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In 2015, the SNP won 56 out of 59 seats and 50% of the popular vote. The SNP rebounded from their loss at the independence referendum at the 2015 general election eight months later, led by former Depute Leader Nicola Sturgeon. The party went from holding six seats in the House of Commons to 56, ending 51 years of dominance by the Scottish ...
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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]
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, where the SNP lost 39 Westminster seats and was reduced to the second-largest party in Scotland, former SNP MPs blamed the ongoing police investigation for the scale of the defeat: Tommy Sheppard, who lost his seat to Scottish Labour, remarked; "And then there was the elephant in the room ...
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The 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election took place to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following the resignation of Humza Yousaf on 29 April 2024, amid a government crisis. Nominations closed on 6 May, with John Swinney emerging as the only candidate and was subsequently elected unopposed as the party's new ...
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