| 3rd Scottish Parliament | |
| Body: | Scottish Parliament |
| Meeting Place: | Scottish Parliament Building |
| Election: | 2007 |
| Government: | First Salmond government |
| Term Start: | 14 May 2007 |
| Term End: | 22 March 2011 |
| Before: | 2nd Scottish Parliament |
| After: | 4th Scottish Parliament |
| Membership1: | 129 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Presiding Officer |
| Chamber1 Leader1: | Alex Fergusson |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Alex Salmond |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Deputy First Minister |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Leader of the Opposition |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Jack McConnell (2007) Cathy Jamieson (2007) Wendy Alexander (2007–08) Cathy Jamieson (2008) Iain Gray (2008–11) |
This is a list of members (MSPs) returned to the third Scottish Parliament at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. Of the 129 MSPs, 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 2007 Scottish Parliament election produced another hung parliament which saw the Scottish National Party replace Scottish Labour as the largest party group in the Parliament. On 16 May 2007, the Scottish Parliament elected Alex Salmond as First Minister of Scotland. The next day, Salmond officially took office after being sworn in at the Court of Session and went on to form the Parliament's first minority administration.
| Party | May 2007 election | March 2011 dissolution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | 47 | 47 | ||
| 46 | 46 | |||
| 17 | 16 | |||
| 16 | 16 | |||
| Scottish Greens | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 129 | |||
| Government majority | −35 | −34 | ||
These are graphical representations of the Scottish Parliament showing a comparison of party strengths as it was directly after the 2007 Scottish Parliament election and its composition at the time of its dissolution in March 2011:
This is a list of MSPs at dissolution. The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session. See here a list of MSPs elected in the 2007 election.
| Name | Image | Member for | Type | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lothians | Regional | Scottish National Party | resigned 31 August 2007 | |||
| Glasgow | Regional | Scottish National Party | died 6 February 2009 | |||