Council
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Who is the Member of Parliament
for your area?
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to find out details of your MSP, MP or MEP.
About the Parliaments
There are 129
Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). MSPs represent their constituents
on matters which are devolved to the Scottish Parliament, such as Education,
Health and the Environment.
There are 69 MPs
representing Scotland in the House of Commons at Westminster. Their role
is to represent their constituents on reserved matters which include Defence,
Foreign Affairs, National Security and Employment.
You should contact
your MSP(s) for devolved matters and your MP for reserved matters.
The European Parliament
has 626 Members who are elected in the fifteen member states of the EU
for a five-year term. There are 87 MEPs for the UK. Most of the time,
Parliament and the MEPs are based in Brussels where it's specialist committees
meet to scrutinize proposals for new EU laws
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