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 Liam McArthur returns to the chamber after his thumping victory in Orkney, increasing his party's share of the vote by nearly 32%.
Orkney was the first constituency to declare in the Scottish Parliament election.
Mr McArthur was re-elected with 67% of the vote.
Image source, bbcLib Dem MSP Liam McArthur
SNP MSP Joan McAlpine takes the oath.
SNP MSP Joan McAlpine won through on the South of Scotland list, having failed in her attempt to win Dumfriesshire.
Image source, SNP DumfriesshireSNP MSP Joan McAlpine helps the breast cancer campaign
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson takes the oath.
SNP MSP Michael Matheson won Falkirk West comfortably.
The justice secretary secured 18,260 votes.
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Michael Matheson celebrates wining Falkirk East
SNP MSP John Mason won Glasgow Shettleston and makes the affirmation.
SNP MSP Gillian Martin won Aberdeenshire East and makes an affirmation.
Labour MSP Jenny Marra takes the oath.
Labour MSP Jenny Marra won through on the North East list, having failed to beat the SNP's Joe Fitzpatrick in Dundee City West.
Image source, bbcLabour MSP Jenny Marra
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire takes the oath in English and Gaelic.
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire joins her father John Finnie in the chamber, albeit in a different party, having won Cunninghame South.
John Finnie was elected as Scottish Green Party MSP, in the Highlands and Islands.
Asked whether they might fall out, John said politics would be off limits at home while Ruth quipped that she had "asked him not to do any embarrassing dad stuff".
The duo are the first family members to represent different parties in the Scottish Parliament.
Image source, SNPSNP MSP Ruth Maguire
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Ruth Maguire and her dad John Finnie, now a Green MSP
SNP MSP Ben Macpherson makes the affirmation.
SNP MSP Ben Macpherson won Edinburgh Northern and Leith, having defeated nearest rival Labour's Lesley Hinds by nearly 7,000 votes.
The seat had been previously held by Labour stalwart Malcolm Chisholm.
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SNP MSP Rona Mackay makes the affirmation.
SNP MSP Rona Mackay won Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
Image source, SNPSNP MSP Rona Mackay
Transport Minister Derek Mackay takes the oath.
Transport minister Derek Mackay is back having won Renfrewshire North and West with more than double the vote of his nearest rival.
Image source, SNPSNP MSP Derek Mackay
Labour MSP Ken Macintosh takes the oath.
On descending into the well of the chamber he was accompanied by the soundtrack of toddler wailing.
Having had six children himself, this will not have been a foreign sound to Mr Macintosh.
It is indeed return of the Mac as Labour MSP Ken Macintosh managed to get through on the Glasgow list, having lost in Eastwood to Tory Jackson Carlaw.
Mr Macintosh had been an MSP for Eastwood since the Scottish Parliament was created in 1999.
Image source, bbcLabour MSP Ken Macintosh congratulates Jackson Carlaw
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SNP MSP Fulton MacGregor won Coatbridge and Chryston with an increased share of the vote.
A resplendent Mr MacGregor takes the oath.
