List of female Members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of women who are or have been Members of the Scottish Parliament.

List of female Members of the Scottish Parliament
Party Name Constituency Year elected Year left Reason
Labour Wendy Alexander[note 1] Paisley North 1999 2011 Retired
Labour Jackie Baillie Dumbarton 1999 Serving
Labour Sarah Boyack Edinburgh Central & Lothians 1999 2016 Defeated[note 2]
Labour Rhona Brankin Midlothian 1999 2011 Retired
Labour Cathie Craigie Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1999 2011 Defeated
SNP Roseanna Cunningham[note 3] Perth & Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 1999 Serving
Labour Margaret Curran[note 4] Glasgow Baillieston 1999 2011 Retired
Labour Susan Deacon Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 1999 2007 Retired
Labour Helen Eadie Dunfermline East & Cowdenbeath 1999 2013 Died
SNP Dorothy-Grace Elder Glasgow 1999 2002 (Crossed the floor in 2002) Resigned from the SNP, became an Independent
Independent 2002 2003 Retired
SNP Margaret Ewing[note 5] Moray 1999 2006 Died
SNP Winnie Ewing[note 6] Highlands and Islands 1999 2003 Retired
SNP Linda Fabiani Central Scotland & East Kilbride 1999 Serving
Labour Patricia Ferguson Glasgow Maryhill & Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 1999 2016 Defeated
Labour Karen Gillon Clydesdale 1999 2011 Defeated
Labour Trish Godman[note 7] West Renfrewshire 1999 2011 Retired
Conservative Annabel Goldie[note 8] West of Scotland 1999 2016 Retired
SNP Christine Grahame South of Scotland & Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 1999 Serving
Labour Rhoda Grant Highlands and Islands 1999 & 2007 2003 Defeated & Serving
Labour Janis Hughes Glasgow Rutherglen 1999 2007 Retired
SNP Fiona Hyslop Lothians & Linlithgow 1999 Serving
Labour Sylvia Jackson Stirling 1999 2007 Defeated
Labour Cathy Jamieson[note 9] Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 1999 2011 Retired
Labour Margaret Jamieson Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1999 2007 Defeated
Labour Johann Lamont Glasgow Pollok & Glasgow 1999 Serving[note 10]
Labour Marilyn Livingstone Kirkcaldy 1999 2011 Defeated
SNP Margo MacDonald[note 11] Lothians 1999 2003 (Crossed the floor in 2003) Expelled from the SNP, became an Independent
Independent 2003 2014 Died
Labour Kate Maclean Dundee West 1999 2007 Defeated
Labour Maureen Macmillan Highlands and Islands 1999 2007 Defeated
SNP Tricia Marwick Mid Scotland and Fife & Central Fife & Mid Fife and Glenrothes 1999 2016 Retired
SNP Irene McGugan North East Scotland 1999 2003 Defeated
Conservative Lyndsay McIntosh Central Scotland 1999 2003 Defeated
SNP Fiona McLeod West of Scotland & Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1999 & 2011 2003 & 2016 Defeated & retired
Labour Pauline McNeill Glasgow Kelvin & Glasgow 1999 & 2016 2011 Defeated & Serving
Labour Mary Mulligan Linlithgow 1999 2011 Defeated
Labour Elaine Murray Dumfries & Dumfriesshire 1999 2016 Defeated
Labour Irene Oldfather Cunninghame South 1999 2011 Defeated
Labour Cathy Peattie[note 12] Falkirk East 1999 2011 Defeated
Liberal Democrats Nora Radcliffe Gordon 1999 2007 Defeated
SNP Shona Robison[note 13] North East Scotland & Dundee East & Dundee City East 1999 Serving
Conservative Mary Scanlon Highlands and Islands 1999 2016 Retired
Labour Elaine Smith Coatbridge and Chryston & Central Scotland 1999 Serving[note 14]
Liberal Democrats Margaret Smith Edinburgh West 1999 2011 Defeated
SNP Nicola Sturgeon Glasgow & Glasgow Govan & Glasgow Southside 1999 Serving
Labour Elaine Thomson Aberdeen North 1999 2003 Defeated
SNP Kay Ullrich West of Scotland 1999 2003 Retired
SNP Sandra White Glasgow & Glasgow Kelvin 1999 Serving
Labour Karen Whitefield Airdrie and Shotts 1999 2011 Defeated
Scottish Socialist Rosemary Byrne South of Scotland 2003 2006 (Crossed the floor in 2006) Resigned from the SSP, created Solidarity
Solidarity 2006 2007 Defeated
Scottish Socialist Frances Curran West of Scotland 2003 2007 Defeated
Labour Marlyn Glen North East Scotland 2003 2011 Retired
Scottish Socialist Rosie Kane Glasgow 2003 2007 Defeated
Scottish Socialist Carolyn Leckie Central Scotland 2003 2007 Defeated
Conservative Nanette Milne North East Scotland 2003 2016 Retired
Conservative Margaret Mitchell Central Scotland 2003 Serving
Scottish Green Eleanor Scott Highlands and Islands 2003 2007 Defeated
Independent Jean Turner Strathkelvin and Bearsden 2003 2007 Defeated
SNP Maureen Watt North East & Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 2006 Serving
Labour Claire Baker Mid Scotland and Fife 2007 Serving
SNP Aileen Campbell South of Scotland & Clydesdale 2007 Serving
SNP Angela Constance Livingston & Almond Valley 2007 Serving
Liberal Democrats Alison McInnes OBE North East Scotland 2007 2016 Defeated
