Scottish National Party

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Scottish political party political party

The Scottish National Party is a major political party in Scotland that advocates for Scottish independence and social-democratic policies.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leader of the Scottish National Party	1
National Party of Scotland	1
SNP	1
SNP Women	1
Scottish National Party Westminster group	1
Scottish National Party administrations	1
Scottish National Party governments (various terms)	1
Young Scots for Independence	1
the SNP	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scottish political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicPolicy	supports mixed economy with strong public services ⓘ
electoralSymbol	SNP logo with yellow background and black thistle knot ⓘ
electoralSystemContext	first-past-the-post in UK general elections ⓘ mixed-member proportional representation in Scottish Parliament elections ⓘ
founded	1934-04-07 ⓘ
foundedBy	National Party of Scotland ⓘ National Party of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Party
goal	Scottish independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ membership of the European Union for an independent Scotland ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SNP
hasDeputeLeader	Keith Brown ⓘ
hasLeader	John Swinney ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Leader of the Scottish National Party ⓘ
hasNewspaper	The National (supportive, not official organ) ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Scottish National Party self-link ⓘ
hasParliamentaryLeader	Stephen Flynn ⓘ
hasShortName	Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: the SNP
hasWing	Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Young Scots for Independence
headquartersAddress	Gordon Lamb House, 3 Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Scotland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ
ideology	Scottish independence ⓘ civic nationalism ⓘ pro-Europeanism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
LGBTWing	Out for Independence ⓘ
membership	tens of thousands of members ⓘ
notableEvent	formed first majority government in Scottish Parliament in 2011 ⓘ led Scottish Government during 2014 Scottish independence referendum ⓘ
partyColour	black ⓘ yellow ⓘ
politicalPosition	centre-left ⓘ
positionOnMonarchy	supports retaining the monarchy in an independent Scotland ⓘ
predecessor	National Party of Scotland ⓘ National Party of Scotland ⓘ surface form: Scottish Party
regionServed	Scotland ⓘ
representedIn	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ Scottish Parliament ⓘ local government in Scotland ⓘ
socialPolicy	supports progressive social policies and welfare state ⓘ
studentWing	SNP Students ⓘ
subdivision	Scotland ⓘ
tradeUnionWing	Trade Union Group ⓘ
womenWing	Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SNP Women
youthWing	Young Scots for Independence ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath → Neale HanveyPreviousParty → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath → Roger MullinParty → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Cabinet of the Scottish Government → associatedWith → Scottish National Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish National Party governments (various terms)

MSP → canBelongTo → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Scottish National Party → hasAbbreviation → Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SNP

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → hasMPParty → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Scottish National Party → hasOfficialName → Scottish National Party self-link ⓘ

Scottish National Party → hasShortName → Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: the SNP

Scottish National Party → hasWing → Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Young Scots for Independence

Hugh MacDiarmid → memberOf → Scottish National Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Party of Scotland

Hugh MacDiarmid → memberOf → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Nicola Sturgeon → memberOfPoliticalParty → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Peter Grant → memberOfPoliticalParty → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Nicola Sturgeon → parliamentaryGroup → Scottish National Party ⓘ

Peter Grant → partOf → Scottish National Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish National Party Westminster group

Nicola Sturgeon → positionHeld → Scottish National Party ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leader of the Scottish National Party

Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs (title may vary over time) → usedByGovernment → Scottish National Party ⓘ

subject surface form: Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs

this entity surface form: Scottish National Party administrations

Scottish National Party → womenWing → Scottish National Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SNP Women