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 SCOTLAND / UK

Legislative elections: Scottish Parliament, 4-year term, MMP (73 FPTP + 56 PR)
           · First Minister: Alex Salmond (SNP) · Government: SNP

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2011 Seats 2007 Seats
Scottish National Party (SNP)
 
Separatism; Social democracy
 
EFA
1934
44,0% 69 31,0% 47
Scottish Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy; Third Way
 
PES, SI
1906
26,3% 37 29,2% 46
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
 
Conservatism; Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism, Unionism AECR, IDU
1965
12,4% 15 13,9% 17
Scottish Liberal Democrats (LD)
 
Liberalism; Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LI
1988
5,2% 5 11,3% 16
Scottish Green Party (SGP)
 
Green politics; Separatism
 
EGP, GG
1990
4,4% 2 4,0% 2
Independents - -  1,1%  1 1,0% 1
Others - - 6,6% - 9,6% -
Total - - - 129 - 129
Turnout 50,0% 51,8%

 © 2011 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk). Archive: Elections 1999-2003.