Scots National Pairty

The Scots National Pairty (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 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 PairlamentMichael O'Neill, "Challenging the centre: home rule movements" In Michael O'Neill (ed.), Devolution and British Politics, p. 32-66. John MacCormick, the then leader, left in 1942 fur tae form the pressure group the Scottish Covenant Association.

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.

Ideology
The SNP is a centre-left nationalist pairty. Its nationalism is speceefically civic nationalism, i.e. hingin in wi civic institutions an territoritiality. It is parteicular in that cultural or ethnic heritage is rarely mentioned in SNP campagin ads.

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Category:1934 establishments in Scotland
Category:Constitution o the Unitit Kinrick
Category:European Free Alliance
Category:Naitionalist pairties in the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Organisations based in Edinburgh
Category:Poleetical pairties established in 1934
Category:Poleetical pairties in Scotland
Category:Politics o Scotland
Category:Scots unthirldom
Category:Social democratic pairties
Category:Social democratic pairties in the Unitit Kinrick
Category:Pairties representit in the European Pairlament