Unionist Party (Scotland)

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conservative party political party unionist party

The Unionist Party (Scotland) was a conservative, pro-Union political party that dominated Scottish politics for much of the early 20th century before merging with the UK-wide Conservative Party.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party	9
Scottish Unionist Party	1
Unionist Party (Scotland) canonical	1
Unionist Party (UK)	1
Unionist Party in Scotland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conservative party ⓘ political party ⓘ unionist party ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Unionist Party (Scotland) ⓘ surface form: Scottish Unionist Party Unionist Party (Scotland) ⓘ surface form: Unionist Party in Scotland
associatedWith	British establishment in Scotland ⓘ
color	blue ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dominantPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
electoralBase	middle-class voters in Scotland ⓘ rural voters in Scotland ⓘ unionist working-class voters ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
focus	conservative social policies ⓘ defence of the Union ⓘ support for business and industry ⓘ
historicalContext	predecessor of the modern Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party ⓘ
historicalRole	major party in Scottish parliamentary representation at Westminster ⓘ
ideology	British unionism ⓘ conservatism ⓘ
influenced	Unionist Party (Scotland) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
language	English ⓘ
mergedInto	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ Scottish National Party ⓘ surface form: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
nationalAffiliation	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Conservative and Unionist Party
notableCharacteristic	dominated Scottish politics for much of the early 20th century ⓘ
operatedIn	Scotland ⓘ
opposedTo	Home Rule for Scotland (in various forms) ⓘ Scottish independence ⓘ Scottish nationalism ⓘ
partOf	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalAlignment	pro-Union ⓘ
politicalFamily	conservative parties in Europe ⓘ
politicalSpectrum	right-wing ⓘ
politicalTradition	Tory tradition in Scotland ⓘ
position	centre-right ⓘ
region	Great Britain ⓘ
representedConstituenciesIn	Scotland ⓘ
representedIn	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
scope	Scottish politics ⓘ
stanceOnMonarchy	supportive of the British monarchy ⓘ
supported	maintenance of the United Kingdom ⓘ strong central government at Westminster ⓘ union of Scotland and England ⓘ
timeframe	late 19th century to mid 20th century ⓘ