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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Scottish wing of the Liberal Democrats</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><div style="padding-top:0.3em; padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #FAA61A; border-bottom:2px solid #FAA61A; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Scottish Liberal Democrats</div> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">President</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;">Willie Wilson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">8 March 1988<span class="noprint">; 36 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1988-03-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">4 Clifton Terrace <br /> <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> <br /> EH12 5DR<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Youth_wing" title="Youth wing">Youth wing</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Young_Liberals" title="Scottish Young Liberals">Scottish Young Liberals</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Membership <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(December 2020)</span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4,185<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">Liberalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hepburn2010_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hepburn2010-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Social_liberalism" title="Social liberalism">Social liberalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vries2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vries2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Federalism in the United Kingdom">British federalism</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Unionism in the United Kingdom">British unionism</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Pro-Europeanism" 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-top:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #FAA61A;"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Scotland" title="Politics of Scotland">Politics of Scotland</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Scotland" title="List of political parties in Scotland">Political parties</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Scotland" title="Elections in Scotland">Elections</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Scottish Liberal Democrats</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federalism" title="Federalism">federalist</a> political party in Scotland, part of UK <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>. The party holds 4 of the 129 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> and 6 of the 57 Scottish seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a>. </p><p>The Scottish Liberal Democrats is one of the three state parties<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within the <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a>, the others being the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a> and the <a href="/wiki/English_Liberal_Democrats" title="English Liberal Democrats">English Liberal Democrats</a>. The Liberal Democrats do not contest elections in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution in the United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Scottish_devolution" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Scottish devolution">History of Scottish devolution</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_and_early_years">Formation and early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Scottish Liberal Democrat party was formed by the merger of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Party" title="Scottish Liberal Party">Scottish Liberal Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(UK)" title="Social Democratic Party (UK)">Social Democratic Party</a> (SDP) in Scotland, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions" title="Mergers and acquisitions">merger</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party" title="Liberal Party">Liberal Party</a> and SDP on 3 March 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party campaigned for the creation of a devolved <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> as part of its wider policy of a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a> United Kingdom. In the late 1980s and 1990s it and its representatives participated in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Scottish Constitutional Convention">Scottish Constitutional Convention</a> with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trades unions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>. It also campaigned for a "Yes-Yes" vote in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Scotland_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Scotland referendum">1997 devolution referendum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999–2007:_Coalition_government_with_Labour"><span id="1999.E2.80.932007:_Coalition_government_with_Labour"></span>1999–2007: Coalition government with Labour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1999–2007: Coalition government with Labour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">first elections to the Scottish Parliament</a> in 1999, the Scottish Lib Dems won 17 seats. Following this, it formed a <a href="/wiki/Coalition_government" title="Coalition government">coalition government</a> with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Executive</a>. The then party leader, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a>, became <a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="Deputy First Minister of Scotland">Deputy First Minister of Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Justice_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Justice (Scotland)">Minister for Justice</a>. He also served as acting <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> on three occasions, during the illness and then later, the death of the first First Minister <a href="/wiki/Donald_Dewar" title="Donald Dewar">Donald Dewar</a> and the following resignation of his successor <a href="/wiki/Henry_McLeish" title="Henry McLeish">Henry McLeish</a>. This partnership was renewed in 2003 and Wallace became Deputy First Minister and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scottish_Governments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Scottish Governments">Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning</a>. On 23 June 2005, <a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> MSP succeeded Wallace as party leader<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and took over his positions in the Executive until the 2007 elections. </p><p>Prior to the partnership government being formed in 1999, the UK had only limited experience of coalition government. The Lib Dems' participation attracted criticism for involving compromises to its preferred policies, although several of its manifesto pledges were adopted