Holyrood Live: Ken Macintosh is elected presiding officer after the swearing-in ceremony

Summary

MSPs were sworn in for the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament
All 129 members took either an oath or an affirmation in the well of the Holyrood chamber
The newly sworn-in MSPs elect Ken Macintosh as presiding officer
MSPs elect SNP MSP Linda Fabiani and SNP MSP Christine Grahame as deputy presiding officers

Live Reporting

Craig Hutchison and Colin Bell

That's all from us folks, on the day MSPs were sworn in and elected Ken Macintosh as POpublished at 18:52 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
That's all from us on Holyrood Live on 12 May 2016, on the day MSPs were sworn in and then elected Ken Macintosh as presiding officer.
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Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh and his deputies Christine Grahame and Linda Fabiani
SNP MSP Linda Fabiani and SNP MSP Christine Grahame were elected as the deputy presiding officers.
We'll be back next Tuesday, until then have a lovely weekend.
Parliament is adjourned....published at 18:49 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh congratulates Christine Grahame.
Mr Macintosh says the next meeting of the parliament will be at 2pm on Tuesday 17th May, when MSPs will select a nominee for the appointment of first minister.
With that, Mr Macintosh brings to an end his first half day in office and adjourns the parliament.
And the winner is..... SNP MSP Christine Grahamepublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh announces Christine Grahame as the second deputy presiding officer.
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame 65
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell 58
The candidates scrutinise the final count of the day, for the second deputy presiding officer postpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
The final two candidates SNP MSP Christine Grahame (appropriately in yellow) and Scottish Conservative Margaret Mitchell (again appropriately in blue) scrutinise the final count.
The final vote for deputy presiding officer gets underwaypublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
MSPs vote for the final time today, to choose the second deputy presiding officer.
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell
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MSPs go to the back of the chamber to vote
Kenneth Gibson is eliminated and we move on to round two..published at 18:33 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Here's the result
- SNP MSP Kenny Gibson 24
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame 43
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell 57
Kenny Gibson is eliminated and we have a brief break before round two.
The plot thickens as the count continues.......published at 18:31 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
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SNP MSPs cluster
The hard working ladies count more votes in this second deputy presiding officer electionpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
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The count continues
Labour MSP Jackie Baillie congratulates SNP MSP Linda Fabiani on her new role...published at 18:26 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
The election of the second deputy presiding officer is underwaypublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
The election of the second deputy presiding officer is underway as MSPs cast their votes.
The presiding officer congratulate Ms Fabiani and moves on the next electionpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh congratulates Ms Fabiani and says MSPs will be delighted to hear the election of the second presiding officer can now get underway, with the following candidates:
- SNP MSP Kenny Gibson
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell
And the winner is......Linda Fabiani is our first deputy presiding officerpublished at 18:16 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh announces SNP MSP Linda Fabiani as the first deputy presiding officer.
- SNP MSP Linda Fabiani 72 votes
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell 52 votes
A fistful of votes but how many for Fabiani and how many for Mitchell?published at 18:13 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Linda Fabiani and Margaret Mitchell appear to be looking the wrong way as they are supposed to be scrutinising the count.
The remaining candidates and their scrutineers soon return their gaze to the ballots.
Here's the candidates for the deputy presiding officer posts with their backerspublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
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Round three of the deputy presiding officer elections now.....published at 18:07 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh says voting is closed in the third round of the deputy presiding officer elections, somewhat prematurely as the vote has not yet taken place.
To much laughter Mr Macintosh says: "Sack the presiding officer." and threatens another election!
Back to the third round of voting for his side kicks and there's two candidates still in the running:
- SNP MSP Linda Fabiani
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell
SNP MSP Christine Grahame is eliminated and we move to round threepublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh announces the result of the second round of voting for the posts of deputy presiding officer:
- SNP MSP Linda Fabiani 59 votes
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame 19 votes
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell 46 votes
Again no overall majority and therefore Christine Grahame is eliminated
She jokes a wee bit too loudly: "The story of my life."
A brief break and then round three.
Again the remaining candidates and their scrutineers watch the count avidlypublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
Again the remaining candidates and their scrutineers watch the count avidly.
The chamber is resplendent in dappled sunshine as the count beginspublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
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The chamber is resplendent in dappled sunshine
Some of our MSPs are missing...published at 17:52 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
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Seconds out round two..........published at 17:49 British Summer Time 12 May 2016
And then there were three.......MSPs vote for the second time for their two deputy presiding officers.
- SNP MSP Linda Fabiani
- SNP MSP Christine Grahame
- Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell