Scottish Liberal Democrats

Scottish Liberal Democrats Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba Scots Leeberal Democrats Scottish Liberal Democrats
Party leader	Willie Rennie
founding	March 8, 1988
Headquarters	4 Clifton Terrace Edinburgh, EH12 5DR Scotland
Youth organization	Liberal Youth Scotland
Alignment	Liberalism , Left Liberalism , Scottish Unionism
Colours)	gold
British House of Commons	4/650
Scottish Parliament	5/129
Local government in Scotland	67/1227
Number of members	2,831 (2013)
International connections	Liberal International
Website	www.scotlibdems.org.uk

The Scottish Liberal Democrats ( Scottish-Gaelic Libearal Deamocratach na h-Alba , Scots Scots Leeberal Democrats , German for example Scottish Liberal Democrats ) are one of the three state parties within the federal British Liberal Democrats . The others are the Welsh Liberal Democrats and the English Liberal Democrats . The Scottish Liberal Democrats are the fifth largest party in Scotland and have had five seats in the Scottish Parliament since 2016 .

History and present

The Scottish Liberal Democrats was formed by the merger of the Scottish Liberal Party with the Social Democratic Party in Scotland , as part of the party merger of the Liberal Party with the Social Democratic Party on March 3, 1988.

In the Scottish Parliament elections in 1999 and 2003 , the party won 17 seats each. After these elections, the party formed a coalition government with the Scottish Labor Party in the Scottish Executive. In the subsequent Scottish parliamentary election in 2007 , the SLD lost a seat and the party went into opposition. In the UK House of Commons election in 2010 , the party won 11 seats in Scotland and the British Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the British Conservative Party. In the 2011 election to the Scottish Parliament , the party lost 11 seats and from then on only had 5 seats. In the general election in 2015 , the party lost all but one seat. In the last Scottish Parliament election in 2016 , the party held its 5 parliamentary seats, but only became the fifth largest party.

Party leader

• Malcolm Bruce (March 3, 1988 - April 18, 1992)
• Jim Wallace (April 18, 1992 - June 23, 2005)
• Nicol Stephen (June 27, 2005 - July 2, 2008)
• Tavish Scott (August 26, 2008 - May 7, 2011)
• Willie Rennie (May 17, 2011 - now)

Election results

Percentage results and total seats refer to Scotland. General elections were carried out consistently by majority voting , elections to the Scottish Parliament by proportional representation .

year	choice	Share of votes	Seats
1992	General election 1992	13.1%	9/72
1997	General election 1997	13.0%	10/72
1999	General election in Scotland 1999	14.0%	17/129
1999	European elections 1999	9.8%	1/6
2001	General election 2001	16.3%	10/72
2003	General election in Scotland 2003	15.0%	17/129
2004	2004 European elections	13.1%	1/6
2005	General election 2005	22.6%	11/59
2007	General election in Scotland 2007	16.0%	16/129
2009	European elections 2009	11.5%	1/6
2010	General election 2010	18.9%	11/59
2011	General election in Scotland 2011	08.0%	5/129
2014	European elections 2014	7.1%	0/6
2015	General election 2015	07.5%	1/59
2016	General election in Scotland 2016	07.8%	5/129
2017	General election 2017	06.8%	4/59
2019	European elections 2019	13.9%	1/6
2019	General election 2019	09.5%	4/59

Web links

• Scottish Liberal Democrats website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Current State of the Parties. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .