Scottish Green Party
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 Scottish Green Party facts

• The party has six MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of 2016
• The party also have twelve councillors in 5 of the 32 Scottish local councils
• The Scottish Green Party was created in 1990 when the former Green Party split into separate parties for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales
• The party is affiliated to the Global Greens and the European Green Party
• While associated mainly with environmentalist policies, it has a history of support for communitarian economic policies, including well-funded, locally controlled public services within the confines of a steady-state economy, is supportive of proportional representation and takes a progressive approach to social policies
• It is the only party other than the Scottish National Party to both support Scottish independence and have representation in Scottish Parliament
• Party membership increased dramatically following the Scottish Independence Referendum
• As of May 2016, the Scottish Green Party has become the fourth biggest party by membership in Scotland, overtaking the Scottish Liberal Democrats