Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party
The Abolish the Scottish Parliament Party is a unionist single-issue political party in Scotland. It seeks to abolish the Scottish Parliament, and hand its powers to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Scottish local government, and the UK Parliament. History Although the party was first registered with the Electoral Commission on 31 January 2018, it did not officially launch until 3 August 2020. Its founder and current leader, John Mortimer, previously campaigned for Better Together and established the British Unionist Party. He also stood in the Glasgow electoral region in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, receiving 2,453 votes. Mortimer was critical of the Scottish Conservatives in comments made to the Daily Record, stating that they "have been weak opposition to the SNP on a number of levels." Despite gaining the backing of former UK Independence Party candidates John Ferguson and Mitch William, Mortimer insisted that the party was not a vehicle for former UKIP voters, although UKIP has endorsed abolishing the Scottish Parliament. On 31 March 2021, the party announced that they would be contesting each of the eight electoral regions in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. They endorsed tactical voting similar to other nationalist and unionist parties like Alba