ISP Vision

The ISP wants to build a pro-independence majority in Holyrood, and provide a political home for those who don’t feel properly represented by existing independence parties

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A Grassroots Party

The ISP is a grassroots party comprising members of the wider YES community, many of whom are former SNP members.

They are people from all walks of life and different nationalities, united in a common goal of wanting to see Scotland as an independent nation once again.

The ISP believe that no political party has a right to expect peoples votes, especially when they have failed to deliver on promises made in previous elections.  Scotland’s Parliament is sovereign and it remains for the people of Scotland alone to decide how they are governed and by who.

The ISP is focused on Scottish independence as its primary goal as well as providing political balance to what has become a largely single party system representing the Independence message.

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A new video from the ISP showing how Independence votes on the regional list in the Highlands and Islands is a bit of a free for all. https://youtu.be/bgDkPBxcEKE
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A new video from the ISP showing how Independence votes were wasted in the North East Scotland region in 2016.
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A new video from the ISP showing how Independence votes were wasted in the North East Scotland region in 2016. https://youtu.be/U1Utl94L-hw
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A new video from the ISP showing how Independence votes were wasted in the Glasgow region in 2016.
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A new video from the ISP showing how Independence votes were wasted in the Central Scotland region in 2016.
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Some years ago, a friend of mine was on a car journey along the motorway, with their brother driving. The night before there had been a storm and high winds. The ...
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We note with interest the article in the National today featuring Ian Blackford, that asserts that we are going to have a referendum in 2021. We lay out, without comment, ...
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Article by:  Andrew Bentley-Steed The SNP have just one job.  One.  But this morning, Angus B MacNeil MP conceded that after all the effort he and Councillor Chris McEleny had ...
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Colette Walker, co-founder and leader  of the ISP, joined P4Indy to talk about the new party. There are a number of new Independence parties, standing solely on the List, who ...
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It used to be called gunboat diplomacy. In the days of the British Empire, if one of the colonies started kicking off, the Navy would sail a gunboat into the ...
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The following letter was written by  Julia Pannell and published in The National on the 27th October 2020 under the title ‘Venomous responses to new parties won’t stop us campaigning’ DEJA ...
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Last week the ISP issued two Facebook and Twitter cards online, quoting statements made by Kenny McAskill MP and Georgre Kerevan regarding the professionalism of the ISP and the stupidity ...
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The ISP notes with interest the article that was published in the Sunday National today. We would like to point out that the headline is their opinion, which we do ...
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The ISP are delighted to post this blogpost from Barrhead Boy in support forwomen.scot for their CrowdJustice appeal. These brave ladies are taking on the Scottish Government and some of ...
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The Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) is standing in the next Scottish Parliamentary elections and is affiliated to no other party
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Derick recently joined the ISP and provides a detailed account of his thinking that made him consider such a difficult decision I joined the SNP in 1988 and left in ...
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Gavin Barrie is a Data Analyst and explains The D’Hondt System
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So what did you think of the six month review of the Coronavirus Act 2020 last week? You know, the one that happened on Wednesday at Westminster? If you didn’t ...
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The whole Barrhead Boy interview with Dot Jessiman provides great (if frustrating) insight, but if you want to understand the state of the independence debate within the SNP NEC jump ...
Winning the Regional Vote

Get Involved

In Scottish Parliamentary elections people (electors) get 2 votes, 1 constituency vote and 1 regional vote.

Scotland is divided into 73 constituencies and each constituency elects one MSP. These constituency MSPs and are elected by ‘first past the post’ in exactly the same way as MPs are elected to Westminster. This is the elector’s ‘first vote’.

The ‘second vote’ is used to elect 56  regional (list) members. Scotland is divided into 8 parliamentary Regions and each region elects 7 regional MSPs. In the second vote the voter votes for a party rather than a candidate. The parties are then allocated a number of additional members to make the overall result more proportional. The regional MSPs are selected from lists compiled by the parties. These MSPs are also sometimes referred to as List MSPs.

It’s increasingly recognised that if a party wins a lot of seats in the Constituency Vote it’s much less likely to win additional seats in the Regional Vote.

The ISP therefore only plan to stand on the Regional List for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2021 as other Independence parties are much better placed to win big  on the Constituency Vote.

It’s all about maximising Independence MSP’s after all. 

 

Scottish Election ballot papers

Example Ballot Papers

The ISP is campaigning for your Regional Vote in order to maximise a pro Independence majority in the Holyrood

Scottish Electoral System

The Scottish Voting System and Winning a Pro-Independence Majority

The Scottish Parliament is elected using the Additional Member System and this is calculated according to the D’Hondt method. Whilst not overly complex, it does take a few minutes to understand how this system works.

The video provides a walk-through example of how parties standing for List Seats are allocated according to the votes cast.

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