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King: Charles III. · First Minister: John Swinney (SNP) · Governing party: SNP
Legislative elections: Scottish Parliament, 4-year term, 129 seats, AMS (73 FPTP + 56 PR):

  2026 2021 2016 2011
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Scottish National Party (SNP)
 
Separatism
Social democracy            
27,4 58 40,3 64 41,7 63 44,0 69
Reform UK Scotland (REFORM UK)
   
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
16,8 17 0,2 - - - - -
Scottish Labour Party (LAB)
 
Social democracy      16,1 17 17,9 22 19,1 24 26,3 37
Scottish Green Party (SGP)
 
Separatism
Green politics 
14,1 15 8,1 8 6,6 6 4,4 2
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (CON)
 
Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Euroscepticism
11,9 12 23,5 31 22,9 31 12,4 15
Scottish Liberal Democrats (LD)
 
Liberalism
Social liberalism
9,5 10 5,1 4 5,2 5 5,2 5
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
 
Euroscepticism
Right-wing populism
- - 0,1 - 2,0 - 0,9 -
Independents - - - - - - - 1
Others 4,2 - 4,7 - 2,5 - 6,8 -
Total - 129 - 129 -  129 - 129
Turnout 53,0 63,0 55,6 50,0

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