Alba Party
Alba Party Alba Pairty Pàrtaidh Alba | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Kenny MacAskill (interim)[1] |
| Depute Leader | Kenny MacAskill[2] |
| General Secretary | Christopher McEleny[3] |
| Founded | 8 February 2021 |
| Registered | PP12700 |
| Split from | Scottish National Party (SNP)[4] |
| Headquarters | 1 Lochrin Square 92–98 Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 9QA |
| Membership (2023) | 7,500[5] |
| Ideology | |
| Colours | Blue and white |
| Slogan | "Now is the Time" |
| House of Commons (Scottish seats) | 0 / 59 |
| Scottish Parliament | 1 / 129 |
| Local government[13][14] | 2 / 1,227 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Alba Party is a Scottish nationalist, pro-independence and socially conservative political party in Scotland. The party was founded by Laurie Flynn, with the former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond as leader. Salmond created the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Perry, Robert (14 October 2024). "Alba Party will continue Alex Salmond's legacy, says acting leader". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ↑ Webster, Laura (11 September 2021). "Alba conference: Kenny MacAskill elected Alba party's depute leader". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ Mcilkenny, Stephen (11 September 2021). "Christopher McEleny appointed General Secretary of the Alba Party". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ↑ McCall, Chris (30 March 2021). "Former SNP MP joins Alex Salmond's new Alba Party as defections continue". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ Robertson, Adam (13 May 2023). "Alba Party says they have more members than Scottish Tories or LibDems". The National. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ↑ Brooks, Libby. "Alex Salmond launches new independence-focused Alba party". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ Brooks, Libby. "Scottish opposition offered easy hit by Alex Salmond party launch". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ "Alex Salmond Will Lead a New Scottish Party Into May Election". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ Davies, Gareth; Sanderson, Daniel (26 March 2021). "Alex Salmond returns to politics to lead new pro-independence Alba Party – watch live". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ↑ "Where we stand - Elected Head of State and Written Constitution". ALBA. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ "Alba Party: Members push for republic after vote in favour of scrapping monarchy". The Herald. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ Casalicchio, Emilio (20 February 2023). "Playbook PM: Brexit never-endgame — Labour scoop — SNP latest". Politico Europe. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ↑ "Local council political compositions". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ↑ "SECOND Inverclyde SNP Councillor Quits In Favour Of Alba Party". inverclyde now. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
