The Scottish Enterprise Party are a Scottish centre-right pro-business party supportive of Scottish independence. They were formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative for centre and right-of-centre voters who support independence. They intend to stand candidates for the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary elections. They oppose Scotland's membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro, and support the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote.
The SEP takes the constitutional view that unlike in England, where sovereignty traditionally resides with Parliament, in Scotland sovereignty constitutionally resides with the people, as set out in the Declaration of Arbroath. For this reason, the party does not seek representation in the UK parliament at Westminster, taking the view that Scotland's sovereignty is a matter solely for the people of Scotland.
The SEP has had no electoral success as yet.
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