as government policy or legislation. These included changes to the arrangements for student contributions to higher education costs (although whether that amounted to the claimed achievement of having abolished tuition fees was hotly contested), free personal care for the elderly and (during the second coalition government) changing the system of elections for Scottish local authorities to the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>, a long-standing Liberal Democrat policy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2011:_Opposition"><span id="2007.E2.80.932011:_Opposition"></span>2007–2011: Opposition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2007–2011: Opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the party won one fewer seat than in the two previous Scottish elections: this was the first parliamentary election for 28 years in which the party's parliamentary strength in Scotland was reduced. This experience led to some criticism of the party's election strategy and its leader. Although it was arithmetically possible to form a majority coalition with the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) and the Scottish Greens, the party refused to participate in coalition negotiations because of a disagreement over the SNP's policy of a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>, and sat as an opposition party in the Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 2 July 2008, <a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen,_Baron_Stephen" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> resigned as party leader, citing the "stresses and strains" of the job.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore MP</a> served as acting leader of the party until <a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> MSP was <a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">elected party leader</a> on 26 August 2008, winning 59% of the votes cast in a contest with parliamentary colleagues <a href="/wiki/Ross_Finnie" title="Ross Finnie">Ross Finnie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rumbles" title="Mike Rumbles">Mike Rumbles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2021:_Electoral_decline"><span id="2011.E2.80.932021:_Electoral_decline"></span>2011–2021: Electoral decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011–2021: Electoral decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the party lost all its mainland constituencies, retaining only the two constituencies of Orkney and Shetland; it also secured three List MSPs. This was, at the time, by far the party's worst electoral performance since the re-establishment of a Scottish Parliament in 1999. The disastrous results were blamed on a backlash to the Lib Dems' <a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">coalition</a> with the Conservative Party.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott resigned as party leader on 7 May,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the resulting <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">leadership election</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> ten days later.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014 European Parliament election</a>, the party lost its only MEP, leaving it with no representation for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a>. The party lost 10 of its 11 MPs at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a> with only <a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> narrowly retaining his seat, holding <a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> with a 3.6% majority.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, the party again had five MSPs elected but was pushed into 5th place by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Greens" title="Scottish Greens">Scottish Greens</a>. While it regained the two constituency seats of Edinburgh Western and North East Fife from the SNP, its vote share fell slightly overall. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017 general election</a>, the party retained Orkney and Shetland with an increased majority, as well as regaining three seats lost to the SNP in 2015 – <a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Dunbartonshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a>. The Scottish Liberal Democrats lost out on the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> constituency to <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gethins" title="Stephen Gethins">Stephen Gethins</a> of the SNP by just two votes, making it the most marginal result in the UK at the general election that year.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 European Parliament election</a>, they re-gained a Member of European Parliament, <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Ritchie" title="Sheila Ritchie">Sheila Ritchie</a>, for the Scotland Region until the United Kingdom left the European Union in early 2020. </p><p>Two years later, at the <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019 general election</a>, UK Lib Dem leader <a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> lost East Dunbartonshire to <a href="/wiki/Amy_Callaghan" title="Amy Callaghan">Amy Callaghan</a> of the SNP by 150 votes, and was forced to stand down as leader; but the Liberal Democrats successfully regained North East Fife and retained four seats in Scotland. The Scottish Lib Dems replaced Scottish Labour as the third-largest party in Scotland in terms of seats at the 2019 general election, in a historic landslide defeat for the party nationwide.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>, only 4 MSPs were elected for the Lib Dems, holding onto their 4 constituency seats while losing their single regional seat in <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland</a>. The party's vote share also declined further, reaching a new low in both constituency and list vote share at a Scottish Parliamentary election, and 50 deposits were lost out of the 73 constituencies contested.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulted in the party dropping below the five-seat threshold to be recognised as a parliamentary party in the Scottish Parliament, and as a result losing certain parliamentary rights such as a guaranteed question at <a href="/wiki/First_Minister%27s_Questions" title="First Minister's Questions">First Minister's Questions</a>. Following the election, Rennie resigned as leader, and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> in August 2021 after he stood to run unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022–present:_Rebuilding"><span id="2022.E2.80.93present:_Rebuilding"></span>2022–present: Rebuilding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2022–present: Rebuilding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After winning 87 council seats in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Scottish_local_elections" title="2022 Scottish local elections">2022 Scottish local elections</a>, an increase from 67 in 2017, party leader Alex Cole-Hamilton announced a target of 150 councillors by 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2024 United Kingdom general election</a>, the party won the most number of seats since <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They held the successors to their four seats which had their boundaries redrawn and gained an additional two by taking <a href="/wiki/Mid_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Dunbartonshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)">Ross, Skye and Lochaber</a> from the SNP.