Scottish National Party
Political party
Political party
The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠtʰi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə] Scots: Scots Naitional Pairty) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. It holds 57 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament and 8 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is represented by 413 of the 1,226 local councillors across Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom and for an independent Scotland's membership in the European Union, with a platform based on centre-left progressive social policies and civic nationalism. Founded in 1934 with the amalgamation of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party, it has had continuous parliamentary representation in Westminster since Winnie Ewing won the 1967 Hamilton by-election. At the February 1974 general election it scored 22% of the vote and 30% in the October general election of the same year; it received...
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