List of Liberal Democrat members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of Scottish Liberal Democrats MSPs. It includes all members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who represented the Scottish Liberal Democrats (aka "Lib Dems") in the Scottish Parliament.

List of MSPs

Name	Constituency or region	Type	Start year	End year
Andrew Arbuckle[1]	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2005[note 1]	2007
Robert Brown[2]	Glasgow	Region	1999	2011
Alex Cole-Hamilton[3]	Edinburgh Western	Constituency	2016
Ross Finnie[4]	West Scotland	Region	1999	2011
Donald Gorrie[5]	Central Scotland	Region	1999	2007
Jim Hume[6]	South of Scotland	Region	2007	2011
	South Scotland	Region	2011	2016
Ian Jenkins[7]	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	Constituency	1999	2003
George Lyon[8]	Argyll and Bute	Constituency	1999	2007
Liam McArthur[9]	Orkney	Constituency	2007
Alison McInnes[10]	North East Scotland	Region	2007	2016
John Farquhar Munro[11]	Ross	Constituency	1999	2011
Hugh O'Donnell[12]	Central Scotland	Region	2007	2011[note 2]
Mike Pringle[13]	Edinburgh South	Constituency	2003	2011
Jeremy Purvis[14]	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale	Constituency	2003	2011
Nora Radcliffe[15]	Gordon	Constituency	1999	2007
Keith Raffan[16]	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	1999	2005[note 1]
Willie Rennie[17]	Mid Scotland and Fife	Region	2011	2016
	North East Fife	Constituency	2016
Euan Robson[18]	Roxburgh and Berwickshire	Constituency	1999	2007
Mike Rumbles[19]	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Constituency	1999	2011
	North East Scotland	Region	2011	2021
Tavish Scott[20]	Shetland	Constituency	1999	2019[note 3]
Iain Smith[21]	North East Fife	Constituency	1999	2011
Margaret Smith[22]	Edinburgh West	Constituency	1999	2011
David Steel[23]	Lothians	Constituency	1999	1999[note 4]
Nicol Stephen[24]	Aberdeen South	Constituency	1999	2011
Jamie Stone[25]	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Constituency	1999	2011
Jim Tolson[26]	Dunfermline West	Constituency	2007	2011
Jim Wallace[27]	Orkney	Constituency	1999	2007
Beatrice Wishart[28]	Shetland	Constituency	2019[note 3]

Notes

1. Keith Raffan resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 10 January 2005. His seat was filled by the next-placed candidate on the LibDems Mid Scotland and Fife list: Andrew Arbuckle.
2. Hugh O'Donnell resigned from the Scottish Liberal Democrats on 27 March 2011, and sat as an independent MSP until the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election.
3. Tavish Scott resigned from the Scottish Parliament on 15 July 2019. The consequent Shetland by-election was held on 29 August 2019, and won by the Liberal Democrat Beatrice Wishart.
4. David Steel was elected as the Scottish Parliament's first Presiding Officer, and promptly suspended his Lib Dem membership for the duration of his tenure as Presiding Office. This election was the first item of business after MSPs were sworn in, so Steel sat as Lib Dem for only a few hours or days.

References

1. "Andrew Arbuckle". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
2. "Robert Brown". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
3. "Alex Cole-Hamilton". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
4. "Ross Finnie". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
5. "Donald Gorrie". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
6. "Jim Hume". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
7. "Ian Jenkins". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
8. "George Lyon". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
9. "Liam McArthur". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
10. "Alison McInnes". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
11. "John Farquhar Munro". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
12. "Hugh O'Donnell". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
13. "Mike Pringle". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
14. "Jeremy Purvis". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
15. "Nora Radcliffe". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
16. "Keith Raffan". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
17. "Willie Rennie". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
18. "Euan Robson". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
19. "Mike Rumbles". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
20. "Tavish Scott". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
21. "Iain Smith". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
22. "Margaret Smith". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
23. "David Steel". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
24. "Nicol Stephen". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
25. "Jamie Stone". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
26. "Jim Tolson". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
27. "Jim Wallace". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
28. "Beatrice Wishart". Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

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