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the reduction of House of Common seats in the 2023 Boundary Review, many news organisations would report the results as two holds and four gains.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader">Leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 60px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait of Lord Bruce of Bennachie crop 2, 2019.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Bruce_of_Bennachie_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Malcolm Bruce</a> </td> <td>3 March 1988 </td> <td>18 April 1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 60px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait of Lord Wallace of Tankerness crop 2, 2019.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Wallace_of_Tankerness_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </td> <td>18 April 1992 </td> <td>23 June 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 60px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nicol_Stephen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nicol Stephen.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Nicol_Stephen.jpg/60px-Nicol_Stephen.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Nicol_Stephen.jpg/90px-Nicol_Stephen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Nicol_Stephen.jpg/120px-Nicol_Stephen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2006" data-file-height="2675" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2005 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">23 June 2005</a> </td> <td>2 July 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Acting</i> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore,_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/90px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/135px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/180px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> </td> <td>2 July 2008 </td> <td>26 August 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tavish_Scott.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Tavish Scott.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tavish_Scott.jpg/90px-Tavish_Scott.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tavish_Scott.jpg/135px-Tavish_Scott.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Tavish_Scott.jpg/180px-Tavish_Scott.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1785" data-file-height="2372" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">26 August 2008</a> </td> <td>7 May 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Willie Rennie 2016.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg/90px-Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg/135px-Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Willie_Rennie_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="177" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">17 May 2011</a> </td> <td>20 July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Acting</i> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -5px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait of Mr Alistair Carmichael crop 2.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/135px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/180px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </td> <td>20 July 2021 </td> <td>20 August 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>6</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg/90px-Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg/135px-Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg/180px-Alex_Cole-Hamilton_MSP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1022" data-file-height="1363" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">20 August 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Leaders">Deputy Leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Deputy Leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Image </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>1</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Moore,_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Michael Moore, Secretary of State for Scotland.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/90px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/135px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg/180px-Michael_Moore%2C_Secretary_of_State_for_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael Moore (Scottish politician)">Michael Moore</a> </td> <td>2 November 2002 </td> <td>20 September 2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>2</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jo_Swinson_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jo Swinson (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Jo_Swinson_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Jo Swinson</a> </td> <td>20 September 2010 </td> <td>23 September 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait of Mr Alistair Carmichael crop 2.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/135px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg/180px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Alistair_Carmichael_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </td> <td>23 September 2012 </td> <td>3 December 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 60px; height: 80px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -8px; left: -15px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Official portrait of Wendy Chamberlain MP crop 2.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg/135px-Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg/180px-Official_portrait_of_Wendy_Chamberlain_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a> </td> <td>3 December 2021 </td> <td>Incumbent </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_party_leadership,_office_bearers_and_committee_members"><span id="Current_party_leadership.2C_office_bearers_and_committee_members"></span>Current party leadership, office bearers and committee members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Current party leadership, office bearers and committee members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Current party officials include:<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Leader: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> MSP</li> <li>Deputy Leader: <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a> MP</li> <li>Convener: Jenni Lang<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Treasurer: Mike Gray</li> <li>President: Willie Wilson</li> <li>Vice-Convener, Policy: