Composition of The Parliament
| Party | May 1999 election |
April 2003 dissolution |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Scottish Labour Party | 56 | 55 |
| Scottish National Party | 35 | 34 | |
| Scottish Conservative Party | 18 | 19 | |
| • | Scottish Liberal Democrats | 17 | 16 |
| Scottish Green Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Scottish Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 1 | 2 | |
| Presiding Officer | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 129 | ||
Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)
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