The people who represent you in the Scottish Parliament are called Members of the Scottish Parliament, or MSPs for short.
There are 129 elected MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and every person in Scotland is represented by eight of them. You elect your MSPs every five years.
Each MSP looks after an area in Scotland. 73 MSPs are constituency MSPs, representing local areas. 56 are regional MSPs who look after a much bigger area, known as a region. You are represented by one constituency MSP and seven regional MSPs.
Your MSPs divide their time between work at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh and local work in your area.
You can contact any of the MSPs who represent you to ask questions about issues that are important to you. You can speak over the phone, by email, or face to face when they hold an open meeting in your area, known as a surgery. You can find their contact details on the Scottish Parliament’s website.
You can visit the Scottish Parliament website for information about visiting the Parliament.
You can also watch debates and meetings on Scottish Parliament TV.