Neil Casey</li> <li>Vice-Convener, Conference: Paul McGarry</li> <li>Vice-Convener, Campaigns & Candidates: Charles Dundas</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In keeping with its basis as a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federation</a> of organisations, the Scottish party also consists of a number of local parties (which mostly follow the boundaries of the Scottish Council Areas), which are each distinct accounting units under the <a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a>. Local parties are predominantly responsible for the party's <a href="/wiki/Political_campaign" title="Political campaign">political campaigning</a> and for selecting candidates for parliamentary and <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">local authority</a> elections. </p><p>There are also eight regional parties (based on the boundaries of the eight <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_electoral_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament electoral regions">Scottish Parliament electoral regions</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party's headquarters are located in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. The conference is the highest decision-making body of the party on both policy and strategic issues. The day-to-day organisation of the party is the responsibility of the party's Executive Committee, which is chaired by the Convener of the party and includes the Leader, the Deputy Leader and the President of the party, as well as the party Treasurer and the three Vice-Conveners. All party members vote every two years in internal elections to elect people to all the below positions, except Leader & Depute Leader. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conferences">Conferences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the Federal party, the Scottish party holds two conferences per year; a Spring Conference, and an Autumn Conference. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Associated_organisations">Associated organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Associated organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Associated organisations generally seek to influence the direction of the party on a specific issue or represent a section of the party membership. The party has five associated organisations: </p> <ul><li>Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners (ASLDC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT%2B_Liberal_Democrats" title="LGBT+ Liberal Democrats">LGBT+ Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li>Scottish Green Liberal Democrats</li> <li>Scottish Women Liberal Democrats</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Young_Liberals" title="Scottish Young Liberals">Scottish Young Liberals</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_of_Scottish_Liberal_Democrat_Councillors_and_Campaigners">Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Association of Scottish Liberal Democrat Councillors (ASLDC)<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a network of Liberal Democrat <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> and local campaigners across Scotland which works to support and develop Liberal Democrat involvement in <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Local_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Local Government">Scottish Local Government</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_local_elections" title="2017 Scottish local elections">Local Council Election of May 2017</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote" class="mw-redirect" title="Single Transferable Vote">Single Transferable Vote</a> (STV) system, 67 Liberal Democrats were elected, a drop of 3 on <a href="/wiki/2012_Scottish_local_elections" title="2012 Scottish local elections">Local Council Election of May 2012</a>. A voluntary Executive Committee meets several times a year to run the organisation. 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State matters include not only currently <a href="/wiki/Devolved" class="mw-redirect" title="Devolved">devolved</a> issues but also those <a href="/wiki/Reserved_and_excepted_matters" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserved and excepted matters">reserved matters</a> which the party considers should be devolved to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">broadcasting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Energy" title="Energy">energy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Drugs">drugs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The party also believes that the Scottish Parliament should exercise <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_autonomy_for_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal autonomy for Scotland">greater responsibility on fiscal matters</a>. A party commission chaired by former Liberal Party leader and Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Sir <a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">David Steel</a> set out the party's proposals on the constitutional issue.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to its constitution, the party believes in a "fair, free and open society ... in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity". It has traditionally argued for both positive and negative liberties, tolerance of social diversity, <a href="/wiki/Decentralisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Decentralisation">decentralisation</a> of political authority, including <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> for public elections, internationalism and greater involvement in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. In the 2007 elections it campaigned for reforms to <a href="/wiki/Public_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Public services">public services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Local_taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="Local taxation">local taxation</a>, and for more powers for the Scottish Parliament within a <a href="/wiki/Federation" title="Federation">federal</a> Britain. </p><p>In December 2007, the party (along with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Conservatives" title="Scottish Conservatives">Scottish Conservatives</a>) supported the creation of a new <a href="/wiki/Commission_on_Scottish_Devolution" title="Commission on Scottish Devolution">Commission on Scottish Devolution</a>, along similar lines to the earlier <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Constitutional_Convention" title="Scottish Constitutional Convention">Scottish Constitutional Convention</a>, to discuss further powers for the Scottish Parliament. </p><p>In 2012, the Scottish Liberal Democrats joined the <a href="/wiki/Better_Together_(campaign)" title="Better Together (campaign)">Better Together</a> campaign with other Unionist political parties to campaign for a No vote in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">2014 Scottish independence referendum</a>, with Craig Harrow, then convener of the party, joining the Board of Directors. </p><p>They campaigned to for the UK and Scotland to remain a member of the European Union via the <a href="/wiki/Britain_Stronger_in_Europe" title="Britain Stronger in Europe">Stronger In</a> preceding the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum</a> </p><p>In 2021, the Scottish Liberal Democrats negotiated a budget agreement with the SNP Scottish government, helping pass the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_budget" title="Scottish budget">Scottish budget</a> with the condition of additional funding for community mental health services, schools and renewables retraining for people in the oil and gas sector in <a href="/wiki/North_East_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="North East Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">North East Scotland.