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Since 1995, local elections in Scotland have been generally held every four years for all the 32 unitary authorities created under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Between 1975 and 1992, elections were held every two years for either district or regional council, which sat for four-year terms.
The first Scottish Government was formed between a coalition agreement between the Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Liberal Democrats, headed by the first minister Donald Dewar from 1999 until his death whilst serving in office in 2000.
Election Candidate Votes % Position [3]; 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election: Andrew Dewar Gibb: 9,034: 31.1: 2 1936 Dunbartonshire by-election: Robert Gray
The Scottish National Party become the largest party in the Scottish Parliament and forms a minority government. 2011: The Scottish National Party under Alex Salmond gain an overall majority of the Scottish Parliament. 2013: The Church of Scotland's ruling General Assembly votes to allow actively gay men and women to become ministers. 2014: 18 ...
The Scottish Parliament (), created by the Scotland Act 1998, has used a system of constituencies and electoral regions since the first general election in 1999.. The parliament has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first-past-the-post) system of voting, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional MSPs.
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The Scottish Government is separate from the Scottish Parliament, with the parliament being made of 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament elected by the electorate of Scotland during Scottish Parliamentary elections. The Scottish Parliament acts as the law making body for devolved matters which fall under the responsibility of the Scottish ...
A polling station in Stirling on the day of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. The Scottish Parliament uses the additional member system (AMS), a compensatory form of proportional representation, to elect MSPs. The electorate have two votes to cast one a Scottish Parliamentary election day, one for a constituency MSP and one for a Regional ...