Scottish Green Party

Scottish Green Party
Party leader	Patrick Harvie Lorna Slater
founding	1990
Headquarters	Bonnington Mill 72 Newhaven Road Edinburgh
Youth organization	Scottish Young Greens
newspaper	Greenprint
Alignment	Green Politics Left Liberalism Decentralization Scottish Independence
Colours)	green
British House of Commons	0/650
Scottish Parliament	6/129
Local government in Scotland	19/1227
Number of members	7.091 (2017)
International connections	Global Greens
European party	European Green Party (EGP)
Website	https://greens.scot

The Scottish Green Party (in Scottish Gaelic : Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba ) is a green party in Scotland and an independent member of the European Green Party .

history

Until 1990 the Scottish Greens were part of the Green Party of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (as it was then called) when it became independent as the Scottish Green Party . This separation from the party of origin was not based on political differences, rather it was intended to support the Green demand for a decentralization of Great Britain and the independence struggle in Scotland .

The party supported the campaign for independence in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and is in favor of a second independence referendum in 2017.

elections

In the 1999 elections to the first Scottish Parliament , Robin Harper was elected in the Lothians region , making him the first Green MP in Great Britain. The party benefited from the fact that the independent Scottish Parliament is elected through a combination of majority and proportional representation.

In 2003 the Scottish Greens were able to expand their position significantly, with 6.9% of the vote they won seven of 129 seats.

In the 2007 elections, the party suffered a setback, she lost a third of their votes and five out of seven seats. In the local elections taking place at the same time (and for the first time with STV ), the Greens were able to win eight new council seats: five in Glasgow and three in Edinburgh .

In May 2011 , the Green Party won 4.4% of the vote and two seats in the Scottish Parliament. Compared to the 2007 election (4.0%), there was again a slight increase and the number of seats was also maintained. The alliance partner of the Green Party, the SNP , won an absolute majority of the seats for the first time. The SNP also takes a number of green positions, including phasing out nuclear power and expanding renewable energies to 100% of Scottish energy needs by 2020. In the Scottish parliamentary election in May 2016 , the party won 6.6% of the list votes and 6 seats in the 129th MPs counting Scottish Parliament.

Election results

Percentage results and total seats refer to Scotland. General elections were carried out consistently according to majority voting , elections to the Scottish Parliament and, from 1999, also elections to the European Parliament according to proportional representation .

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
1999	General election in Scotland 1999	3.6%	1/129
1999	European elections 1999	5.8%	0/8
2001	General election 2001	0.2%	0/72
2003	General election in Scotland 2003	6.9%	7/129
2004	2004 European elections	6.8%	0/7
2005	General election 2005	1.1%	0/59
2007	General election in Scotland 2007	4.0%	2/129
2009	European elections 2009	7.3%	0/6
2010	General election 2010	0.7%	0/59
2011	General election in Scotland 2011	4.4%	2/129
2014	European elections 2014	8.1%	0/6
2015	General election 2015	1.3%	0/59
2016	General election in Scotland 2016	6.6%	6/129
2017	General election 2017	0.2%	0/59
2019	European elections 2019	8.2%	0/6
2019	General election 2019	1.0%	0/59

Web links

• Homepage of the Scottish Green Party
• Scottish Young Greens
• Green bloggers

Individual evidence

1. ^ Harvie and Slater elected Green Co-Leaders. In: greens.scot. August 1, 2019, accessed on August 1, 2019 . 
2. ^ Current State of the Parties. Retrieved May 17, 2016 . 
3. ^ Scottish independence: Scottish Green Party launches 'Yes' campaign , BBC News, November 15, 2013
4. ↑ GreenYES Scottish Independence ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Scottish Greens, party's website, accessed March 13, 2017