Scottish Green Party Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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| Founded | 1990 |
| Preceded by | Green Party (UK) |
| Headquarters | 17b Graham Street Edinburgh EH6 5QN |
| Youth wing | Scottish Young Greens |
| Women's wing | Scottish Greens Women's Network |
| LGBTQ+ wing | Rainbow Greens[1] |
| Membership (2023) |  7,646[2] |
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| Political position | Centre-left[5] to left-wing[6] |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Slogan | For People. For Planet.[7] |
| Scottish seats in the House of Commons | 0 / 57 |
| Scottish Parliament | 7 / 129 |
| Councillors in Scotland[8] | 36 / 1,227 |
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The Scottish Greens (also known as the Scottish Green Party; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠʃtʲi ˈuəɲə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections, the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils, with a total of 36 councillors. They held two ministerial posts in the first Yousaf government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP from August 2021 until the end of the Bute House Agreement in April 2024, marking the first time Green Party politicians formed part of a government in the UK.
The Scottish Greens were created in 1990 when the former Green Party separated into two independent parties, representing Scotland and England and Wales. The party is affiliated to the Global Greens and the European Green Party.
Party membership increased dramatically following the 2014 Scottish independence referendum,[9] during which it supported Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom.[10]
- ^ "Rainbow Greens Manifesto". Scottish Greens. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ Conor Matchett [@conor_matchett] (24 April 2023). "Scottish Greens state their membership stands at 7,646" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Scottish Independence" (PDF). Scottish Greens. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
A hereditary monarchy is incompatible with Green principles of democracy, equality and fairness. We favour an elected Head of State.
- ^ Greer, Ross (February 2016). "Now is the time to fight to stay in Europe ... and to reform it from the left, not the right as Cameron plans". Scottish Greens. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Scotland Business Law Handbook: Strategic Information and Laws Archived 21 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine. International Business Publications, USA. Volume 1, 2013 edition (updated annually). Published in Washington DC, USA.
- ^ Stone, Jon (14 July 2015). "Green Party set to take 10 seats from Labour in next year's Scottish Parliament election". The Independent. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Greens – For People. For Planet". Scottish Greens. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Local Council Political Compositions". Open Council Date UK. 7 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "SCOTTISH GREENS THANK OVER 3,000 NEW MEMBERS". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Scottish independence: Greens join Yes Scotland campaign". BBC News. 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.