National Party of Scotland

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The National Party of Scotland was a Scottish political party that advocated for Scottish self-government and later merged to form the modern Scottish National Party (SNP).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Party 3
National Party of Scotland canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party
political party
activeInPeriod interwar period
advocated Home rule for Scotland
greater autonomy within the United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs NPS
country Scotland
dissolved 1934
founded 1928
goal establishment of Scottish self-government
headquartersLocation Glasgow
ideology Scottish nationalism
self-government for Scotland
influenced Scottish National Party
languageOfName English
mergedInto Scottish National Party
mergedWith National Party of Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scottish Party
notableMember Andrew Dewar Gibb
Compton Mackenzie
John MacCormick
Roland Muirhead
operatedIn Scotland
United Kingdom
opposed centralised governance from Westminster
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSystemContext parliamentary democracy of the United Kingdom
predecessor Scots National League
primaryFocus constitutional status of Scotland
regionRepresented Scottish constituencies
successor Scottish National Party

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish National Party foundedBy National Party of Scotland
Scottish National Party foundedBy National Party of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Party
Scottish National Party predecessor National Party of Scotland
Scottish National Party predecessor National Party of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Party
National Party of Scotland mergedWith National Party of Scotland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scottish Party