</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Scottish Parliament election later that year, their manifesto pledges included training more mental health specialists, an <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Service" title="National Health Service">NHS</a> recovery plan after the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, investing in low carbon heat networks, new national parks, a <a href="/wiki/Universal_basic_income" title="Universal basic income">universal basic income</a>, <a href="/wiki/Play-based_learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Play-based learning">play-based education</a>, opposing a second independence referendum and moving homes to zero-emission heating.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2024 UK General Election, the party's manifesto was similar to the UK-wide party manifesto, and focussed on funding for the NHS and social care, stopping the dumping of sewage into Scottish rivers and tackling the <a href="/wiki/Cost-of-living_crisis" title="Cost-of-living crisis">cost-of-living crisis</a>. The manifesto also included pledges on zero-emissions by 2045 at the latest, a one- year emergency home insulation programme, removing the benefit cap, electrifying the rail network, enhancing the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998" title="Human Rights Act 1998">Human Rights Act</a>, and scrapping the <a href="/wiki/Illegal_Migration_Act_2023" title="Illegal Migration Act 2023">Illegal Migration Act</a>, among other policies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elected_representatives">Elected representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Elected representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_Parliament">Scottish Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Scottish Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Liberal_Democrat_members_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="List of Liberal Democrat members of the Scottish Parliament">List of Liberal Democrat members of the Scottish Parliament</a> and <a href="/wiki/6th_Scottish_Parliament" title="6th Scottish Parliament">6th Scottish Parliament</a></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions">Constituency or Region</a> </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Spokespersons </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a> </td> <td>Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and spokesperson for Health </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Liam_McArthur" title="Liam McArthur">Liam McArthur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orkney_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Orkney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a> </td> <td>Justice and the Climate Emergency </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (Scottish Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a> </td> <td>Education, Economy and Communities </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Wishart" title="Beatrice Wishart">Beatrice Wishart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shetland_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Shetland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Shetland_by-election" title="2019 Shetland by-election">2019</a> </td> <td>Rural Affairs and Connectivity </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: House of Commons of the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Westminster_constituencies" title="Scottish Westminster constituencies">Constituency</a> </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Carmichael" title="Alistair Carmichael">Alistair Carmichael</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orkney_and_Shetland_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)">Orkney and Shetland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> </td> <td>Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_Select_Committee" title="Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee">Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Chamberlain" title="Wendy Chamberlain">Wendy Chamberlain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_East_Fife_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)">North East Fife</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a> </td> <td>Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats and UK Liberal Democrat Chief Whip </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Christine_Jardine" title="Christine Jardine">Christine Jardine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh West (UK Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh West</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </td> <td>UK Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Scotland and Women & Equalities. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Angus_MacDonald_(Liberal_Democrat_politician)" title="Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat politician)">Angus MacDonald</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inverness,_Skye_and_West_Ross-shire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)">Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Susan_Murray" title="Susan Murray">Susan Murray</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid_Dunbartonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Dunbartonshire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamie_Stone_(politician)" title="Jamie Stone (politician)">Jamie Stone</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Caithness,_Sutherland_and_Easter_Ross_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (UK Parliament constituency)">Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a> </td> <td>Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Petitions_Committee" title="Petitions Committee">Petitions Committee</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Government">Local Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Local Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scottish Liberal Democrats currently have 87 elected councillors across Scotland with representation in each of the following councils: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_City_Council" title="Aberdeen City Council">Aberdeen