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 SCOTLAND (UK)

King: Charles III. · First Minister: John Swinney (SNP) · Governing party: SNP
Legislative elections: Scottish Parliament, 4-year term, 129 seats, AMS (73 FPTP + 56 PR):

  2021 2016 2011 2007
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Scottish National Party (SNP)
 
Separatism
Social democracy            
40,3 64 41,7 63 44,0 69 31,0 47
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
 
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
23,5 31 22,9 31 12,4 15 13,9 17
Scottish Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy      17,9 22 19,1 24 26,3 37 29,2 46
Scottish Green Party (SGP)
 
Separatism
Green politics 
8,1 8 6,6 6 4,4 2 4,0 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats (LD)
 
Liberalism
Social liberalism
5,1 4 5,2 5 5,2 5 11,3 16
Reform UK (REFORM UK)
   
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
0,2 - - - - - - -
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
 
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
0,1 - 2,0 - 0,9 - 0,4 -
Independents - - - - - 1 - 1
Others 4,7 - 2,5 - 6,8 - 10,2 -
Total - 129 -  129 - 129 - 129
Turnout 63,0 55,6 50,0 51,8

© 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: BBC (www.bbc.com).