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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.
After the election of Humza Yousaf as Leader of the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Green Party National Council unanimously voted to direct its MSPs to vote for Yousaf to become First Minister and continue their power-sharing agreement. [142] [143] The party's co-leaders continue to serve as ministers in the Yousaf government.
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]
The party gained 8.1% of votes on the regional list, earning two additional seats. As the Scottish National Party was one seat away from a majority, the Greens' gain in the election created a pro-independence majority. Slater predicted the Greens "will have more influence than ever".
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
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.
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 .
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