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Scottish National Party
The
Scottish National Party
(
SNP
) (, ) is a
Scottish nationalist
and
social-democratic
political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for
Scottish independence
. It is the third-largest political party by membership in the
United Kingdom
, as well as by overall representation in the
House of Commons
, behind the
Labour Party
and the
Conservative Party
, and is the largest party in
Scotland
, where it dominates both the
Scottish Parliament
and the country's parliamentary delegation to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
. Its leader,
Nicola Sturgeon
, is the current
First Minister of Scotland
.
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