| 2nd Scottish Parliament | |
| Body: | Scottish Parliament |
| Meeting Place: | General Assembly Scottish Parliament Building |
| Election: | 2003 |
| Government: | Second McConnell government |
| Term Start: | 7 May 2003 |
| Term End: | 2 April 2007 |
| Before: | 1st Scottish Parliament |
| After: | 3rd Scottish Parliament |
| Membership1: | 129 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Presiding Officer |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | George Reid |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Jack McConnell |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Deputy First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Jim Wallace (2003–05) Nicol Stephen (2005–07) |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | John Swinney (2003–04) Nicola Sturgeon (2004–07) |
This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the second Scottish Parliament at the 2003 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 2nd Scottish Parliament produced a second hung parliament and became colloquially known as the Rainbow Parliament. This was due to the 2003 election producing a result whereby the incoming members represented the largest number of political parties, with wide-ranging views from across the political spectrum, to be elected at a national level in Scotland. The governing Labour – Liberal Democrat coalition continued in government for a second term.[1]
| Party | May 2003 election | April 2007 dissolution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | 50 | 50 | ||
| 27 | 25 | |||
| 18 | 17 | |||
| • | 17 | 17 | ||
| Scottish Green Party | 7 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 4 | |||
| 0 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 5 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 129 | |||
| Government majority | 5 | 6 | ||
These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2003 election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in April 2007:
This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. For a list of MSPs elected in the 2003 election see here. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session.
| Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Cathcart | Constituency | Scottish Labour Party | resigned | |||
| Regional | Scottish Liberal Democrats | resigned | ||||
| South of Scotland | Regional | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | resigned | |||
| Moray | Constituency | Scottish National Party | deceased | |||
| Highlands and Islands | Regional | Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party | resigned | |||