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

	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	Dorothy-Grace Elder	Glasgow	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	Margo MacDonald^{[note 11]}	Lothians	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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	Rosemary Byrne	South of Scotland	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 Democrat	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	Jean Urquhart^{[note 19]}	Highlands and Islands	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

Notes

↑ Wendy Alexander is the sister of former MP Douglas Alexander.
↑ Sarah Boyack was defeated for her constituency seat in 2011, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2011.
↑ Roseanna Cunningham was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Perth 1995–97, and for Perth and Kinross 1997–2001.
↑ Margaret Curran was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow East 2010–15.
↑ 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
↑ 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.
↑ Trish Godman is the wife of Norman Godman MP.
↑ Annabel Goldie was made a life peer in 2013 as Baroness Goldie, of Bishopton in the County of Renfrewshire.
↑ Cathy Jamieson was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun 2010–15.
↑ Johann Lamont was defeated for her constituency seat in 2016, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2016.
↑ Margo MacDonald was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan 1973–74. She was the wife of Jim Sillars.
↑ Cathy Peattie is the mother of Cara Hilton.
↑ Shona Robison is the wife of Stewart Hosie.
↑ Elaine Smith was defeated for her constituency seat in 2016, but was elected as a Regional Member in 2016.
↑ Claudia Beamish is the daughter of Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood.
↑ 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.
↑ Joan McAlpine is the former wife of Pat Kane.
↑ Siobhan McMahon is aaughter of fellow MSP Michael McMahon.
↑ Jean Urquhart is the wife of Robert Urquhart.
↑ Cara Hilton is the daughter of Cathy Peattie.
↑ Ruth Maguire is the daughter of John Finnie MSP

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[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.

[margo-macdonald-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.

[jean-urquhart-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 John Finnie MSP