22 March – Membership of theScottish National Party officially crosses the 100,000 mark; meaning that 1 in every 50 people in Scotland is now a member.[7]
2 December – Despite the fact Scottish MPs vote by 57 to 2 against UKair strikes in Syria,[25] the UK Parliament overall votes by 397 to 223 in favour of air strikes.[26]
4 December – TheForth Road Bridge is closed due to structural defects, and the Scottish Transport Minister,Derek Mackay, declares that it will not be reopened until January 2016.[27]
5–6 December – Peak ofStorm Desmond, with heavy rain and strong winds, causing flooding across southern Scotland.[28]
9 December – Election Court decides that althoughLiberal DemocratAlistair Carmichael had told a "blatant lie" in a TV interview, it had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt that he had committed an "illegal practice" that would invalidate his election as the Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland.[29]
22 December – It is announced that the Forth Road Bridge will reopen for all vehicles except HGVs on Wednesday 23 December, ahead of schedule.[30]
31 December – More than 1,700 same-sex couples have married in the first year after Scotland became the seventeenth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.[32]
