Scots National Pairty

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Scots National Pairty
  • Scottish National Party
  • Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba
LeaderNicola Sturgeon
Depute leaderKeith Brown
Wastminster Group LeaderIan Blackford
Foondit1934 (1934)
Merger o
HeidquartersGordon Lamb House
3 Jackson's Entry
Edinburgh
EH8 8PJ
Student weengFederation o Student Naitionalists
Youth weengYoung Scots for Unthirldom
Membership  (2016)Increase 116,000
Ideology
Poleetical poseetionCentre-left[7][8][9][10]
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance
European Pairlament groupGreens/EFA
Colours     Yellow
Hoose o Commons (Scots seats)
45 / 59
[11]
Scots Pairlament[12]
64 / 129
Local govrenment in Scotland[13]
396 / 1,227
Website
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 Nicola Sturgeon. She is the current First Meenister o Scotland, heidin a coalition government wi the Scots Greens. She is heidyin o the Pairty, an Member o Scots Parliament fur the constituency o Glesga Soothside.

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

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]

Ideology[eedit | eedit soorce]

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]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ Hassan, Gerry (2009), The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 5, 9
  2. ↑ Christopher Harvie (2004). Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics, 1707 to the Present. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-32724-4.
  3. ↑ Mitchell, James; Bennie, Lynn; Johns, Rob (2012), The Scottish National Party: Transition to Power, Oxford University Press, pp. 107–116
  4. ↑ Keating, Michael (2009), "Nationalist Movements in Comparative Perspective", The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 214–217
  5. ↑ Wolfram Nordsieck. "Parties and Elections in Europe: The database about parliamentary elections and political parties in Europe, by Wolfram Nordsieck".
  6. ↑ Hassan, Gerry (2009), The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 4–5
  7. ↑ Robert Garner; Richard Kelly (15 Juin 1998). British Political Parties Today. Manchester University Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7190-5105-0.
  8. ↑ Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko; Matti Mälkiä (2007). Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group Inc (IGI). p. 398. ISBN 978-1-59140-790-4. Retrieved 18 Julie 2013.
  9. ↑ Josep M. Colomer (25 Julie 2008). Political Institutions in Europe. Routledge. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-134-07354-2.
  10. ↑ Ibpus.com; International Business Publications, USA (1 Januar 2012). Scotland Business Law Handbook: Strategic Information and Laws. Int'l Business Publications. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4387-7095-6.
  11. ↑ "UK > Parliament MPs and Lords > State of the parties". members.parliament.uk (in Inglis). Pairlament o the Unitit Kinrick. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  12. ↑ BBC (2016). "Scotland Parliament election 2016". BBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Date UK. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ a b c d e Michael O'Neill, "Challenging the centre: home rule movements" In Michael O'Neill (ed.), Devolution and British Politics, p. 32-66
  16. ↑ "The SNP, Centre-Left Politics and the State of Social Democracy". Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas (in Inglis). 9 Juin 2016. Retrieved 31 Januar 2021.
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