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Alba Party Pàrtaidh Alba | |
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| Leader | Kenny MacAskill[1] |
| Chairwoman | Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh |
| Director of Operations | Corri Wilson[2] |
| Depute Leader | Neale Hanvey |
| Scottish Parliament Leader | Ash Regan |
| Founded | 8 February 2021 |
| Split from | Scottish National Party[3] |
| Headquarters | 17 Forth Street Glasgow G41 2SP |
| Membership (2025) |  5,002[4] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-left[14] to centre-right[15] |
| National affiliation | Scotland United |
| Colours | Blue White |
| Slogan | Now is the Time |
| House of Commons (Scottish seats) | 0 / 57 |
| Scottish Parliament | 1 / 129 |
| Local government | 2 / 1,227 |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Alba Party (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Alba; Alba being the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland) is a Scottish nationalist and pro-independence political party in Scotland. Founded in February 2021, it was led by former first minister of Scotland and SNP leader Alex Salmond until his death in 2024. Salmond launched the party's 2021 Scottish Parliament election campaign in March 2021, with the party standing only region (list) candidates, but no constituency candidates.
Two members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK House of Commons defected from the Scottish National Party (SNP) to the Alba Party on 27 March 2021, and member of the Scottish parliament Ash Regan defected on 28 October 2023. Several former SNP MPs also joined the Alba Party.
In the 2024 general election, the Alba Party stood candidates in 19 constituencies across Scotland, but achieved just 11,784 votes and won no seats. All their candidates lost their deposits.[16] To date no Alba Party candidate has been elected at any election.
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- ^ Wilson, Corri (14 April 2025). "Corri Wilson appointed Director of Operations of Alba Party". Twitter. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ McCall, Chris (30 March 2021). "Former SNP MP joins Alex Salmond's new Alba Party as defections continue". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Brown, Hannah (26 March 2025). "MacAskill wins Alba leadership following Salmond's death". The Herald. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ Brooks, Libby (26 March 2021). "Alex Salmond launches new independence-focused Alba party". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
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- ^ "Where we stand - Elected Head of State and Written Constitution". ALBA. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Jody (11 September 2021). "Alba Party: Members push for republic after vote in favour of scrapping monarchy". The Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ Casalicchio, Emilio (20 February 2023). "Playbook PM: Brexit never-endgame — Labour scoop — SNP latest". Politico Europe. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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- "Scotland - Europe Elects". europeelects.eu. Europe Elects. 2024. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
Alba Party (ALBA)
Leader: Vacant
Orientation: Regionalist, centre-left - Mochrie, Robbie (2 April 2022). "The Wee Alba Book: Why the publication deserves to be widely read". thenational.scot. The National (Scotland). Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
The lump in this case is the SNP, who almost certainly must be in government and adorning the green benches of the House of Commons for Scotland to achieve independence. Their energies are directed to the mundane politics of service delivery. Into that gap, Alba's team of natural dissenters has delivered a "minority report", which leans very clearly to the left of centre.
- Wood, Dan (30 March 2021). "Was Alba Party's list-only stance forced by Nicola Sturgeon's vindication?". The National (Scotland).
Alba the left-wing party, SNP the centre-left social democratic party, Green party, and a right-of-centre Tory party. Will there be a place for a Labour party or a LibDem party?
- Jones, Tim (7 November 2023). "More political division in the Yes movement could be beneficial". The National (Scotland).
All parties with elected representatives (SNP, Greens, Alba) are left-of-centre social democrats who favour European integration, progressive taxation, and large-scale welfare provision. However, these views are far from universal amongst potential voters for independence.
- "The end of Tommy Sheridan's Solidarity party". Socialism Today. 17 February 2022.
Solidarity's current political outlook is underlined in the concluding points in the NEC statement which says their key aim is "pushing them [Alba] from left of centre towards our left and socialist vision… a socially just, fair and equal nuclear free independent Scotland".
- "Scotland - Europe Elects". europeelects.eu. Europe Elects. 2024. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ Carrell, Severin (25 April 2024). "Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Alba lose deposit in ALL seats where candidates stood in General Election". The National. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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