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Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament
Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament (in order of number of representatives):
- Scottish National Party (SNP) - centre-left, social democratic, pro-independence- 47 MSPs
- Labour - centre-left, unionist - 46 MSPs
- Conservative - centre-right, conservative, unionist - 17 MSPs
- Liberal Democrat - centre-left, federalist - 16 MSPs
- Scottish Green Party - left-wing, environmentalist, pro-independence - 2 MSPs
Parties formerly represented in the Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party - 1 MSP from 2003-2007
- Scottish Socialist Party - 6 MSPs elected in 2003, 4 at dissolution of last parliament in 2007
- Solidarity - 2 MSPs formed party after SSP split in 2006 and lost their seats in 2007
Minor parties
- Abolish Forth Bridge Tolls Party
- Adam Lyal's Witchery Tour Party
- British National Party - Great Britain-wide party
- Christian Peoples Alliance - Great Britain-wide party
- Communist Party of Britain - Great Britain-wide party
- East Dunbartonshire Independent Alliance
- East Kilbride Alliance
- Free Scotland Party
- Independent Green Voice - Great Britain-wide party
- Local Health Concern
- Nine Per Cent Growth Party
- Pensioners Party
- Pride In Paisley Party
- Publican Party
- Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers
- Scottish Christian Party
- Scottish Independence Party
- Scottish Jacobite Party
- Scottish Unionist Party
- Scottish Voice
- Scottish Wind Watch
- Socialist Labour Party - Great Britain-wide party
- United Kingdom Independence Party - Great Britain-wide party
Not registered with the Electoral Commission
The following parties were not registered with the Electoral Commission as of 2 September 2006, and may be defunct:
- Communist Party of Scotland - Scottish party formed after collapse of Communist Party of Great Britain
- Left Alliance - have 2 councillors in Fife
- Scottish Enterprise Party - centre-right, pro-independence
Defunct parties
- Communist Party of Great Britain (1920-1991)
- Fife Socialist League (1950s-1960s)
- Fishing Party
- Highlands and Islands Alliance
- Highland Land League (1909-1920s)
- Independent Labour Party (1893-1975)
- Labour Party of Scotland
- National Party of Scotland (1928-1934)
- Scottish Labour Party (1888-1893)
- Scottish Labour Party (1976-1979)
- Scottish Militant Labour
- Scottish Party (1930s)
- Scottish Republican Socialist Party (now part of the SSP)
- Scottish Socialist Party (1987-1990)
- Scottish Unionist Party (1912-1965)
- Scottish Workers Republican Party
See also
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