Knowra Scottish National Party Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party is a political party founded in 1934 that campaigns for Scottish independence and greater self-government. It has governed Scotland since 2007, except for periods when it led minority administrations.
Scottish National Party (1928) : The National Party of Scotland was founded in 1928 to promote Scottish self-government and independence. Its merger with the Scottish Party created the SNP in 1934.
Scottish Parliament : Scotland’s devolved legislature, established in 1999, with authority over a range of domestic matters. The SNP has governed through this institution since winning its first election in 2007.
SNP landslide victory, 2015 : The SNP’s 2015 general election victory in Scotland, when it won 56 of 59 Westminster seats. The result demonstrated the party’s rapid consolidation after the independence referendum.
Scottish Labour : The Scottish branch of the UK Labour Party, which supports devolution while opposing Scottish independence. It competes with the SNP while offering continued union within a different political tradition.
Scottish Party : A pro-union party founded in 1932 by members of Scotland’s Conservative establishment. Its union with the National Party of Scotland formed the SNP.
Scottish devolution : The transfer of legislative and executive powers from the United Kingdom to institutions in Scotland. Devolution gave the party a governing platform without delivering independence.
Scottish Parliament election, 2007 : The election in which the SNP won the most seats in the Scottish Parliament for the first time. It brought the party into government and began its era of sustained executive power.
Scottish Conservative Party : The Scottish branch of the UK Conservative Party, which supports Scotland remaining in the United Kingdom. Its explicit unionism contrasts with the SNP’s central constitutional aim.
John MacCormick : A Scottish lawyer and politician who helped found the National Party of Scotland and later campaigned for devolution. He helped organize the movement that preceded the SNP, though he left over its independence policy.
Scottish independence referendum, 2014 : A referendum in which Scottish voters rejected independence, with 55.3 percent voting No. The SNP’s campaign made the referendum the central test of its independence strategy.
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