Scottish Family Party | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SFP |
| Founder | Richard Lucas |
| Leader | Richard Lucas |
| Chairman | Michael Willis[1] |
| Founded | July 2017 |
| Registered | 11 September 2017[2] |
| Headquarters | 272 Bath Street Glasgow Scotland G2 4JR |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing[8][9] |
| Colours | Blue |
| Scottish Parliament | 0 / 129
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| Local government in Scotland | 0 / 1,227
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| Website | |
| scottishfamily | |
The Scottish Family Party (SFP) is a socially conservative political party in Scotland.[4] It was formed in 2017[5] and is led by Richard Lucas, a registered Maths, Physics and Computing teacher[10] and a former UKIP member.[11][9]
When launched, the SFP said its "central goal" was to gain election to the Scottish Parliament and "to fill the void" left behind by the current parties and their abandoning of "Judeo-Christian-inspired values of traditional Western civilisation".[8] According to party leader Richard Lucas, they intend to be the party "to confront the cosy Holyrood consensus, interrupting the monochrome virtue-signalling that currently passes for debate in many areas".[12] It also aims to be a "pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-life, pro-freedom of speech, anti-identity politics, that values the complementary contributions of men and women and recommends schools refocus on education instead of social engineering, radical gender ideology and political moulding".[12]
The SFP contested their first seats in the 2019 UK general election, and also fielded candidates at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election and the 2022 Scottish local elections, but has never won any seats.[13][14]
- ^ Scottish Family Party (23 April 2020). "Challenging feminism and paying the price: Neil Lyndon interview". Retrieved 8 January 2023 – via YouTube.
- ^ "View registration". The Electoral Commission.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ a b "Scottish Family Party to focus on education in council elections". BBC News. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Manifesto". Scottish Family Party.
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AntiLGBTNationalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Learmonth, Andrew (19 August 2017). "New 'Scottish Family Party' leader defends Jo Cox joke and comparison of same-sex marriage and incest". The National. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ a b McMorran, Caroline (7 March 2021). "North west Sutherland man is list candidate for Scottish Family Party in Holyrood election". Northern Times. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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Lanarkshirewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Lucas, Richard (18 August 2017). "Agenda: Confronting the cosy Holyrood consensus". The Herald. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Known candidates for each ballot in the UK Parliament elections". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Elliards, Xander (10 November 2022). "'Disgusting': Scottish Family Party plans protest at Sandyford Clinic". The National. Retrieved 8 January 2023.