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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.
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]
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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 ...
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]
Leslie Spoor (12 October 1910 – 13 March 2011) was a Scottish political activist and the principal founder of what became the Scottish Green Party.. Future Green MSP and Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone and Leslie Spoor, aged 99, outside the Scottish Parliament in October 2010
The first Scottish Greens co-leadership election occurred during the summer of 2019, following a newly adopted constitution by the party. One article of the constitution stated that the positions of co-conveners would be abolished in favour of the newly established positions of co-leaders.