City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Bute" title="Argyll and Bute">Argyll and Bute Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumfries_and_Galloway" title="Dumfries and Galloway">Dumfries and Galloway Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_City_Council" title="Dundee City Council">Dundee City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Dunbartonshire" title="East Dunbartonshire">East Dunbartonshire Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Edinburgh_Council" title="City of Edinburgh Council">City of Edinburgh Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fife_Council" title="Fife Council">Fife Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Highland_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="The Highland Council">The Highland Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_and_Kinross_Council" title="Perth and Kinross Council">Perth and Kinross Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renfrewshire" title="Renfrewshire">Renfrewshire Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Borders" title="Scottish Borders">Scottish Borders Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Lanarkshire" title="South Lanarkshire">South Lanarkshire Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Lothian_Council" title="West Lothian Council">West Lothian Council</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_performance">Electoral performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Electoral performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scottish_Parliament_2">Scottish Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Scottish Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Leader </th> <th colspan="3">Constituency </th> <th colspan="3">Regional </th> <th rowspan="2">Total seats </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </td> <td>333,179 </td> <td>14.2 </td> <td><div 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</td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a> </th> <td>294,347 </td> <td>15.4 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 73</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 18%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>225,774 </td> <td>11.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 56</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">17 / 129</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Lab</a>–LD </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> </td> <td>326,232 </td> <td>16.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 73</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 15%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>230,651 </td> <td>11.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 56</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 9%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">16 / 129</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 12%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> </td> <td>157,714 </td> <td>7.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 73</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>104,472 </td> <td>5.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 56</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 129</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 11 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td>178,238 </td> <td>7.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 73</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>119,284 </td> <td>5.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 56</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">5 / 129</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 4%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a> </th> <td>187,816 </td> <td>6.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 73</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>137,152 </td> <td>5.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 56</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 129</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 3%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Commons">House of Commons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: House of Commons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This chart shows the electoral results of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, from the first election the party contested in 1992. Total number of seats, number of votes and vote percentage, is for Scotland only. For results prior to 1992, see <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Party" title="Scottish Liberal Party">Scottish Liberal Party</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Leader </th> <th colspan="3">Scotland </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th> <th colspan="2">Position </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th> <th><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1992</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Malcolm Bruce</a> </td> <td>383,856 </td> <td>13.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">9 / 72</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="1997 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">1997</a> </th> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </td> <td>365,362 </td> <td>13.0 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 72</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2001</a> </th> <td>380,034 </td> <td>16.3 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">10 / 72</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2005</a> </th> <td>528,076 </td> <td>22.6 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2010 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2010</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Tavish_Scott" title="Tavish Scott">Tavish Scott</a> </td> <td>465,471 </td> <td>18.9 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">11 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;" class="table-yes2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Cons</a>–LD </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2015 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2015</a> </th> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td>219,675 </td> <td>7.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 2%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2017 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2017</a> </th> <td>179,061 </td> <td>6.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2019</a> </th> <td>263,417 </td> <td>9.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 59</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland" title="2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland">2024</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> </td> <td>234,228 </td> <td>9.7 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 57</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no2">Opposition </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_elections">Local elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Local elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Leader </th> <th><abbr title="1st Preference Votes">1st Pref Votes.