The Scottish Greens are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections,the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils,with a total of 35 councillors. They hold two ministerial posts in the third Sturgeon government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP in August 2021,marking the first time Green party politicians will be in government in the UK.
The Scottish Labour Party (SLP) was a socialist party in Scotland that was active between 1976 and 1981. It formed as a breakaway from the UK Labour Party. It won three council seats in 1977 but lost its MPs at the 1979 election and was dissolved two years later.
Alexander Neil is a Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
James Sillars is a Scottish politician and campaigner for Scottish independence. Sillars served as a Labour Party MP for South Ayrshire from 1970 to 1976. He founded and led the pro-Scottish Home Rule Scottish Labour Party in 1976,continuing as MP for South Ayrshire until he lost the seat in 1979.
John McAllion is a campaigner for the Scottish Socialist Party,as well as a former Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP),Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP),and convenor of Tayside Regional Council. He is also convener of the Scottish Fairtrade Forum.
Annabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament,alongside Liam McArthur,since May 2021. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Cowdenbeath constituency since 2016,having previously been an MSP for the Mid Scotland and Fife region from 2011 to 2016.
Glasgow is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
Catherine Maria Fyfe,known as Maria Fyfe,was a Scottish politician and educator who served as Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill from 1987 to 2001. She was Deputy Shadow Minister for Women from 1988 to 1991,Convener of the Scottish Group of Labour MPs from 1991 to 1992 and front bench spokesperson for Scotland from 1992 to 1995. Fyfe campaigned for 50-50 representation of women in the Scottish Parliament.
Michael Stephen Matheson is a Scottish politician serving as Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery,Health and Social Care since 2023. He previously served in Nicola Sturgeon's cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for Justice from 2014 to 2018 and as Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero,Energy and Transport from 2018 to 2023.
In Scotland,the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a left social democratic political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. The SNP has controlled Scotland's devolved legislature since the 2007 election as a minority government,and were a majority government from the 2011 election and have been a minority government,since the 2016 election.
Jacqueline Marie Baillie is a Scottish politician who has served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party since 2020. She has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Dumbarton constituency since 1999. She also served as acting Leader of the Scottish Labour Party in 2017 and again in 2021.
Frank McAveety is a Scottish Labour Party politician who served as Leader of Glasgow City Council from 2015 to 2017. He has been a councillor for the Shettleston ward of Glasgow. He was previously the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow Shettleston constituency from 1999 to 2011.
Patrick James Lally was a Scottish politician who was Leader of Glasgow City Council and Lord Provost of Glasgow.
Glasgow Anniesland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood),being one of eight constituencies within the Glasgow City council area. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Glasgow electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to nine constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the third general election to the devolved Scottish Parliament since it was created in 1999. Local elections in Scotland fell on the same day.
James Anthony Kelly is a Scottish politician who has served as General Secretary of the Scottish Labour Party since 2021. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region between 2016 and 2021,having previously been MSP for Rutherglen from 2007 to 2016.
George Kerevan is a Scottish journalist,economist,and politician. He was the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lothian from 2015,until he lost his seat at the snap 2017 general election.
The 2016 Scottish parliament election was held on Thursday,5 May 2016 to elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament. It was the fifth election held since the devolved parliament was established in 1999. It was the first parliamentary election in Scotland in which 16 and 17 year olds were eligible to vote,under the provisions of the Scottish Elections Act. It was also the first time the three largest parties were led by women.
The city of Glasgow,located in Scotland,UK,is represented in both the Westminster Parliament in London,and the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood,Edinburgh. At Westminster,it is represented by seven Members of Parliament (MPs),all elected to represent individual constituencies at least once every five years,using the first-past-the-post system of voting. In Holyrood,Glasgow is represented by sixteen MSPs,nine of whom are elected to represent individual constituencies once every five years using first-past-the-post,and seven of whom are elected as additional members,through proportional representation.
RISE –Scotland's Left Alliance was a left-wing electoral alliance and political party created ahead of the 2016 Scottish Parliament general election. The name was a contrived acronym standing for Respect,Independence,Socialism and Environmentalism. The Party name was registered as 'RISE - Respect,Independence,Socialism and Environmentalism'. The party was deregistered in November 2020.
