Scottish Green Party
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Scottish Green Party
Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba Scots Green Pairty |
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| Co-Convenors | Patrick Harvie MSP and Maggie Chapman |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bonnington Mill 72 Newhaven Road Edinburgh |
| Newspaper | Greenprint |
| Youth wing | Scottish Young Greens |
| Membership |
 9,000 + |
| Ideology |
Green politics Scottish independence Scottish republicanism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | N/A |
| UK Parliament affiliation |
None, Cooperate with (but are independent from) the Green Party of England and Wales and Green Party in Northern Ireland |
| Colours | Green |
| Scottish seats in the House of Commons |
0 / 59
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| Scottish seats in the European Parliament |
0 / 6
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| Scottish Parliament |
6 / 129
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| Local government in Scotland |
12 / 1,223
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| greens |
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The Scottish Green Party (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba; Scots: Scots Green Pairty) is a green political party in Scotland. The party has six MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of 2016. The party also have twelve councillors in 5 of the 32 Scottish local councils.
The Scottish Green Party was created in 1990 when the former Green Party split into separate, independent parties, for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales. The party is affiliated to the Global Greens and the European Green Party.
Party membership increased dramatically following the Scottish independence referendum. As of May 2016, the Scottish Green Party has become the fourth biggest party by membership in Scotland, overtaking the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
The Scottish Green Party is fully independent, but works closely with the other green parties of the United Kingdom and Ireland: the Green Party of England and Wales, the Green Party in Northern Ireland and the Green Party of Ireland. It is a full member of the European Green Party. The party currently has six MSPs and fourteen councillors. At the 2005 Westminster election, the party contested 19 seats and polled 25,760 votes, they returned no MPs. Its highest share of the vote was 7.7% of the vote in Glasgow North. In the European Parliament election of 2004, it polled 6.8% of the vote and did not return any MEPs. The party lost five of their seven seats in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
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