SNP membership in islands doubles 7/10/14
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Over 300 islanders have joined the party since the referendum polling day on 18 September.
Western Isles SNP has welcomed their new members at a time when an unprecedented 50,000 new people throughout Scotland have joined up in the space of a fortnight to bring the total membership of the SNP nationally to almost 78,000.
Alasdair Allan MSP said: "Nobody could have predicted that there would be this huge surge of people wanting to join the SNP.
“At one point last week, someone in Scotland was joining the SNP every 15 seconds, and the party's website could not cope with the traffic.
"This has been reflected locally too, with the party's membership in the islands swollen to over twice its size of just a few days ago. Over 520 islanders are now members of the SNP, and this total continues to rise by the day. “
Mr Allan added: "What all that tells us is that the referendum campaign has energised and motivated a new generation of people to get real powers for Scotland and to become politically active in a way many have never been before.
“It tells us that people want to get involved in making that argument throughout the islands and to get the kind of change that Scotland deserves.”