Scottish National Party

centre-left nationalist political party in Scotland
Organization political_party Q10658
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Summary

Scottish National Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,333 views/month, #57 of 10,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: European Free Alliance[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Headquarters location: Edinburgh[5]
  • Child organization or unit: Young Scots for Independence[6]
  • Commons category: Scottish National Party[7]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: FFF95D[8]
  • Chairperson: John Swinney[9]
  • Inception: April 7, 1934[10]
  • Location of formation: Edinburgh[11]
  • Official website: https://www.snp.org/[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Scottish National Party[13]
  • Political ideology: Scottish independence[14], social democracy[15], Scottish nationalism[16], pro-Europeanism[17]
  • Replaces: National Party of Scotland[18], Scottish Party[19]
  • Political alignment: centre-left[20]
  • Short name: SNP[21]
  • Member count: 120,203[22], 118,000[23], 72,186[24], 82,598[25], 103,884[26], 119,000[27], 105,393[28], 25,642[29], 93,045[30], 115,102[31], 118,959[32], 118,162[33], 125,500[34], 125,534[35]
  • Member category: Category:Scottish National Party politicians[36]
  • Social media followers: 299,103[37], 282,701[38], 326,482[39], 336,836[40]

Why It Matters

Scottish National Party has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → scottish-national-party-snp
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  2. 13w ago · C960657 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bluesky handle → snp.org
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