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Sturgeon entered the leadership of the SNP but later withdrew from the contest in favour of Alex Salmond, standing instead as depute leader on a joint ticket with Salmond. Both were subsequently elected; as Salmond was still an MP, Sturgeon led the SNP in the Scottish Parliament as Leader of the Opposition from 2004 to 2007.
Sturgeon was nominated by a vote of the 6th Scottish Parliament for appointment to the post of First Minister on 18 May 2021 and announced the formation of a new Scottish National Party minority government on 19 May. [1] Sturgeon is the first First Minister to form a third government. Her cabinet, like her previous two, is 50/50 gender neutral.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Nicola Sturgeon, the former First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023 and Leader of the Scottish National Party from 2014 and 2023, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for various constituencies since 1999.
The First Minister said she is ‘nowhere near’ ready to quit, and hopes to lead the country to independence.
Sturgeon led the SNP to a fourth consecutive win, securing a third term in the Scottish Parliament in the 2021 election.The SNP fell a seat short of a majority and later announced a partnership agreement, known as the Bute House agreement, with the Scottish Greens, which created a pro-independence majority at Holyrood.
With Police Scotland’s Operation Branchform investigation still ongoing, the former first minister said she is getting on with life “as best I can at the moment”. ... Ms Sturgeon, who has ...
The former First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has represented the constituency since its creation in 2011 election.She was previously an MSP for the Glasgow regional list from 1999 to 2007, and Glasgow Govan between 2007 and 2011 until the abolition of that constituency.
The First Minister was responding to claims about the investigation into Alex Salmond made by the Conservative MP under parliamentary privilege. Sturgeon ‘strongly refutes’ whistleblower ...