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
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Junior ministers
!style="width: 340px"|Post !colspan="2"|Minister !Term !Party ! rowspan="2" style="background-color: " | ! style="background-color: ; width: 1px" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color: ; width: 1px" | ! rowspan="2" style="background-color: ; width: 1px" | !rowspan="3" style="background-color: " | !rowspan="2" style="background-color: " | ! rowspan="4" style="background-color: ; width: 1px" | !style="background-color: " |
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Education and Young People
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Education and Young People
 * Euan Robson MSP ||2003–2005||Liberal Democrats
 * Robert Brown MSP ||2005–2007||Liberal Democrats
 * Deputy Minister for Communities
 * Deputy Minister for Communities
 * Deputy Minister for Communities
 * Mary Mulligan MSP ||2003–2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning
 * Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP ||2003–2004||Labour
 * Allan Wilson MSP ||2004–2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business
 * Tavish Scott MSP ||2003–2005||Liberal Democrats
 * George Lyon MSP ||2005–2007||Liberal Democrats
 * rowspan="3"|Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
 * rowspan="3"|Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
 * rowspan="3"|Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
 * Tom McCabe MSP ||2003–2004||Labour
 * Rhona Brankin MSP ||2004–2005||Labour
 * Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP ||2005–2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Justice
 * Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP ||2005–2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Justice
 * rowspan="2"|Deputy Minister for Justice
 * Hugh Henry MSP ||2003–2006||Labour
 * Johann Lamont MSP ||2006–2007||Labour
 * rowspan="4"|Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development
 * rowspan="4"|Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development
 * rowspan="4"|Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development
 * Allan Wilson MSP ||2003–2004||Labour
 * Dr Lewis Macdonald MSP ||2004–2005||Labour
 * Rhona Brankin MSP ||2005–2007||Labour
 * Sarah Boyack MSP ||2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Solicitor General for Scotland
 * Elish Angiolini QC||2003–2005||
 * Sarah Boyack MSP ||2007||Labour
 * rowspan="2"|Solicitor General for Scotland
 * Elish Angiolini QC||2003–2005||
 * Elish Angiolini QC||2003–2005||
 * Elish Angiolini QC||2003–2005||
 * John Beckett QC||2005–2007||Labour
 * }