2003 Scottish Parliament Election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
- 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)
Read more about this topic: Mid Scotland And Fife (Scottish Parliament Electoral Region)
Famous quotes containing the words scottish, parliament and/or election:
“Better wear out shoes than sheets.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in J. Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs (1721)
“At the ramparts on the cliff near the old Parliament House I counted twenty-four thirty-two-pounders in a row, pointed over the harbor, with their balls piled pyramid-wise between them,—there are said to be in all about one hundred and eighty guns mounted at Quebec,—all which were faithfully kept dusted by officials, in accordance with the motto, “In time of peace prepare for war”; but I saw no preparations for peace: she was plainly an uninvited guest.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Now that the election is over, may not all, having a common interest, re-unite in a common effort, to save our common country?”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)