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The Scottish Greens (also known as the Scottish Green Party; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠʃtʲi ˈuəɲə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) are a green political party in Scotland. The party has 7 MSPs of 129 in the Scottish Parliament, the party holds 35 of the 1226 councillors at Scottish local Government level.
The Scottish Greens is a centre-left [9] to left-wing [10] green political party in Scotland that was founded in 1990.. The party has its roots in the PEOPLE Party started in Coventry in 1972/3.
Name Constituency or region Type Start year End year Shiona Baird [1]: North East Scotland: Region 2003: 2007: Chris Ballance [2]: South of Scotland: Region 2003
The co-leaders of the Scottish Green Party are the leaders of the Scottish Green Party. The incumbents are Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater who were elected in August 2019 as the inaugural co-leaders. [2] [3] [4] The co-leaders are responsible for the political leadership of the party, and act as its principle spokespersons. [5]
Following the Green Party's disappointing performance in the 2007 election, Harvie was returned with a reduced share of the vote. The tight parliamentary arithmetic and a constructive relationship with the Scottish National Party (SNP) led to a Co-operation Agreement between the two parties. Under this, Harvie was elected to be convene the ...
The Bute House Agreement, officially the Cooperation Agreement between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group was a power-sharing agreement between the Scottish National Party (SNP) government and the Scottish Greens which was agreed in August 2021 to support the Third Sturgeon government and then was reaffirmed to support the First Yousaf government.
Maggie Chapman (born 27 June 1979) is a Scottish politician and lecturer [1] who is a Scottish Green Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for North East Scotland. She was co-convenor of the Scottish Greens from November 2013 to August 2019, serving with Patrick Harvie, and was the party's lead candidate for the 2019 European election. [2]
This category contains politicians who are, or were, members of the Scottish Greens. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.