He ceased to be an MSP with the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament on 2 April 2007 .
He would remain as MSP for Orkney until the 2007 election , but would serve his time out as a backbencher .
He ceased to be an MSP with the dissolution of the MSP   on 2 April 2007 .
He would remain as MSP for Orkney until the 2007 election , but would serve his time out as a backbencher .