The equivalent of an MP except that a Member of the Scottish Parliament (sometimes just Member of Scottish Parliament), obviously, is elected into the Scottish Parliament. They are elected via the Additional Member System and so they either have been elected directly to represent as constituency or they are elected for a region using a list system where the party (if they win in a region) will appoint a certain MSP to that region. This can be useful if your leader doesn't get elected by his constituency (this happened with Labour in the Welsh Assembly elections of 1999).

The current list of MSPs as of 23rd April 2002 are:

Brian Adam MSP - SNP - North East Scotland

Bill Aitken MSP - Con - Glasgow

Wendy Alexander MSP - Lab - Paisley North

Jackie Baillie MSP - Lab - Dumbarton

Scott Barrie MSP - Lab - Dunfermline West

Ms Sarah Boyack MSP - Lab - Edinburgh Central

Rhona Brankin MSP - Lab - Midlothian

Robert Brown MSP - LD - Glasgow

Bill Butler MSP - Lab - Glasgow Anniesland

Colin Campbell MSP - SNP - West of Scotland

Dennis Canavan MSP - Falkirk West

Malcolm Chisholm MSP - Lab - Edinburgh North and Leith

Cathie Craigie MSP - Lab - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth

Bruce Crawford MSP - SNP - Mid Scotland and Fife

Roseanna Cunningham MSP - SNP - Perth

Ms Margaret Curran MSP - Lab - Glasgow Baillieston

Mr David Davidson MSP - Con - North East Scotland

Susan Deacon MSP - Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton QC MSP - Con - Lothians

Helen Eadie MSP -Lab - Dunfermline East

Dorothy-Grace Elder MSP - SNP - Glasgow

Fergus Ewing MSP - SNP - Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber

Mrs Margaret Ewing MSP - SNP - Moray

Dr Winnie Ewing FRSA MSP - SNP - Highlands and Islands

Linda Fabiani MSP - SNP - Central Scotland

Patricia Ferguson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Maryhill

Alex Fergusson MSP - Con - South of Scotland

Ross Finnie MSP - LD - West of Scotland

Brian Fitzpatrick MSP - Lab - Strathkelvin & Bearsden

Murdo Fraser MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Phil Gallie MSP - Con - South of Scotland

Mr Kenneth Gibson MSP - SNP - Glasgow

Karen Gillon MSP - Lab - Clydesdale (elected as Karen Turnbull)

Trish Godman MSP - Lab - West Renfrewshire

Miss Annabel Goldie MSP - Con - West of Scotland

Donald Gorrie OBE MSP - LD - Central Scotland

Christine Grahame MSP - SNP - South of Scotland (elected as Christine Creech)

Rhoda Grant MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands

Iain Gray MSP - Lab - Edinburgh Pentlands

Mr Duncan Hamilton MSP - SNP - Highlands and Islands

Mr Keith Harding MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Robin Harper MSP - Green - Lothians

Hugh Henry MSP - Lab - Paisley South

Mr John Home Robertson MSP - Lab - East Lothian

Janis Hughes MSP - Lab - Glasgow Rutherglen

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Mr Adam Ingram MSP - SNP - South of Scotland

Gordon Jackson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Govan

Dr Sylvia Jackson MSP - Lab - Stirling

Cathy Jamieson MSP - Lab - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Margaret Jamieson MSP - Lab - Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Ian Jenkins MSP - LD - Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

Alex Johnstone MSP - Con - North East Scotland

Mr Andy Kerr MSP - Lab - East Kilbride

Johann Lamont MSP - Lab - Glasgow Pollok

Marilyn Livingstone MSP - Lab - Kirkcaldy

Richard Lochhead MSP - SNP - North East Scotland

George Lyon MSP - LD - Argyll and Bute

Mr John McAllion MSP - Lab - Dundee East

Mr Kenny MacAskill MSP - SNP - Lothians

Mr Frank McAveety MSP - Lab - Glasgow Shettleston

Mr Tom McCabe MSP - Lab - Hamilton South

Mr Jack McConnell MSP - Lab - Motherwell and Wishaw

Lewis Macdonald MSP - Lab - Aberdeen Central

Ms Margo MacDonald MSP - SNP - Lothians

Mr Jamie McGrigor MSP - Con - Highlands and Islands

Irene McGugan MSP - SNP - North East Scotland

Mr Kenneth Macintosh MSP - Lab - Eastwood

Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh MSP - Con - Central Scotland

