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===Scottish National Party===

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The Scottish National Party won the third-largest number of seats in the House of Commons at the 2015 general election, winning 56 MPs from the 59 constituencies in Scotland having won 50% of the popular vote. This was an increase of 50 MPs on the result achieved in 2010. At the 2017 general election, the SNP won 35 seats, a net loss of 21 seats. At the 2019 general election, the SNP won 48 seats, a net gain of 13 seats. At the 2024 general election, the SNP won 9 seats, a net loss of 38 seats.

The SNP has enjoyed parliamentary representation continuously since 1967. Following the 2007 Scottish parliamentary elections, the SNP emerged as the largest party with 47 MSPs and formed a [[minority government]] with [[Alex Salmond]] as [[First Minister of Scotland|First Minister]]. After the 2011 Scottish parliamentary election, the SNP won enough seats to form a majority government, the first time this had ever happened since devolution was established in 1999. It won 64 of 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament in the [[2021 Scottish Parliament election]] and currently runs a minority government in Scotland.

Members of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru work together as a single parliamentary group<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/PCSNP.cfm Plaid Cymru/Scottish National Party Parliamentary Teams] Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 15 August 2008</ref> following a formal pact signed in 1986. This group currently has 13 MPs.