Solidarity (Scotland)

Solidarity
Scotland's Socialist Movement
Solidarity ; Scotland's Socialist Movement
Founded	2006
Dissolved	2021
Split from	Scottish Socialist Party
Merged into	Alba Party
Headquarters	36 Chestnut Crescent; East Kilbride; G75 9EL
Ideology	Socialism; Scottish independence; Scottish republicanism; Euroscepticism;
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition; No2EU (2009);
Colours	Red, Green, White
	Politics of Scotland; Political parties; Elections;

Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement was a political party in Scotland. The party launched on 3 September 2006, founded by two former Scottish Socialist Party MSPs, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne, in the aftermath of Sheridan's libel action.

On 23 December 2010, Sheridan was convicted of perjury during the 2006 defamation action, and sentenced to three years imprisonment on 26 January 2011. Solidarity performed poorly in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, achieving only 2,837 votes or 0.14% of the overall regional list vote.

Solidarity formally ended its existence as a political party in December 2021, giving its support to the Alba Party instead.