Scots National Pairty: Scots poleetical pairty

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	Nicola Sturgeon
Depute leader	Keith Brown
Wastminster Group Leader	Stephen Flynn
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 Civic naitionalism Social democracy
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-left
European affiliation	European Free Alliance
European Pairlament group	Greens/EFA
Colours	Yellow
Hoose o Commons (Scots seats)	45 / 59
Scots Pairlament	64 / 129
Local govrenment in Scotland	396 / 1,227
Website
www.snp.org
Politics o Scotland Political parties

Thay'v 45 seats in the Hoose o Commons, 64 in the Scots Pairlament an 396 local councillors.

The pairty's convener is Humza Yousaf. He is the current First Meenister o Scotland, heidin a coalition government wi the Scots Greens. He succeeded Nicola Sturgeon, that wis heidyin o the Pairty, an Member o Scots Parliament fur the constituency o Glesga Soothside.

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. 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.

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.