WORD BANK - Scottish Parliament

There are 45 (34.9 %) female MSPs in the Scottish Parliament.
Political Party Number of
Female MSPs
Scottish National Party 18
Scottish Labour Party 17
Scottish Conservative and Unionist 6
Party
Scottish Liberal Democratic Party 1
Scottish Green Party 1
Independents 1
Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick) 1
The Additional Member System was used to create a fairer share of the seats
in the Parliament in relation to the percentage of votes a party received.
Political Party
% of % of Seats
Votes Won
Scottish National Party 44.7 53.5
Scottish Labour Party 29 28.7
Scottish Conservative and 13.15 11.6
Unionist Party
Scottish Liberal Democratic 6.55 3.9
Party
Green Party 1.6 1.6
Other 3.95 -
Margo Macdonald 0.9 0.8
*The % of votes figure was reached by adding together the percentage share of constituency votes and
percentage share of regional votes and dividing by two to get an average.
All day on a Tuesday and a Wednesday morning MSPs may be working in the
Committees of the Parliament
On Wednesday afternoon and all day on a Thursday MSPs may be working in
the Chamber of the Parliament
Mondays and Fridays are usually reserved for working in their Constituency or
Region
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