List of political parties in Scotland
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[edit] Major parties
Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament (in order of number of representatives):
- Labour Party - centre-left, unionist - 50 MSPs
- Scottish National Party (SNP) - centre-left, pro-independence- 27 MSPs
- Conservative and Unionist Party - centre-right, unionist - 17 MSPs
- Liberal Democrats - centre-left, federalist - 17 MSPs
- Scottish Green Party - environmentalist, pro-independence - 7 MSPs
- Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) - far-left, pro-independence - 4 MSPs
- Solidarity - far-left, pro-independence - 2 MSPs
- Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) - pensioners' rights party - 1 MSP
[edit] Minor parties
- Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party
- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
- British National Party - Great Britain-wide party, facist, unionist (even smaller in Scotland than the rest of the UK)
- Communist Party of Britain - Great Britain-wide party, communist, unionist, formed after collapse of Communist Party of Great Britain in early 1990s
- East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
- East Kilbride Alliance
- Free Scotland Party - favour Scottish independence outwith the European Union
- Local Health Concern
- Pensioners Party
- Pride In Paisley Party
- Publican Party
- Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers
- Scottish Voice - centre-right
- Scottish Independence Party - pro-independence
- Scottish Jacobite Party - pro-independence
- Scottish Unionist Party - unionist
- Scottish Wind Watch
- United Kingdom Independence Party - Great Britain-wide party, right-wing, unionist, favour UK withdrawal from the European Union
[edit] Not registered with the Electoral Commission
The following parties were not registered with the Electoral Commission as of 2 September 2006, and may be defunct:
- Communist Party of Scotland - Scottish party formed after collapse of Communist Party of Great Britain
- Left Alliance - have 2 councillors in Fife
- Scottish Enterprise Party - centre-right, pro-independence
[edit] Defunct parties
- Communist Party of Great Britain (1920-1991)
- Fife Socialist League (1950s-1960s)
- Fishing Party
- Highlands and Islands Alliance
- Highland Land League (1909-1920s)
- Independent Labour Party (1893-1975)
- Labour Party of Scotland
- National Party of Scotland (1928-1934)
- Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893)
- Scottish Labour Party (1976-1979)
- Scottish Militant Labour
- Scottish Party (1930s)
- Scottish Republican Socialist Party (now part of the SSP)
- Scottish Socialist Party (1987-1990)
- Scottish Unionist Party (1912-1965)
- Scottish Workers Republican Party
