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Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, first as an additional member for the Glasgow electoral region , and as the member ...
The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this election. The Labour Party's vote went up by 16.7% and their number of MPs increased from 1 to 37, mainly in Scotland's Central Belt. This was at the expense of the Scottish National Party (SNP), whose vote share dropped by 15% and their number of MPs reducing to single ...
Stephen Mark Flynn [1] (born 13 October 1988) [2] is a Scottish politician who has served as the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons since December 2022. [3] He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeen South since 2019 .
In response, Salmond claimed that independence would mean that "America has two great friends and allies here rather than one" in the event of Scotland becoming independent. Under Salmond, the Scottish Government maintained its position of a continuation of the "strong" relations between Scotland and both the United States and United Kingdom. [79]
At the 2024 general election, Gilbert was elected for the Edinburgh North & Leith constituency, becoming the first Labour MP to win the seat since 2010.Her result was part of a 'red wave' in Scotland, as the Scottish Labour Party won 37 seats, up from one seat in 2019.
Scotland was the first country in the UK to ban smoking in public places, with the ban effective from 26 March 2006. [17] Also, on 19 October 2017, the Scottish government announced that smacking children as punishment was to be banned in Scotland, the first nation of the UK to do so.
Stuart McMillan (born 6 May 1972) is a Scottish politician serving as Convener of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee since 2021. [1] A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Greenock and Inverclyde since 2016, having previously represented the West of Scotland region from 2007 to 2016.
All MSP positions become simultaneously vacant for elections held on a five-year cycle. The Scotland Act 1998 as amended by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 sets out that ordinary general elections for the Scottish Parliament are held on the first Thursday in May, every five years. [5]