State or region
Presiding Officer
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Scottish Parliament from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected from among its members by the Scottish Parliament at the start of each session (Scotland Act 1998 s.19); by convention gives up party affiliation.
- Chosen by
- Scottish Parliament
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Kenneth Gibson since May 2026 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)
Sources
- data.parliament.scot · checked Scottish Parliament open data API (members, MemberElectionConstituencyStatuses, MemberElectionRegionStatuses, MemberParties, Constituencies, Regions), read 2026-10-12: current 129 MSPs, constituency or region, party, start date. For: Presiding Officer, Kenneth Gibson, current term
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Kenneth Gibson elected Presiding Officer 14 May 2026, read 2026-10-12. Fallback: Wikipedia and SPICe, because parliament.scot page not fetched. For: Kenneth Gibson, current term
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