Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Parties represented in the Scottish Parliament (in order of number of representatives): Labour Party - Centre-left, unionist - 50 MSPs Scottish National Party (SNP) - Centre-left, pro-independence- 27 MSPs Conservative and Unionist Party - Centre-right, unionist - 18 MSPs Liberal Democrats - Centre, federalist - 17 MSPs Scottish Green Party - Environmentalist, pro-independence - 7 MSPs Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) - Far-left, pro-independence - 6 MSPs Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) - pensioners rights party - 1 MSP Minor Parties: British National Party - far-right, unionists (even smaller in Scotland than the rest of the U.K) Clannasaor - pro-independence, established by Siol nan Gaidheal Communist Party of Scotland - formed after collapse of CPGB in early 1990s Scottish Independence Party - pro-independence Scottish Unionist Party - unionist UK Independence Party - Far-right, favour UK withdrawal from the European Union Defunct Parties: Independent Labour Party (1893-1975) Scottish Labour Party (1976-79) National Party of Scotland (1928-34) Scottish Party (1930s) Scottish Workers Republican Party Scottish Republican Socialist Party (now part of the SSP) Communist Party of Great Britain (1920-1991) Labour Party of Scotland Scottish Socialist Party (1987-1990) Scottish Militant Labour See also: Politics of Scotland This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.