"	Maureen Macmillan		Region	1999	2007	Defeated
		Tricia Marwick^[12]	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	1999	2007	Elected for constituency
			Central Fife	Constituency	2007	2011	Constituency abolished
			Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Constituency	2011	2016	Retired
		data-sort-value="McGugan, Irene"	Irene McGugan	North East Scotland	Region	1999	2003	Defeated
		data-sort-value="McIntosh, Lyndsay"	Lyndsay McIntosh	Central Scotland	Region	1999	2003	Defeated
		Fiona McLeod	West of Scotland	Region	1999	2003	Defeated
			Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	2011	2016	Retired
		Pauline McNeill	Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
			Glasgow	Region	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Mulligan, Mary"	Mary Mulligan		Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		Elaine Murray	Dumfries	Constituency	1999	2011	Constituency abolished
				Constituency	2011	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Oldfather, Irene"	Irene Oldfather		Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Peattie, Cathy"	Cathy Peattie^[13]		Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Radcliffe, Nora"	Nora Radcliffe		Constituency	1999	2007	Defeated
		Shona Robison^[14]	North East Scotland	Region	1999	2003	Elected for constituency
			Dundee East	Constituency	2003	2011	Constituency abolished
			Dundee City East	Constituency	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Scanlon, Mary"	Mary Scanlon	Highlands and Islands	Region	1999	2016	Retired
		Elaine Smith	Coatbridge and Chryston	Constituency	1999	2016	Defeated^[15]
			Central Scotland	Region	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Smith, Margaret"	Margaret Smith		Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		Nicola Sturgeon	Glasgow	Region	1999	2007	Elected for constituency
			Glasgow Govan	Constituency	2007	2011	Constituency abolished
			Glasgow Southside	Constituency	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Thomson, Elaine"	Elaine Thomson		Constituency	1999	2003	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Ullrich, Kay"	Kay Ullrich	West of Scotland	Region	1999	2003	Retired
		Sandra White	Glasgow	Region	1999	2011	Elected for constituency
				Constituency	2011	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Whitefield, Karen"	Karen Whitefield	Airdrie and Shotts	Constituency	1999	2011	Defeated
		Rosemary Byrne	South of Scotland	Region	2003	2006	Resigned from the SSP
					2006	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Curran, Frances"	Frances Curran	West of Scotland	Region	2003	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Glen, Marlyn"	Marlyn Glen	North East Scotland	Region	2003	2011	Retired
		data-sort-value="Kane, Rosie"	Rosie Kane	Glasgow	Region	2003	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Leckie, Carolyn"	Carolyn Leckie	Central Scotland	Region	2003	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Milne, Nanette"	Nanette Milne	North East Scotland	Region	2003	2016	Retired
		data-sort-value="Mitchell, Margaret"	Margaret Mitchell	Central Scotland	Region	2003	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Scott, Eleanor"	Eleanor Scott	Highlands and Islands	Region	2003	2007	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Turner, Jean"	Jean Turner	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	2003	2007	Defeated
		Maureen Watt	North East Scotland	Region	2006^[16]	2011	Retired
			Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	Constituency	2011	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Baker, Claire"	Claire Baker		Region	2007		Serving
		Aileen Campbell	South of Scotland	Region	2007	2011	Elected for constituency
			Clydesdale	Constituency	2011	2021	Retired
		Angela Constance	Livingston	Constituency	2007	2011	Constituency abolished
			Almond Valley	Constituency	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="McInnes, Alison"	Alison McInnes	North East Scotland	Region	2007	2016	Defeated
		Christina McKelvie	Central Scotland	Region	2007	2011	Elected for constituency
			Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse	Constituency	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Smith, Elizabeth"	Liz Smith	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2007		Serving
		Shirley-Anne Somerville	Lothians	Region	2007	2011	Defeated
			Dunfermline	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="McLaughlin, Anne"	Anne McLaughlin	Glasgow	Region	2009	2011	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Adamson, Claire"	Clare Adamson	Central Scotland	Region	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Beamish, Claudia"	Claudia Beamish^[17]	South of Scotland	Region	2011	2021	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Burgess, Margaret"	Margaret Burgess	Cunninghame South	Constituency	2011	2016	Retired
		Ruth Davidson	Glasgow	Region	2011	2016	Elected for constituency
			Edinburgh Central	Constituency	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Dugdale, Kezia"	Kezia Dugdale	Lothian	Region	2011	2019	Resigned
		Annabelle Ewing^[18]	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2011	2016	Elected for constituency
			Cowdenbeath	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Fee, Mary"	Mary Fee	West of Scotland	Region	2011	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Johnstone, Alison"	Alison Johnstone^[19]	Lothian	Region	2011		Serving
		data-sort-value="Marra, Jenny"	Jenny Marra	North East Scotland	Region	2011	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="McAlpine, Joan"	Joan McAlpine^[20]	South of Scotland	Region	2011	2021	Defeated
		data-sort-value="McCulloch, Margaret"	Margaret McCulloch	Central Scotland	Region	2011	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="McDougall, Margaret"	Margaret McDougall	West of Scotland	Region	2011	2016	Retired
		data-sort-value="McLeod, Aileen"	Aileen McLeod	South Scotland	Region	2011	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="McMahon, Siobhan"	Siobhan McMahon^[21]	Central Scotland	Region	2011	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="McTaggart, Anne"	Anne McTaggart	Glasgow	Region	2011	2016	Defeated
		Jean Urquhart^[22]	Highlands and Islands	Region	2011	2012	Resigned from the SNP
					2012	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Baxter, Jayne"	Jayne Baxter	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2012^[23]	2016	Retired
		data-sort-value="Hilton, Cara"	Cara Hilton^[24]	Dunfermline	Constituency	2013	2016	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Brennan, Lesley"	Lesley Brennan	North East Scotland	Region	2016^[25]	2016	Defeated
		Ash Regan^[26]	Edinburgh Eastern	Constituency	2016	2023	Resigned from the SNP
					2023		Serving
		data-sort-value="Evans, Mairi"	Mairi Evans	Angus North and Mearns	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Forbes, Kate"	Kate Forbes	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Freeman, Jeane"	Jeane Freeman	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Gilruth, Jenny"	Jenny Gilruth	Mid Fife and Glenrothes	Constituency	2016		Serving
		Rachael Hamilton	South Scotland	Region	2016	2017	Resigned
			Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	2017		Serving
		data-sort-value="Harper, Emma"	Emma Harper	South Scotland	Region	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Harris, Alison"	Alison Harris	Central Scotland	Region	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Lennon, Monica"	Monica Lennon	Central Scotland	Region	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Mackay, Rona"	Rona Mackay	Strathkelvin and Bearsden	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Maguire, Ruth"	Ruth Maguire^[27]	Cunninghame South	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Martin, Gillian"	Gillian Martin	Aberdeenshire East	Constituency	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Ross, Gail"	Gail Ross	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross	Constituency	2016	2021	Retired
		data-sort-value="Todd, Maree"	Maree Todd	Highlands and Islands	Region	2016		Serving
		data-sort-value="Wells, Annie"	Annie Wells	Glasgow	Region	2016		Serving
		Michelle Ballantyne		Region	2017	2020	Resigned from Conservatives
					2020	2021	Joined Reform UK
	Reform UK				2021	2021	Defeated
		data-sort-value="Wishart, Beatrice"	Beatrice Wishart		Constituency	2019		Serving
		data-sort-value="Adam, Karen"	Karen Adam	Banffshire and Buchan Coast	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Brown, Siobhian"	Siobhian Brown	Ayr	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Burgess, Ariane"	Ariane Burgess	Highlands and Islands	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Callaghan, Stephanie"	Stephanie Callaghan	Uddingston and Bellshill	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Chapman, Maggie"	Maggie Chapman	North East Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Clark, Katy"	Katy Clark^[28]		Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Don, Natalie"	Natalie Don	Renfrewshire North and West	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Gallacher, Sharon"	Sharon Dowey	South Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Dunbar, Jackie"	Jackie Dunbar	Aberdeen Donside	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Duncan-Glancy, Pam"	Pam Duncan-Glancy	Glasgow	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Gallacher, Meghan"	Meghan Gallacher	Central Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Gosal, Pam"	Pam Gosal	West Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Mackay, Gillian"	Gillian Mackay	Central Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="McAllan, Mairi"	Màiri McAllan	Clydesdale	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="McNair, Marie"	Marie McNair	Clydebank and Milngavie	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Minto, Jenni"	Jenni Minto	Argyll and Bute	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Mochan, Carol"	Carol Mochan	South Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Nicoll, Audrey"	Audrey Nicoll	Aberdeen South and North Kincardine	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Roddick, Emma"	Emma Roddick	Highlands and Islands	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Slater, Lorna"	Lorna Slater	Lothian	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Stevenson, Collette"	Collette Stevenson	East Kilbride	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Stewart, Kaukab"	Kaukab Stewart	Glasgow Kelvin	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Thomson, Michelle"	Michelle Thomson^[29]	Falkirk East	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Tweed, Evelyn"	Evelyn Tweed	Stirling	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Villalba, Mercedes"	Mercedes Villalba	North East Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Webber, Sue"	Sue Webber	Lothian	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="White, Tess"	Tess White	North East Scotland	Region	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="Whitham, Elena"	Elena Whitham	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Constituency	2021		Serving
		data-sort-value="McCall, Roz"	Roz McCall	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2022		Serving

