Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa shi a cikin 1934 tare da haɗuwa da National Party of Scotland da Scottish Party, jam'iyyar tana da wakilcin majalisa na ci gaba a Westminster tun lokacin da Winnie Ewing ya lashe zaben Hamilton na 1967. Tare da kafa majalisar Scottish da aka ba da izini a shekarar 1999, SNP ta zama jam'iyya ta biyu mafi girma, tana aiki a matsayin adawa sau biyu. Jam'iyyar SNP ta sami iko a karkashin Alex Salmond a zaben majalisar Scottish na 2007, inda ta kafa gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru, kafin ta ci gaba da lashe zaben majalisar na 2011, bayan haka ta kafa gwamnatin mafi rinjaye ta farko ta Holyrood. Bayan da Scotland ta kada kuri'a a kan 'yancin kai a majalisar
2014 raba gardama, Salmond ya yi murabus kuma Sturgeon ya gaje shi. An mayar da SNP zuwa gwamnatin 'yan tsiraru a zaben 2016.