Second McConnell government

The second McConnell government (20 May 2003 – 16 May 2007) was formed following the 2003 general election to the 2nd Scottish Parliament. Jack McConnell was re-appointed as First Minister on 20 May 2003 and headed another Labour–Liberal Democrat coalition government.

History

On 14 May Labour and Liberal Democrat MSPs voted on a coalition deal, that had been finalised between the parties negotiating teams.

List of ministers

Cabinet
Post	Minister		Term	Party
First Minister	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	The Rt Hon. Jack McConnell MSP	2003–2007	Labour
Deputy First Minister Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	The Rt Hon. Jim Wallace QC MSP	2003–2005	Liberal Democrats
	Nicol Stephen MSP	2005–2007	Liberal Democrats
Minister for Communities	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Margaret Curran MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Malcolm Chisholm MSP	2004–2006	Labour
	Rhona Brankin MSP	2006–2007	Labour
Minister for Education and Young People	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Peter Peacock MSP	2003–2006	Labour
	Hugh Henry MSP	2006–2007	Labour
Minister for Environment and Rural Development	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Ross Finnie MSP	2003–2007	Liberal Democrats
Minister for Finance and Public Services	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Andy Kerr MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Tom McCabe MSP	2004–2007	Labour
Minister for Health and Community Care	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Malcolm Chisholm MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Andy Kerr MSP	2004–2007	Labour
Minister for Justice	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Cathy Jamieson MSP	2003–2007	Labour
Minister for Parliament	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Patricia Ferguson MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Margaret Curran MSP	2004–2007	Labour
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Frank McAveety MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Patricia Ferguson MSP	2004–2007	Labour
Minister for Transport and Telecommunications	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Nicol Stephen MSP	2003–2005	Liberal Democrats
	Tavish Scott MSP	2005–2006	Liberal Democrats
Minister for Transport		2006–2007	Liberal Democrats
Lord Advocate	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	The Rt Hon. Colin Boyd QC	2003–2005	Labour
		The Rt Hon. Elish Angiolini QC	2005–2007

Junior ministers
Post	Minister		Term	Party
Deputy Minister for Education and Young People	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Euan Robson MSP	2003–2005	Liberal Democrats
	Robert Brown MSP	2005–2007	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Communities	style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Mary Mulligan MSP	2003–2007	Labour
Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Allan Wilson MSP	2004–2007	Labour
Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Tavish Scott MSP	2003–2005	Liberal Democrats
	George Lyon MSP	2005–2007	Liberal Democrats
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Tom McCabe MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Rhona Brankin MSP	2004–2005	Labour
	Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP	2005–2007	Labour
Deputy Minister for Justice	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	Hugh Henry MSP	2003–2006	Labour
	Johann Lamont MSP	2006–2007	Labour
Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color; width: 1px" |	Allan Wilson MSP	2003–2004	Labour
	Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP	2004–2005	Labour
	Rhona Brankin MSP	2005–2007	Labour
	Sarah Boyack MSP	2007	Labour
Solicitor General for Scotland		Elish Angiolini QC	2003–2005
	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Beckett QC	2005–2007	Labour