The electoral system was designed to minimise the chances of any single party dominating parliament. Since the mid 1960s, the Labour Party had been pre-eminent in Scottish politics. The voting system worked largely as planned up to the 2011 election; a ‘rainbow’ politics allowed minority parties such as the Greens and the Scottish Socialists to gain seats. However, in the aftermath of Labour’s heavy defeat and reflecting dissatisfaction with the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition at Westminster, Alex Salmond finally led his Scottish Nationalists into majority government in May 2011.

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