SNP Christina McKelvie Central Scotland & Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 2007 Serving
Conservative Elizabeth Smith Mid Scotland and Fife 2007 Serving
SNP Shirley-Anne Somerville Lothians & Dunfermline 2007 & 2016 2011 Defeated & Serving
SNP Anne McLaughlin Glasgow 2009 2011 Defeated
SNP Clare Adamson Central Scotland 2011 Serving
Labour Claudia Beamish[note 15] South of Scotland 2011 Serving
SNP Margaret Burgess Cunninghame South 2011 2016 Retired
Conservative Ruth Davidson Glasgow & Edinburgh Central 2011 Serving
Labour Kezia Dugdale Lothians 2011 Serving
SNP Annabelle Ewing[note 16] Mid Scotland and Fife & Cowdenbeath 2011 Serving
Labour Mary Fee West of Scotland 2011 Serving
Scottish Green Alison Johnstone Lothians 2011 Serving
Labour Jenny Marra North East Scotland 2011 Serving
SNP Joan McAlpine[note 17] South of Scotland 2011 Serving
Labour Margaret McCulloch Central Scotland 2011 2016 Defeated
Labour Margaret McDougall West of Scotland 2011 2016 Retired
SNP Aileen McLeod South Scotland 2011 2016 Defeated
Labour Siobhan McMahon[note 18] Central Scotland 2011 2016 Defeated
Labour Anne McTaggart Glasgow 2011 2016 Defeated
SNP Jean Urquhart[note 19] Highlands and Islands 2011 2012 (Crossed the floor in 2012) Resigned from the SNP, became an Independent
Independent 2012 2016 Defeated
Labour Jayne Baxter Mid Scotland and Fife 2012 2016 Retired
Labour Cara Hilton[note 20] Dunfermline 2013 2016 Defeated
Labour Lesley Brennan North East Scotland 2016 2016 Defeated
SNP Ash Denham Edinburgh Eastern 2016 Serving
SNP Mairi Evans Angus North and Mearns 2016 Serving
SNP Kate Forbes Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 2016 Serving
SNP Jeane Freeman Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2016 Serving
SNP Jenny Gilruth Mid Fife and Glenrothes 2016 Serving
Conservative Rachael Hamilton Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 2016 Serving
SNP Emma Harper South Scotland 2016 Serving
Conservative Alison Harris Central Scotland 2016 Serving
Labour Monica Lennon Central Scotland 2016 Serving
SNP Rona Mackay Strathkelvin and Bearsden 2016 Serving
SNP Ruth Maguire[note 21] Cunninghame South 2016 Serving
SNP Gillian Martin Aberdeenshire East 2016 Serving
SNP Gail Ross Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 2016 Serving
SNP Maree Todd Highlands and Islands 2016 Serving
Conservative Annie Wells Glasgow 2016 Serving
Conservative Michelle Ballantyne South Scotland 2017 Serving
Liberal Democrats Beatrice Wishart Shetland 2019 Serving

Notes
  1. Wendy Alexander is the sister of former MP Douglas Alexander.
  2. Sarah Boyack was defeated for her constituency seat in 2011, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2011.
  3. Roseanna Cunningham was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth 1995–97, and for Perth and Kinross 1997–2001.
  4. Margaret Curran was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow East 2010–15.
  5. Margaret Ewing was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dunbartonshire 1974–79, and MP for Moray 1987–2001. Wife of fellow MSP Fergus Ewing, daughter in law to fellow MP/MSP Winnie Ewing and sister in law to Annabelle Ewing.
  6. Winnie Ewing was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton 1967–70, and for & Moray and Nairn 1974–79. Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Highlands and Islands from 1979–99. Mother of Fergus Ewing and Annabelle Ewing and mother in law to Margaret Ewing.
  7. Trish Godman is the wife of Norman Godman MP.
  8. Annabel Goldie was made a life peer in 2013 as Baroness Goldie, of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire.
  9. Cathy Jamieson was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 2010–15.
  10. Johann Lamont was defeated for her constituency seat in 2016, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2016.
  11. Margo MacDonald was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan 1973–74. She was the wife of Jim Sillars.
  12. Cathy Peattie is the mother of Cara Hilton.
  13. Shona Robison is the wife of Stewart Hosie.
  14. Elaine Smith was defeated for her constituency seat in 2016, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2016.
  15. Claudia Beamish is the daughter of Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood.
  16. Annabelle Ewing was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth 2001–05. She is a sister of fellow MSP Fergus Ewing, daughter of Winnie Ewing and sister in law to Margaret Ewing.
  17. Joan McAlpine is the former wife of Pat Kane.
  18. Siobhan McMahon is aaughter of fellow MSP Michael McMahon.
  19. Jean Urquhart is the wife of Robert Urquhart.
  20. Cara Hilton is the daughter of Cathy Peattie.
  21. Ruth Maguire is the daughter of MSP John Finnie.
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