Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The party holds 57 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament after the 2026 Scottish Parliament election and election of Kenneth Gibson as the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, and holds 7 out of the 58 Scottish seats in the House of Commons. It is represented by 413 of the 1,226 local councillors across Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom and for Scotland’s membership in the European Union, with a platform based on center-left wing progressive social policies and civic nationalism.