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High profile SNP MPs lost their seats in the election, including Kirsten Oswald, Tommy Sheppard, Alison Thewliss and Joanna Cherry. [125] On 7 July 2024, newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer travelled to Edinburgh on the first stop of his tour of the four countries of the United Kingdom and met with Swinney at the ...
Remember, dozens of SNP MPs lost their Westminster seats at the recent general election in July. There’s an expectation that some of them may try and make the move to Holyrood when the ...
Several former SNP MPs also joined the Alba Party. In the 2024 general election, the Alba Party stood candidates in 19 constituencies across Scotland, but achieved just 11,784 votes and won no seats. All their candidates lost their deposits. [18] To date no Alba Party candidate has been elected at any election.
Ian Blackford (born 14 May 1961) is a Scottish politician and investment banker who served as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2022. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber from 2015 to 2024 .
John MacKenzie Nicolson [1] (born 23 June 1961) [2] is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.. Nicolson served as the SNP Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2019 general election until the seat's abolition in 2024.
[6] [7] In May 2015, the SNP made him their Spokesperson on Europe at Westminster. [8] In July he was appointed as a member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, [9] the first SNP candidate to win the seat. At the 2017 general election, Gethins was narrowly re-elected as the MP for North East Fife. He received 13,743 votes ...
Swinson lost her East Dunbartonshire constituency to Amy Callaghan of the Scottish National Party in the 2019 general election by 149 votes. She had first won the seat when it was re-created in 2005 , but lost it to John Nicolson of the SNP in 2015 , before regaining it in the 2017 general election .
Alyn Edward Smith (born 15 September 1973) is a Scottish politician. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 2019 until 2024 when he unsuccessfully stood for the Stirling and Strathallan seat.