</abbr> </th> <th>% </th> <th>Councillors </th> <th>+/– </th> <th><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1992_Scottish_local_elections" title="1992 Scottish local elections">1992</a> </th> <td rowspan="4" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace</a> </td> <td>140,697 </td> <td>9.5% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">94 / 1,158</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 8%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1995_Scottish_local_elections" title="1995 Scottish local elections">1995</a> </th> <td>166,141 </td> <td>9.79% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">60 / 1,155</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 34 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_local_elections" title="1999 Scottish local elections">1999</a> </th> <td>289,236 </td> <td>12.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">156 / 1,222</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 35 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_local_elections" title="2003 Scottish local elections">2003</a> </th> <td>272,057 </td> <td>14.5% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">175 / 1,222</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 18 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_local_elections" title="2007 Scottish local elections">2007</a> </th> <td rowspan="1" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen" title="Nicol Stephen">Nicol Stephen</a> </td> <td>266,693 </td> <td>12.7% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">166 / 1,222</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3rd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_Scottish_local_elections" title="2012 Scottish local elections">2012</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Willie_Rennie" title="Willie Rennie">Willie Rennie</a> </td> <td>103,087 </td> <td>6.62% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">71 / 1,223</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 95 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_Scottish_local_elections" title="2017 Scottish local elections">2017</a> </th> <td>128,821 </td> <td>6.82% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">67 / 1,227</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 5%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2022_Scottish_local_elections" title="2022 Scottish local elections">2022</a> </th> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a> </td> <td>159,815 </td> <td>8.6% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">87 / 1,227</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 7%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 20 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4th </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Parliament">European Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: European Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="3">Scotland </th> <th rowspan="2">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>7.2 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 8</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="lightgrey"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a> </th> <td>96,971 </td> <td>9.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 8</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 13%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a> </th> <td>154,178 </td> <td>13.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 7</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 14%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a> </th> <td>127,038 </td> <td>11.5 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a> </th> <td>95,319 </td> <td>7.1 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">0 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 0%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a> </th> <td>218,285 </td> <td>13.8 </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 6</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FAA61A; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Appointments">Appointments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Lords">House of Lords</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: House of Lords"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Peerage" title="Peerage">Peer</a></th> <th>Ennobled</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Boyle,_10th_Earl_of_Glasgow" title="Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow">Patrick Boyle, 10th Earl of Glasgow</a></td> <td>1984 (Hereditary)</td> <td>Current chief of <a href="/wiki/Clan_Boyle" title="Clan Boyle">Clan Boyle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Barker,_Baroness_Barker" title="Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker">Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker</a></td> <td>1999</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Bruce" title="Malcolm Bruce">Malcolm Bruce, Baron Bruce of Bennachie</a></td> <td>2015</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem</a></td> <td>2015</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Erskine,_14th_Earl_of_Mar" class="mw-redirect" title="James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar">James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar</a></td> <td>2000</td> <td>Retired from the Lords in 2017. </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Archy_Kirkwood,_Baron_Kirkwood_of_Kirkhope" class="mw-redirect" title="Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope">Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope</a></td> <td>2005</td> <td>MP for Roxburgh and Berwickshire from 1983 to 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Purvis,_Baron_Purvis_of_Tweed" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed">Jeremy Purvis, Baron Purvis of Tweed</a></td> <td>2013</td> <td>MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (2003 to 2011) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Steel,_Baron_Steel_of_Aikwood" class="mw-redirect" title="David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood">David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood</a></td> <td>1997</td> <td>Leader of the Liberal Party & Leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats (1976 to 1988) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicol_Stephen,_Baron_Stephen" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen">Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen</a></td> <td>2011</td> <td>Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (2005 to 2008) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alison_Suttie,_Baroness_Suttie" title="Alison Suttie, Baroness Suttie">Alison Suttie, Baroness Suttie</a></td> <td>2013</td> <td>Deputy chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (2010 to 2011) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Thurso" title="John Thurso">John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso</a></td> <td>2016 (Hereditary)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Iain_Vallance,_Baron_Vallance_of_Tummel" title="Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel">Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel</a></td> <td>2004</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Wallace,_Baron_Wallace_of_Tankerness" title="Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness">Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness</a></td> <td>2007</td> <td>Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats (1992 to 2005) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px 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Edinburgh University Press. p. 240. