Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement
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Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement
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| gaelic name | Dlùthachd - Gluasad Sòisealach na h-Alba |
| Scots name | Solidaritie - Scotland's Socialist Muivement |
| co-convener | Rosemary Byrne |
| co-convener | Pat Lee |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Split from | Scottish Socialist Party |
| Headquarters | Glasgow, G42 2DN |
| Membership (2012–13) |
 Exact number unknown |
| Ideology |
Socialism Trotskyism Scottish independence Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing to Far-left |
| National affiliation | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |
| Colours | Red, Green, White |
| House of Commons (Scottish seats) |
0 / 59
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| European Parliament (Scottish seats) |
0 / 6
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| Scottish Parliament |
0 / 129
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| Local government in Scotland |
0 / 1,227
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Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement is a political party in Scotland. The party launched on 3 September 2006, founded by two Scottish Socialist Party MSPs, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne, in the aftermath of Sheridan's libel action.
On 23 December 2010, Tommy Sheridan was convicted of perjury during the 2006 defamation action, and sentenced to three years imprisonment on 26 January 2011. Solidarity performed poorly in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, achieving only 2,837 votes or 0.14% of the overall regional list vote.
The Scottish Socialist Party returned six MSPs in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election. At the end of August 2006, the SSP's leader Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne, a SSP MSP for South of Scotland led a breakaway. Solidarity launched on 3 September with 600 people attending the first meeting in Glasgow. Most SSP members and branches in the Highlands and Islands defected to the new party, while the Shetland membership voted unanimously to stay in the SSP. 250 people attended the founding conference on Saturday 5 November 2006.
The new party was backed by the Socialist Workers Party and Socialist Party Scotland (part of the Committee for a Workers' International). The two groups clashed at the first Solidarity conference on the political orientation of the party. After a close vote the interim title of "Solidarity - Scotland's Socialist Movement" was adopted as the name of the party, and Rosemary Byrne and Tommy Sheridan were unanimously endorsed as co-convenors.
The party failed to win any seats in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. The party won one council seat in Glasgow in local elections, with Ruth Black taking the Craigton seat, then subsequently defected to Labour in December 2007 after Sheridan was charged with perjury. They fielded a candidate in the Glasgow East by-election, 2008 who came sixth.
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