Scottish Green Party

The Scottish Green Party is the Green party in Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. It was a constituent part of the UK Green Party (as it was then called) until 1990, when the Scottish Green Party became a separate party from the Green Party of England and Wales. The separation was entirely amicable, as part of the green commitment to decentralisation.

Related Topics:
Green party - Scotland - European Federation of Green Parties - UK - Green Party - 1990 - Green Party of England and Wales

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The Scottish Green Party benefits from the fact that the British government created a Scottish Parliament, which includes an element of proportional representation in addition to the seats elected by first-past-the-post. In the first election to this Parliament, in 1999, the Scottish Green Party got one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) elected by proportional representation, Robin Harper, the UK's first Green Parliamentarian. On May 1, 2003

Related Topics:
British government - Scottish Parliament - 1999 - Member of the Scottish Parliament - Robin Harper - May 1 - 2003

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the Scottish Greens added six new MSPs to their previous total.

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The Scottish Parliament is elected using the Additional Member System of proportional representation. Soon, local authorities in Scotland are to be elected using the Single Transferable Vote system of proportional representation.

Related Topics:
Additional Member System - Proportional representation - Single Transferable Vote

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