The Scottish Greens are a green political party in Scotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local elections, the party sits on 13 of the 32 Scottish local councils, with a total of 36 councillors. They held two ministerial posts in the first Yousaf government following a power-sharing agreement with the SNP from August 2021 until the end of the Bute House Agreement in April 2024, marking the first time Green Party politicians formed part of a government in the UK.
Harvie (left) with Eleanor Scott (right), co-convenors of the party between 2008 and 2011
Harvie (left) with Maggie Chapman, co-convenors of the party between 2014 and 2018.
"Green Yes" activists in Edinburgh campaigning for independence, 2014
Edinburgh Green councillors, including Maggie Chapman (top middle)
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism and social justice.
In 1979, Daniel Brélaz became the world's first green member of a national parliament (in Switzerland).
Indulis Emsis of the Latvian Green Party became Prime Minister of Latvia in 2004, and the world's first green head of government.
Raimonds Vējonis, President of Latvia
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
