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Elections: Reasons for elections and by-elections

This dataset contains a list of reasons someone ceases to be an MSP. This includes dissolution (end of the parliamentary session), resignation, retiral etc.

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Category Council and Government, Elections / Politics
Maintainer Scottish Parliament
Date Created
Date Updated 2026-04-03
Original dataset link https://data.parliament.scot/#/datasets