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781399506397" title="Special:BookSources/9781399506397"><bdi>9781399506397</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Scottish+Liberals+and+Liberal+Democrats&rft.pages=240&rft.pub=Edinburgh+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=9781399506397&rft.aulast=Torrance&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AScottish+Liberal+Democrats" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberals_for_Independence" title="Scottish Liberals for Independence">Scottish Liberals for Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Liberal_Democrats" title="English Liberal Democrats">English Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Liberal_Democrats" title="Welsh Liberal Democrats">Welsh Liberal Democrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Liberal_Democrats" title="Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats">Northern Ireland Liberal Democrats</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scottish_Liberal_Democrats&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/contact_scottish_lib_dem_hq">"Scottish Liberal Democrat HQ"</a>. <i>Scottish Liberal Democrats</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191110162608/http://www.scotlibdems.org.uk/contact_scottish_lib_dem_hq">Archived</a> from the original on 10 November 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_1st_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the 1st Scottish Parliament">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_2nd_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the 2nd Scottish Parliament">Second</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FAA61A;;width:1%">Leadership elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2005 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2008 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2021 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election">2021</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Liberal_Democrats" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><link 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Leadership" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Leader of the Liberal Democrats">Leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Steel" title="David Steel">Steel</a> <i>(Liberal)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maclennan,_Baron_Maclennan_of_Rogart" title="Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart">Maclennan</a> <i>(SDP)</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Ashdown" title="Paddy Ashdown">Ashdown</a> (1988–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kennedy" title="Charles Kennedy">Kennedy</a> (1999–2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Clegg" title="Nick Clegg">Clegg</a> (2007–2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Swinson" title="Jo Swinson">Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Davey" title="Ed Davey">Davey</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_leader_of_the_Liberal_Democrats" title="Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats">Deputy leaders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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title="Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia">Dholakia</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Hughes" title="Simon Hughes">Hughes</a> (2005–2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Scott,_Baroness_Scott_of_Needham_Market" title="Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market">Scott</a> (2009–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Farron" title="Tim Farron">Farron</a> (2011–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sal_Brinton" title="Sal Brinton">Brinton</a> (2015–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Pack" title="Mark Pack">Pack</a> (from 2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FAA61A"><div id="Leadership_elections" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Leadership elections</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_Social_and_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1988 Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election">1988 (Ashdown)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="1999 Liberal Democrats leadership election">1999 (Kennedy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2006 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2006 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2007 (Clegg)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2015 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2015 (Farron)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2017 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2017 (Cable)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2019 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2019 (Swinson)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Liberal_Democrats_leadership_election" title="2020 Liberal Democrats leadership election">2020 (Davey)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #FAA61A;width:1%">Deputy leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Liberal_Democrats_deputy_leadership_election" title="2003 Liberal Democrats deputy leadership election">2003 (Campbell)</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Menzies_Campbell" title="Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell">Frontbench Team of Menzies Campbell</a> (2006–2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">First Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Nick_Clegg" title="Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg">Frontbench Team of Nick Clegg</a> (2007–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Tim_Farron" title="Frontbench Team of Tim Farron">Frontbench Team of Tim Farron</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Frontbench_Team_of_Vince_Cable" title="Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable">Second Frontbench Team of Vince Cable</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Jo_Swinson" title="Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson">Frontbench Team of Jo Swinson</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontbench_Team_of_Ed_Davey" title="Frontbench Team of Ed Davey">Frontbench Team of Ed Davey</a> 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