List of political parties in Scotland

Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament (in order of number of representatives):

• Labour Party - Centre-left, unionist - 50 MSPs
• Scottish National Party (SNP) - Centre-left, pro-independence- 27 MSPs
• Conservative and Unionist Party - Centre-right, unionist - 18 MSPs
• Liberal Democrats - Centre, federalist - 17 MSPs
• Scottish Green Party - Environmentalist, pro-independence - 7 MSPs
• Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) - Far-left, pro-independence - 6 MSPs
• Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) - pensioners rights party - 1 MSP

Minor Parties:

• British National Party - far-right, unionists (even smaller in Scotland than the rest of the U.K)
• Clannasaor - pro-independence, established by Siol nan Gaidheal
• Communist Party of Scotland - formed after collapse of CPGB in early 1990s
• Scottish Independence Party - pro-independence
• Scottish Unionist Party - unionist
• UK Independence Party - Far-right, favour UK withdrawal from the European Union

Defunct Parties:

• Independent Labour Party (1893-1975)
• Scottish Labour Party (1976-79)
• National Party of Scotland (1928-34)
• Scottish Party (1930s)
• Scottish Workers Republican Party
• Scottish Republican Socialist Party (now part of the SSP)
• Communist Party of Great Britain (1920-1991)
• Labour Party of Scotland
• Scottish Socialist Party (1987-1990)
• Scottish Militant Labour

See also:

• Politics of Scotland