External links

• Current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), on the Scottish Parliament website

Notes and References

1. [Wendy Alexander]
2. [Sarah Boyack]
3. [Roseanna Cunningham]
4. [Margaret Curran]
5. [Margaret Ewing]
6. [Winnie Ewing]
7. [Trish Godman]
8. [Annabel Goldie]
9. [Cathy Jamieson]
10. [Johann Lamont]
11. [Margo MacDonald]
12. [Tricia Marwick]
13. [Cathy Peattie]
14. [Shona Robison]
15. At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Elaine Smith was defeated in her constituency, but was elected as a Regional Member for the Central Scotland region.
16. In April 2006, Richard Lochhead resigned his seat as one of the MSPs for the North East Scotland region, to contest the Moray by-election. The next person on the SNP list from the 2003 election had been Alasdair Allan but he refused his place in Parliament as he had secured the SNP nomination for the Western Isles in the 2007 election. The next person on the list was Maureen Watt, who took up the place.
17. [Claudia Beamish]
18. [Annabelle Ewing]
19. In May 2021, Alison Johnstone was elected as Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament. As is customary, she has suspended her party membership of the Scottish Greens.
20. [Joan McAlpine]
21. [Siobhan McMahon]
22. [Jean Urquhart]
23. On 7 December 2012, John Park resigned as list MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region. He was succeeded by Jayne Baxter.
24. [Cara Hilton]
25. [Richard Baker (Scottish politician)|Richard Baker]
26. Ash Regan was elected as Ash Denham in 2016.
27. [Ruth Maguire]
28. Katy Clark was the Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran 2005–15. She was made a life peer as Baroness Clark, of Kilwinning in the County of Ayrshire in 2020.
29. Michelle Thomson was the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West 2015–17.