The 6th Scottish Parliament was elected at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. It was opened with the Escort to the Crown of Scotland Parade and Speech...
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The Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠl̪ˠəmɪtʲ nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]; Scots: Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature...
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first minister is John Swinney, who leads the Government of the 6th Scottish Parliament, as did his predecessors Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon. Before...
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Scottish Labour, officially the Scottish Labour Party, is the part of the UK Labour Party active in Scotland. Ideologically social democratic and unionist...
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of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Oifigear-Riaghlaidh, Scots: Preses) is the presiding officer and speaker of the Scottish Parliament. The office...
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Paul Sweeney (category Members of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow constituencies)
the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region in the 6th Scottish Parliament, elected in May 2021. He previously served as Member of Parliament (MP)...
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Alison Johnstone (category Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament)
the co-leader within the Scottish Parliament, until the 2021 election. Following the election to the 6th Scottish Parliament, Johnstone was the only candidate...
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Third Sturgeon government (category Scottish governments)
her Scottish National Party's victory in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parliament for appointment...
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Second Sturgeon government (redirect from Government of the 5th Scottish Parliament)
her Scottish National Party's victory in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 5th Scottish Parliament for appointment...
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Central Scotland (Meadhan-Alba in Gaelic) is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's...
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Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions...
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is a list of members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) who were returned to the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament. Of the 129 MSPs returned at...
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one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions...
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Tim Eagle (category Members of the Scottish Parliament 2021–2026)
Tim Eagle is a Scottish Conservative politician, serving as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since 2024....
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of the Scottish Seal, is the head of the Scottish Government and the keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. The first minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet...
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Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past...
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Swinney government (category Scottish governments)
minister of Scotland at the Court of Session. On 29 April 2024, Humza Yousaf announced his intention to resign the leadership of the Scottish National Party...
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Lorna Slater (category Female members of the Scottish Parliament)
Scottish Parliament, Alison Johnstone served as co-leader of the Scottish Greens within the Scottish Parliament, until the 2021 Scottish Parliament election...
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May 2021 "Scottish Parliament Region Election, Thursday 6th May 2021". Clackmannanshire Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021. "Scottish Parliament Constituency...
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North East Scotland is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Ten of the parliament's 73 first past...
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"settled will of the Scottish people". The Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government were subsequently established under the Scotland Act 1998; the Act...
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ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party. The party holds 63 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 43 out of...
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Alba Party (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
The Alba Party (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Alba) is a Scottish nationalist and pro-independence political party in Scotland, founded in February 2021, led...
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Acts of Union 1707 (redirect from Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707)
Acts of Union (Scottish Gaelic: Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and...
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of the Great Seal of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Neach-gleidhidh Seula Mòr na h-Alba) is the keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, and one of the great...
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Ruth Davidson (category Female members of the Scottish Parliament)
November 1978), is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2011 to 2019 and Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party...
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1926-1976 (Scottish Academic Press, 1979) Torrance, D., The Scottish Secretaries (Birlinn, 2006) Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl...
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This is a list of all Scottish Parliaments and Governments (called the Scottish Executive from 1999 until 2008) the time of the introduction of devolved...
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the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For acts of the devolved parliaments and assemblies in the United Kingdom, see the list of acts of the Scottish Parliament...
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