Scottish Nationalist Party
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Scottish National Party
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| Leader | Nicola Sturgeon |
| Depute leader | Angus Robertson |
| House of Commons Group Leader | Ian Blackford |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Merger of | |
| Headquarters | Gordon Lamb House 3 Jackson's Entry Edinburgh EH8 8PJ |
| Student wing | SNP Students |
| Youth wing | Young Scots for Independence |
| Membership (2017) |
 118,000 |
| Ideology | Scottish nationalism Scottish independence Civic nationalism Regionalism Social democracy Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position |
Centre-left |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Greens/EFA |
| Colours |
Yellow Black |
| House of Commons (Scottish seats) |
35 / 59
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| House of Lords |
0 / 813
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| European Parliament (Scottish seats) |
2 / 6
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| Scottish Parliament |
63 / 129
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| Local government in Scotland |
431 / 1,227
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots: Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence. It is the third-largest political party by membership in the United Kingdom, as well as by overall representation in the House of Commons, behind the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, and is the largest political party in Scotland, where it has the most seats in the Scottish Parliament and most of the Scottish seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The current party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has served as First Minister of Scotland since 20 November 2014.
Founded in 1934 with the amalgamation of the National Party of Scotland and the Scottish Party, the party has had continuous parliamentary representation since Winnie Ewing won the 1967 Hamilton by-election. With the establishment of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999, the SNP became the second-largest party, serving two terms as the opposition. The SNP gained power at the 2007 Scottish general election, forming a minority government, before going on to win the 2011 election, after which it formed Holyrood's first majority government.
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