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
Lib Dem MSP Tavish Scott won Shetland on his 50th birthday no less and hugely increasing his share of the vote.
Image source, Lib demsTavish Scott
Conservative MSP John Scott takes the oath.
Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick greets Tory MSP John Scott
Conservative MSP John Scott, the former deputy presiding officer, will find these proceedings a breeze given his experience.
Mr Scott won the Ayr constituency with less than a thousand votes to spare, but with an increased share of the vote.
Image source, bbcTory MSP John Scott
Labour MSP Anas Sarwar takes the oath, preceding it with a sentence in Arabic.
Former Labour MP Anas Sarwar swops the House of Commons for Holyrood, having won through on the Glasgow list.
Anas Sarwar was born and brought up in the Glasgow and was elected as MP for Glasgow Central in 2010. He succeeded his father Mohammad Sarwar, the first-ever Muslim MP in the UK.
The former dentist lost the seat in the general election in 2015.
Image source, bbcLabour MSP Anas Sarwar
SNP MSP Mike Russell takes the oath and then repeats it in Doric and Gaelic.
Mike Russell won Argyll and Bute for the SNP with a reduced share of the vote.
Mr Russell was elected as a regional member for the South of Scotland to the Scottish Parliament when it was established in 1999 and in 2011 became the constituency MSP for Argyll & Bute where he has lived for 25 years.
Image source, bbcMike Russell, SNP
Mr Ruskell begins by saying: "In my heart my allegiance is to the people of Scotland."
The Green MSP then makes the affirmation.
Mark Ruskell returns to the parliament having missed out on the last nine years.
Mr Ruskell was part of the Scottish Green group of seven MSPs elected in 2003.
He won through on the Mid Scotland and Fife list.
Image source, bbcGreen MSP Mark Ruskell
Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles returns to Holyrood as a list MSP for the North East of Scotland.
Mr Rumbles lost his seat in the Scottish Parliament in the 2011 election.
He takes the oath
Scottish Labour deputy leader Alex Rowley takes the oath.
Labour MSP Alex Rowley won through on the Mid Scotland and Fife list.
Image source, getty imagesScottish Labour's deputy leader Alex Rowley joins boss Kezia Dugdale
SNP MSP Gail Ross makes the affirmation.
New SNP MSP Gail Ross won the Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency.
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Gail Ross
Image source, bbcThere's no place like home.....
She steps into the shoes vacated by Rob Gibson and her footwear on the night of the election proved to be a minor sensation.
Conservative MSP Douglas Ross won his seat on the Highlands and Islands list.
Mr Ross takes the oath.
Health Secretary Shona Robison makes the affirmation.
SNP MSP Shona Robison won Dundee East comfortably.
Ms Robison, the health secretary during the last parliamentary session, did see her party's share of the vote fall.
Image source, bbcHealth Secretary Shona Robison
SNP MSP Gil Paterson makes the affirmation.
SNP MSP Gil Paterson won Clydebank and Milngavie
Mr Paterson joined the SNP in 1967 and has worked in all campaigns since.
He was first elected as an MSP in 1999.
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Gil Paterson
Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil takes the oath "for the fifth time", to much hilarity.
