Scots National Pairty
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Leader | John Swinney |
Depute leader | Keith Brown |
Wastminster Group Leader | Stephen Flynn |
Foondit | 1934 |
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Heidquarters | Gordon Lamb House 3 Jackson's Entry Edinburgh EH8 8PJ |
Student weeng | Federation o Student Naitionalists |
Youth weeng | Young Scots for Unthirldom |
Membership (2016) | ![]() |
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Poleetical poseetion | Centre-left[7][8][9][10] |
European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
European Pairlament group | Greens/EFA |
Colours | Yellow |
Hoose o Commons (Scots seats) | 45 / 59 [11] |
Scots Pairlament[12] | 64 / 129 |
Local govrenment in Scotland[13] | 396 / 1,227 |
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www.snp.org | |
Politics o Scotland Political parties |
The Scots National Pairty[14] (SNP) is a poleetical pairty in Scotland, campainin fur Scots unthirldom. It is a social-democratic pairty. Syne the Scots elections in 2007 the pairty wis in minority government in the Scots Pairlament; in 2011, the SNP wun a majority o the seats of this Pairliment. It is the biggest single pairty or bodie in Scotland campainin.
Thay'v 45 seats in the Hoose o Commons, 64 in the Scots Pairlament an 396 local councillors.
The pairty's convener is John Swinney. He is the current First Meenister o Scotland. He succeeded Humza Yousaf, that wis heidyin o the Pairty, an Member o Scots Parliament fur the constituency o Glesga Soothside.
The pairty wis staiblisht in 1934 frae a comin-thegither o the Naitional Pairty o Scotland an the Scots Pairty. The SNP originally campaignt fur hame rule an a Scots Pairlament[15]. John MacCormick, the then leader, left in 1942 fur tae form the pressure group the Scottish Covenant Association.[15]
It won its first pairlamentary seat in a 1945 by-election (tae the Wastmeinster pairlament).
Thair support reakit a first heich pynt in the Februar 1974 Westminster election, wi 21.9% o the Scots vote.[15]
The SNP is a centre-left nationalist pairty.[16] Its nationalism is speceefically civic nationalism, i.e. hingin in wi civic institutions an territoritiality.[15] It is parteicular in that cultural or ethnic heritage is rarely mentioned in SNP campagin ads.[15]