Scots National Pairty

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.

Scots National Pairty Scottish National Party Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba
Leader	John Swinney
Depute leader	Keith Brown
Wastminster Group Leader	NA
Foondit	1934 (1934)
Merger o	Naitional Pairty o Scotland Scots Pairty
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)	116,000
Ideology	Scots naitionalism[1][2] Civic naitionalism[3][4] Social democracy[5][6]
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-left[7][8][9][10]
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Pairlament group	Greens/EFA
Colours	Yellow
Hoose o Commons	0 / 59 [11]
Scots Pairlament[12]	63 / 129
Local govrenment in Scotland[13]	453 / 1,227
Website
www.snp.org
Politics o Scotland Political parties

Thay'v 63 seats in the Scots Pairlament an 453 local councillors. The pairty wis wiped oot in the Hoose o Commons in 2024.

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.

History

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

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]