Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament (MSP) in Scots) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.

Electoral system

The additional member system produces a form of proportional representation, where each constituency has its own representative, and each region has seats given to political parties to reflects as closely as possible its level of support among voters. Each registered voter is asked to cast 2 votes, resulting in MSPs being elected in one of two ways:

  • 73 are elected as First past the post constituency MSPs and;
  • 56 are elected as Regional additional member MSPs. Seven are elected from each of eight regional groups of constituencies.

    • Types of candidates

    With the additional members system, there are 3 ways in which a person can stand to be a MSP:

  • a constituency candidate
  • a candidate named on a party list at the regional election
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