Members of the Scottish Parliament

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elected representative legislator public officeholder

Members of the Scottish Parliament are the elected representatives who serve in Scotland’s devolved national legislature, responsible for making laws and scrutinizing the Scottish Government.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Member of the Scottish Parliament	3

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elected representative ⓘ legislator ⓘ public officeholder ⓘ
canBelongTo	Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Green Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Labour Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Liberal Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish National Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	disqualification under statute ⓘ losing their seat at an election ⓘ not seeking re‑election ⓘ
canSitAs	independent MSP ⓘ
collectiveTerm	the Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
electionMethod	first‑past‑the‑post for constituency seats ⓘ regional party lists for additional members ⓘ
electionSystem	mixed‑member proportional representation ⓘ
electoralRegions	eight regions ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	must be a British, Irish, qualifying Commonwealth, or EU citizen (subject to current law) ⓘ must be at least 18 years old ⓘ
firstElected	1999 ⓘ
governedBy	Standing Orders of the Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
haveConstituencyDuties	hold surgeries for constituents ⓘ take up casework on behalf of constituents ⓘ
incompatibleOffice	certain offices of profit under the Crown ⓘ member of the House of Commons ⓘ
jurisdiction	devolved matters in Scotland ⓘ
legalBasis	Scotland Act 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfConstituencyMSPs	73 ⓘ
numberOfMembers	129 ⓘ
numberOfRegionalMSPs	56 ⓘ
oathRequirement	must take the oath of allegiance or make a solemn affirmation ⓘ
oversightScope	Scottish Government and its agencies NERFINISHED ⓘ
pluralForm	MSPs ⓘ
presidingOfficer	Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	approve the Scottish Government budget ⓘ debate public policy ⓘ hold ministers to account ⓘ introduce legislation ⓘ make laws for Scotland ⓘ propose amendments to bills ⓘ represent Scotland in inter‑parliamentary bodies ⓘ represent constituents in Scotland ⓘ scrutinize the Scottish Government ⓘ serve on parliamentary committees ⓘ
seatLocation	Holyrood, Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	MSP ⓘ
sitAt	Scottish Parliament building NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength	can be five years following certain elections ⓘ normally four years ⓘ
votingSystemGoal	proportional representation of parties ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Presiding Officer → electionBy → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

John Swinney → positionHeld → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the Scottish Parliament

Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament → officeHeldBy → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the Scottish Parliament

Scottish Parliament elections → elects → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

committees of the Scottish Parliament → composedOf → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body → composition → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Garden Lobby → usedBy → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

Scottish Cabinet Secretary → officeHolderMustHavePosition → Members of the Scottish Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the Scottish Parliament