The 2023 Scottish National Party leadership election took place in February and March 2023 to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party to succeed Nicola Sturgeon, who announced her resignation
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Humza Yousaf, 2021
Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, Kate Forbes, 2021
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Sturgeon announcing her intention to resign on 15 February 2023 at Bute House
The 2014 Scottish National Party leadership election was held to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland, following the resignation of Alex Salmond as first min
2023 Scottish National Party leadership election
…Scotland on 28 March 2023. This was the first contested leadership election in the SNP in nearly twenty years as Sturgeon was elected unopposed in the previous election held in 2014. During the course of the election, both the party's chief executive, Peter Murrell (also Sturgeon's husband), and MSP group media chief, Murray Foote…
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon official portrait
Alex Salmond delivering his resignation speech as First Minister
Alex Salmond, First Minister of Scotland