🔴 Humza Yousaf has been named as the winner of the SNP leadership contest and will succeed Nicola Sturgeon, with a vote confirming him as Scotland’s next First Minister due to take place tomorrow
Humza Yousaf has been named as the winner of the SNP leadership contest and will succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s First Minister.triggered by Ms Sturgeon’s decision last monthDuring an event at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Monday, the party revealed that 52.1 per cent of members had backed Mr Yousaf, with 47.9 per cent backing Ms Forbes, after Ash Regan was eliminated.
The SNP’s national secretary Lorna Finn announced that turnout in the party’s leadership election was 70 per cent. Each SNP member only got one vote but was asked to rank each candidate in order of preference from one to three. At 37, Mr Yousaf is now set to become Scotland’s youngest First Minister and also the first ever person from a minority ethnic background to hold the post.
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