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| Formation | 25 May 2012 |
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| Dissolved | Late 2014 |
| Type | Company limited by guarantee |
| Registration no. | SC422720 |
| Headquarters | 136 Hope Street, Glasgow, G2 2TG |
Key people | Blair Jenkins, Chief Executive |
| Website | yesscotland |
Yes Scotland was the organisation representing the parties, organisations, and individuals campaigning for a Yes vote in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. It was launched on 25 May 2012 and dissolved in late 2014 after Scotland voted against independence.
Yes Scotland's chief executive was Blair Jenkins, and Dennis Canavan was the chair of its advisory board.[1] Stephen Noon, a long term employee and policy writer of the SNP, was Yes Scotland's chief strategist. Its principal opponent in the independence campaign was the unionist Better Together campaign.[2][3][4]
By the formal start of the referendum campaign period in May 2014, it had become the "biggest grassroots movement in Scottish political history", said Jenkins.[5] The campaign did not win independence, but "transformed politics in Scotland", suggested The Herald.[6]
- ^ "Scottish independence: Blair Jenkins OBE named Yes Scotland chief". BBC News. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Peterkin, Tom (30 December 2012). "SNP 'could disband' after independence". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Stewart (30 December 2012). "Yes vote will 'stop Westminster system's damaging changes to Scotland'". Yes Scotland. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ Maddox, David (31 December 2012). "Scottish independence: No chance a 'yes' vote would be end of SNP, says Jim Sillars". The Scotsman. Johnston Press. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ Morris, Nigel (30 May 2014). "Scottish independence vote: Supporters are 'biggest grassroots movement'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Hutcheon, Paul (21 September 2014). "It failed to win independence but Yes transformed politics in Scotland and changed the UK forever". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2016.