Using the search tool
This page includes information about current and previous Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).
By default the list includes all current Members.
You can filter by:
- party
- regions or constituencies
- current and previous Parliamentary sessions
- sex or trans status (Session 7 onwards) (see information further below for earlier parliamentary sessions)
Select the “apply filter” option to activate your filtered search, and the “reset filter” option to return to the default display of all current Members.
Personal Data Publication on Website – Sex and Trans Status
Searching data from parliamentary sessions 1 – 6
Historic data from parliamentary session 1 (1999-2003) to session 6 (2021-2026) can be filtered by Male / Female only.
From session 7 (2026-2031) onwards, you can filter by sex and trans status.
Data collection method and consent
Information on the Sex and Trans status of MSPs for session 7 has been collected on a voluntary basis and is only displayed via the website filter where MSPs have provided express consent to do so.
Consent to publish data may be withdrawn at any point. Where consent is withdrawn or information is updated, this may result in changes being made to the website to ensure that published information remains legally compliant, transparent and accurate over time. Categories for the filters are:
- Sex - Male, Female, Undisclosed (please note that ‘Undisclosed’ has been used where there has been no confirmation from MSPs as to their sex or where MSPs have declined to consent to publication of this information);
- Trans status - self-description used as provided (please note that trans status categories will only appear in the dropdown if MSPs have provided consent for this status to be published)
Definitions
Sex
Sex is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and refers to a male or a female of any age. For the purposes of the 2010 Act, ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ refer to biological sex.
Trans status
Trans is an umbrella term used to refer to people whose gender identity is different from their sex at birth. Trans status refers to whether or not an individual considers themselves to be trans. Trans people may describe themselves as, for example, non-binary, trans man, trans woman.
A person has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment as defined in the Equality Act 2010 if that person is proposing to undergo, is undergoing, or has undergone a process (or part of a process) to reassign a person’s sex by changing physiological or other attributes of sex.