Angus Mackay MSP - Lab - Edinburgh South

Kate Maclean MSP - Lab - Dundee West

Henry McLeish MSP - Lab - Central Fife

Fiona McLeod MSP - SNP - West of Scotland

David McLetchie MSP - Con - Lothians

Mr Michael McMahon MSP - Lab - Hamilton North and Bellshill

Maureen Macmillan MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands

Duncan McNeil MSP - Lab - Greenock and Inverclyde

Pauline McNeill MSP - Lab - Glasgow Kelvin

Des McNulty MSP - Lab - Clydebank and Milngavie

Paul Martin MSP - Lab - Glasgow Springburn

Tricia Marwick MSP - SNP - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Mr Michael Matheson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland

Mr Brian Monteith MSP - Con - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Alasdair Morgan MSP - SNP - Galloway and Upper Nithsdale

Mr Alasdair Morrison MSP - Lab - Western Isles

Bristow Muldoon MSP - Lab - Livingston

Mrs Mary Mulligan MSP -Lab - Linlithgow

David Mundell MSP - Con - South of Scotland

Mr John Farquhar Munro MSP - LD - Ross, Skye and Inverness West

Dr Elaine Murray MSP - Lab - Dumfries

Alex Neil MSP - SNP - Central Scotland region

Irene Oldfather MSP - Lab - Cunninghame South

Mr Gil Paterson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland

Peter Peacock MSP - Lab - Highlands and Islands

Cathy Peattie MSP - Lab - Falkirk East

Mr Lloyd Quinan MSP - SNP - West of Scotland

Nora Radcliffe MSP - LD - Gordon

Mr Keith Raffan MSP - LD - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Mr George Reid MSP - SNP - Mid-Scotland and Fife

Shona Robison MSP - SNP - North East Scotland

Euan Robson MSP - LD - Roxburgh and Berwickshire

Mr Mike Rumbles MSP - LD - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Michael Russell MSP - SNP - South of Scotland

Mary Scanlon MSP - Con - Highlands and Islands

John Scott MSP - Con - Ayr

Tavish Scott MSP - LD - Shetland

Tommy Sheridan MSP - SSP - Glasgow

Dr Richard Simpson MSP - Lab - Ochil

Elaine Smith MSP - Lab - Coatbridge and Chryston

Iain Smith MSP - LD - North East Fife

Mrs Margaret Smith MSP - LD - Edinburgh West

Rt Hon Sir David Steel KBE MSP - LD - Lothians

Nicol Stephen MSP - LD - Aberdeen South

Stewart Stevenson MSP - SNP - Banff and Buchan

Mr Jamie Stone MSP - LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP - SNP - Glasgow

Mr John Swinney MSP - SNP - North Tayside

Elaine Thomson MSP - Lab - Aberdeen North

Mr Murray Tosh MSP - Con - South of Scotland

Mrs Kay Ullrich MSP - SNP - West of Scotland

Ben Wallace MSP - Con - North East Scotland

Mr Jim Wallace MSP - LD - Orkney

Mike Watson MSP - Lab - Glasgow Cathcart

Mr Andrew Welsh MSP - SNP - Angus

Ms Sandra White MSP - SNP - Glasgow

Karen Whitefield MSP - Lab - Airdrie and Shotts

Allan Wilson MSP - Lab - Cunninghame North

Andrew Wilson MSP - SNP - Central Scotland

John Young OBE MSP - Con - West of Scotland

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