[8] It was refused registration by the Electoral Commission[9] due to naming similarities with the Libertarian Party UK.

This was resolved when the Libertarian Party UK altered its registration to no longer stand candidates or run in elections in Scotland.

After 3 years of inactivity, the Scottish Libertarian Party launched again in December 2015 under new leader Alan Findlay,[11] officially registering with the Electoral Commission in March 2016.

[27] The Scottish Libertarian Party advocates for a free market, opposing the welfare state and would see all sectors of the economy run privately, including education and healthcare.

[30][31] The party supports Scottish independence, because they say that their policies are impossible to enact under the current political situation.

However, unlike most other pro-independence Scottish parties, they are against the EU,[29] as they claim that re-joining it after independence would "simply be trading one foreign master for another."

However, they support "reasonable controls... to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who pose a credible threat to security, health, or property.

Should diplomacy fail and the life, liberty, or property of the nation was at stake, then war becomes the only option remaining and will be officially declared through the passage of legislation.

[4] The party believes that education is best facilitated by the free market and that schools should be managed locally, arguing it would help achieve greater accountability and parental involvement.

[4] They consider the current healthcare system to be poorly performing and would heavily reform it, believing that a free market solution would better suit this task.