The 6th Scottish Parliament was elected at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.^[1] It was opened with the Escort to the Crown of Scotland Parade and Speech from the Throne on 2 October 2021.

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6th Scottish Parliament
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Legislative body	Scottish Parliament
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Meeting place	Scottish Parliament Building
Term	13 May 2021 –
Election	2021
Government	Third Sturgeon government First Yousaf government Second Yousaf Government
Members	129
Presiding Officer	Alison Johnstone
First Minister	Nicola Sturgeon (2021–23) Humza Yousaf (2023–Present)
Deputy First Minister	John Swinney (2021–23) Shona Robison (2023–Present)
Leader of the Opposition	Douglas Ross
Sessions
1st 13 May 2021 –

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Government parties denoted with bullets (•)

• Presiding Officer: Alison Johnstone (Independent)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Deputy Presiding Officers: Annabelle Ewing (SNP), Liam McArthur (Lib Dems)

This is a list of MSPs so far elected.^[2] The changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the session, since the May 2021 election.

There are eight MSPs who have been constant members since the inauguration of the Parliament in 1999 (ten other founding members retired prior to the 2021 election): Jackie Baillie, Fergus Ewing and John Swinney have been elected six times under the same constituency (Swinney's was renamed with different boundaries in 2011); Christine Grahame, Fiona Hyslop, Michael Matheson, Shona Robison and Nicola Sturgeon were returned as a list member then a constituency member. A ninth MSP Richard Lochhead has served almost the same term, resigning his list seat in 2006 to successfully contest a by-election a few weeks later for a constituency seat, which he has defended since then.^[3]