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The SNP will have been in power for 19 years when it goes before the electorate again in 2026. ... as it comes after a disastrous general election campaign where dozens of SNP MPs lost their seats
The July general election proved to be disastrous for the SNP as it fell to nine MPs, ending a period of domination among the Scottish Westminster seats.
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The SNP achieved a record number of 56 seats in Westminster after the 2015 general election to become the third largest party [31] but in Holyrood it was reduced back to being a minority government at the 2016 election. In the 2021 election, the SNP gained one seat and entered a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens.
The SNP ultimately won nine seats in the 2024 election, a loss of 38 seats on its 2019 result, reducing it to the second-largest party in Scotland, behind Scottish Labour, and the fourth-largest party in Westminster. Swinney took full responsibility but said that he would not resign as leader.
Michael Shanks won the seat with a 20.4% SNP-to-Labour swing, winning over twice as many votes as second-placed SNP candidate Katy Loudon. [80] Of the fourteen candidates that stood in the by-election, only Shanks and Loudon received over 5% of the vote and therefore retained their deposits. The turnout was 37.2%. [4] [3]}}
SNP MSP Emma Roddick said she hoped Flynn "rethinks" his ambition to hold two seats seats. She posted on X: “Party members set this rule for good reasons. Rightly, Douglas Ross was criticised ...
The SNP constitution stated that candidates must have the nomination of at least 100 members, from at least 20 branches. [11] Every SNP member who was in the party as of 15 February 2023 was eligible to vote. [135] The election took place on a one member, one vote basis, using a type of single transferable vote. [136]