The General Synod has 140 elected members - 70 of them clergy and 70 lay people. Each diocese elects a set number of members, according to its size.
In addition, the Church's seven bishops, the conveners of the provincial Standing Committee and boards and the Church's representative on the Anglican Consultative Council are automatically Synod members.
The image below illustrates the distribution of Synod seats across the dioceses:
- Aberdeen & Orkney Diocese - 16 seats
- Argyll & the Isles Diocese - 12 seats
- Brechin Diocese - 14 seats
- Edinburgh Diocese - 34 seats
- Glasgow & Galloway - 28 seats
- Moray, Ross & Caithness - 14 seats
- St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane - 22 seats
