2018 Scottish National Party depute leadership election

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2018 Scottish National Party depute leadership election
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Candidate Keith Brown Julie Hepburn Chris McEleny
Depute Leader before election

Angus Robertson

Elected Depute Leader

Keith Brown

The Scottish National Party depute leadership election ran from 18 May to 8 June 2018. The election was contested for the party's new depute leader following the resignation of Angus Robertson in February 2018, [1] after he lost his Westminster seat in the 2017 snap election. [2]

Contents

Keith Brown was announced as the winner of the election on 8 June 2018. [3]

Procedure

Ballots opened on 18 May. The winner was announced as Keith Brown at the SNP conference in Aberdeen on 8 June. [3] [4]

Candidates

Nominations closed on 13 April 2018, there were three candidates:

Withdrew

Declined

Campaign

The status of a second Scottish independence referendum was considered as a significant issue surrounding the depute leadership election, with Chris McEleny and Julie Hepburn seen as supporters of such a referendum occurring earlier rather than later. [15] [16] [17] [18]

Endorsements

Keith Brown

Chris McEleny

Julie Hepburn

Results

The depute leadership election was conducted using the single transferable vote system, with the results being declared on 8 June. Keith Brown was elected as the new Depute Leader of the Scottish National Party with a majority of 55.2% of votes cast in the second round of voting, beating rival candidate Julie Hepburn who secured 44.8%. Candidate Chris McEleny finished third with 16.2%, having been eliminated in the first round of voting. [3] [35]

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  20. ↑ @KeithBrownSNP (21 May 2018). ""Thanks to Ash Denham:-"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ↑ @KeithBrownSNP (27 May 2018). ""Thank you to Annabelle Ewing for your support."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  26. ↑ @KeithBrownSNP (5 May 2018). ""Delighted to have the support of Humza Yousaf in Depute Leadership contest."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  29. ↑ @juliehepburnsnp (3 June 2018). ""I am delighted to endorse and to have voted for Julie Hepburn as Depute Leader of the SNP. I believe Julie can redefine the role, so that it better reflects the needs of our membership and helps to get us primed for IndyRef 2."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. ↑ @juliehepburnsnp (22 May 2018). ""I'm backing Julie Hepburn for Depute Leader. She has been pivotal in helping bring stunning electoral success to once Labour heartlands and I believe that she is the right person to motivate the grassroots of the party as we move towards independence."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  31. ↑ @juliehepburnsnp (18 May 2018). ""Julie Hepburn is my choice for Depute Leader. Julie is an inspiration. If I had a fraction of her energy and ideas I'd be happy. She'd be an accessible, inspirational and dynamic Depute Leader for our party."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  35. ↑ "New SNP depute Keith Brown calls on independence supporters to 'get ready'". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 8 June 2018.


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