The Scottish Parliament at 25: A timeline

May 6 1999: The first Scottish election is held. Labour, as expected, come out on top with 56 seats across the constituency and regional list, with the SNP taking 35, the Tories on 18, the Lib Dems on 17 and the Greens and Scottish Socialist Party’s on one MSP each. Labour and the Lib Dems agree a coalition, with respective leaders Donald Dewar and Jim Wallace to take up the first minister and deputy first minister positions.