The composition of the Scottish Parliament following the 2007 election.
█ Scottish National Party (47)
█ Scottish Labour Party (46)
█ Scottish Conservative Party (17)
█ Scottish Liberal Democrats (16)
█ Scottish Green Party (2)
█ Independent (1)

Scotland

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Background

The main issues during the campaign trail were healthcare, education, council tax reform, pensions, the Union, Trident (the submarines are based in Scotland), the Iraq War and more powers for the Scottish Parliament. Some parties are planning to raise the school leaving age from 16 to 18 and raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 16 to 18. The logo of NHS Scotland NHSScotland is the official corporate style of the National Health Service operations in Scotland. ... The Council Tax is the main form of local taxation in England, Scotland and Wales. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Acts of Union were twin Acts of Parliament passed in 1707 (going into effect on 26 March) in the Scottish and the English Parliaments. ... The Trident missile, named after the trident, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it a SLBM. The Trident was built in two variants: the I (C4) UGM-96A and II (D5) UGM-133A. The C4 and D5... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... The Raising Of School Leaving Age (often shortened to ROSLA), is an act which states the legal age a child is allowed to leave compulsory education. ... This article is about the product manufactured from Tobacco plants (Nicotiana spp. ...

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Polls suggested that the SNP, second place behind Labour in terms of numbers of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), would gain seats while Labour's support would decline. Based on pre-election projections, there could have been some possibility of an SNP-Liberal Democrat coalition, which might have extended to include the Scottish Green Party.^[2][3][4][5]The other parties represented in the Parliament before the election were the Scottish Conservative Party, the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP), Solidarity and the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party. (Solidarity is a new party, having broken away from the SSP in 2006.) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... The Scottish Green Party (Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the Green party of Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... The party logo since September 2006. ... The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a radical left-wing Scottish political party which campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence. ... Solidarity (full name Solidarity - Scotlands Socialist Movement) is a political party in Scotland, launched on September 3, 2006 as a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)[1] in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridans libel action. ... The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) were formed in February 2003, in time to contest that years elections to the Scottish Parliament. ...

Other parties that campaigned for seats in Holyrood included the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), the British National Party (BNP), the Scottish Unionist Party, the Scottish Socialist Labour Party, the Christian Peoples Alliance and the Scottish Christian Party. The name Holyrood may refer to: the official seat of the Scottish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament Building Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh Holyrood Park near Edinburgh, facing the palace one of the areas of Edinburgh Holyrood is an anglicisation of the Scots haly ruid (holy cross). ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced // ) is a British political party. ... The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right political party in the United Kingdom. ... Logo of the Scottish Unionist Party The Scottish Unionist Party (SUP) is a small political party operating in Scotland. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... Logo of the Christian Peoples Alliance The Christian Peoples Alliance is a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Christian Party is a minor Christian Right political organisation in Scotland and a sister organisation to the group Operation Christian Vote [1] which has fought elections in England and Scotland, including at the 2005 UK general election. ...

Election system

Scanners counting votes in Glasgow's SECC.

There are 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) system of election, which are grouped into eight regions. These regions each elect seven additional member MSPs so as to produce an overall proportional result. The D'Hondt method is used to calculate which additional member MSPs the regions elect. Each constituency is a sub-division of a region; the additional members system is designed to produce proportional representation for each region, and the total number of MSPs elected to the parliament is 129. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1632 × 1224 pixel, file size: 298 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A picture I took at the count at the Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region) count in the SECC in Glasgow on 3 May 2007. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1632 × 1224 pixel, file size: 298 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) A picture I took at the count at the Glasgow (Scottish Parliament electoral region) count in the SECC in Glasgow on 3 May 2007. ... The front of the SECC The Clyde Auditorium with the main SECC building behind it The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), located on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, is Scotlands national venue for public events. ... The Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) has 73 constituencies, each electing one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post system of election, and eight additional member regions, each electing seven additional member MSPs. ... Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... A plurality, relative majority or simple majority is the largest share of something, which may or may not be considered a majority, i. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ... Ballot for electoral district 252, Würzburg, for the 2005 German federal election. ... The DHondt method (equivalent to Jeffersons method) is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ...

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The Arbuthnott Commission reported in January 2006, concerning the multiplicity of voting systems and electoral divisions in Scotland. Council elections on the same day used Single Transferable Vote for the first time, but there was no change to the Holyrood election system, except regarding use of vote-counting machines, before the 2007 election. Scanners supplied by DRS Data Services Limited of Milton Keynes, in partnership with Electoral Reform Services, the trading arm of the Electoral Reform Society, were used to electronically count the paper ballots in both the Scottish Parliament general election and the Scottish council elections, which took place on the same day.^[6][7] The Arbuthnott Commission on Boundary Differences and Voting Systems[1] was set up in July 2004 by Alistair Darling, then Secretary of State for Scotland, under the chairmanship of Sir John Arbuthnott, to examine various consequences of having four different systems of voting in Scotland, and different boundaries for constituencies... A voting system is a means of choosing between a number of options, based on the input of a number of voters. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ... There exist various methods through which the ballots cast at an election may be counted, prior to applying a voting system to obtain one or more winners. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... The Electoral Reform Society is a campaign group based in the UK which promotes electoral reform. ... A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. ... The 2007 Local government elections will be held on 3 May 2007. ...

Election results

Notes: Independents contested 17 seats and three regions. Scottish Greens contested 1 seat, Scottish Socialist Party contested 1 seat, Scottish Christian Party, Scottish Voice etc contested a small number of seats. A number of local issue parties also stood in single constituencies. Ballot for electoral district 252, Würzburg, for the 2005 German federal election. ... The Scottish National Party (SNP) (Scottish Gaelic: is a centre-left political party which campaigns for Scottish independence. ... This article is about the Scottish Labour Party founded in 1976. ... The party logo since September 2006. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Green Party (Pàrtaidh Uaine na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the Green party of Scotland, and a full member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... The Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) were formed in February 2003, in time to contest that years elections to the Scottish Parliament. ... Solidarity (full name Solidarity - Scotlands Socialist Movement) is a political party in Scotland, launched on September 3, 2006 as a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP)[1] in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridans libel action. ... The Scottish Christian Party is a minor Christian Right political organisation in Scotland and a sister organisation to the group Operation Christian Vote [1] which has fought elections in England and Scotland, including at the 2005 UK general election. ... The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right political party in the United Kingdom. ... Logo of the Christian Peoples Alliance The Christian Peoples Alliance is a minor political party operating in the United Kingdom. ... The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a small left-wing political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a radical left-wing Scottish political party which campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced // ) is a British political party. ... Publican Party - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Logo of the Scottish Unionist Party The Scottish Unionist Party (SUP) is a small political party operating in Scotland. ... A new centre-right political party, provisionally named the Scottish Democrats or Scottish Voice[1], was launched in Scotland in February 2007. ... The Scottish Enterprise Party, SEP, is a Scottish centre-right pro-business party supportive of Scottish independence. ... The Scottish Jacobite Party is a minor political party registered with the UK Electoral Commission. ... Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers is a public campaign group dedicated to exposing corruption within the Scottish legal profession, and whose main aim is to end the Law Society of Scotlands system of self-regulating complaints against member solicitors. ... The Peace Party is a small political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Communist Party of Britain, which claims to have around 900 members, is the largest Communist party in the United Kingdom. ... Logo of Independent Green Voice Independent Green Voice is a minor right wing environmentalist political party in Scotland. ... The Socialist Equality Party is a minor Trotskyist political party in England. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Constituency and regional summary

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