| 1st Scottish Parliament | |
| Body: | Scottish Parliament |
| State: | Scotland |
| Meeting Place: | General Assembly |
| Election: | 1999 |
| Government: | Dewar government McLeish government First McConnell government |
| Term Start: | 12 May 1999 |
| Term End: | 31 March 2003 |
| After: | 2nd Scottish Parliament |
| Membership1: | 129 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Presiding Officer |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Sir David Steel |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Donald Dewar (1999–2000) Henry McLeish (2000–01) Jack McConnell (2001–03) |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Deputy First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Jim Wallace |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Alex Salmond (1999–2000) John Swinney (2000–03) |
This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the first Scottish Parliament at the 1999 Scottish Parliament election. Of the 129 members, 73 were elected from first past the post constituencies with a further 56 members being returned from eight regions, each electing seven MSPs as a form of mixed member proportional representation .
The 1999 election produced a hung parliament, with the Labour MSPs forming the largest minority. Consequently, they formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats to form the first Scottish Executive.
| Party | May 1999 election | March 2003 dissolution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | 56 | 55 | ||
| 35 | 33 | |||
| 18 | 19 | |||
| • | 17 | 16 | ||
| Scottish Greens | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 3 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 129 | |||
| Government majority | 17 | 14 | ||
These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 1999 election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2003:
This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. For a list of MSPs elected in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election, see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.
| Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Anniesland | Constituency | Scottish Labour Party | Deceased | |||
| Strathkelvin and Bearsden | Constituency | Scottish Labour Party | Resigned | |||
| Mid Scotland and Fife | Regional | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | Resigned | |||
| Ayr | Constituency | Scottish Labour Party | Resigned | |||
| Banff and Buchan | Constituency | Scottish National Party | Resigned | |||
During the 1999 to 2003 period there were one death and three resignations amongst constituency MSPs, and replacement MSPs were elected in by-elections. Also there was one resignation amongst the additional member MSPs, with that MSP being replaced by the candidate who was next on the additional members list at the time of the 1999 election.