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Nine out of the 129 MSPs are from further and higher education.

Of the seven who won seats for Labour, six are women: Sarah Boyack, lecturer in town planning at Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Rhona Brankin, lecturer in special educational needs, Northern College of Education, Dundee; Margaret Curran, lecturer in community education, Strathclyde 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Sylvia Jackson, lecturer in chemistry, Moray House Institute of Education, Edinburgh 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Marilyn Livingstone, head of the business school, Fife College; and Elaine Murray, OU lecturer in chemistry. Labour's Des McNulty was head of strategic planning, Glasgow Caledonian 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

The Lib Dems have Mike Rumble, head of business management, Aberdeen College, while the Conservatives have Mary Scanlon, lecturer in economics and management, Inverness College.