When the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999 ... until 2016 to avoid a clash with the UK general election. MSPs elected in 2016 and councillors elected in 2017 are serving five-year ...

We took the exact results of the 2016 election ... On 6 May, people across Scotland will vote to elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The party that wins the most seats will ...

Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) are usually elected every four years. This sometimes changes to five years if it clashes with UK Parliament elections. The system used to elect MSPs is ...

After winning a majority in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections, the Scottish National ... in the Scotland Act 2012 and the Scotland Act 2016. In the lead-up to the referendum vote, the leaders ...

The arrangements for elections to the Scottish Parliament. Devolution of Tribunals in reserved areas – such as the Employment Tribunals – in Scotland. Devolution of additional powers over equal ...

The Scotland Act 2016 has given the Scottish Parliament the power, for the first time, to allow a public-sector bid for rail franchises in Scotland. This power was secured by the SNP government, after ...