the scottish liberal democrats were the junior partners in the 1999 to 2007 coalition scottish executive. the party has lost much of its electoral presence in scotland since the uk liberal democrats entered into a coalition government with the uk conservative party in 2010. in the 2015 uk election they were reduced from 12 seats to one seat, and since the 2016 scottish parliament election they have had the fifth highest number of msps (five), unchanged on 2011.