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A thread to discuss the SNP leadership race

Nominations for leader opened on 16 February, with Ash Regan and Humza
Yousaf both declaring their candidacy on 18 February. Kate Forbes announced
her candidacy on 20 February. Nominations closed on 24 February and voting
will begin on 13 March and close on 27 March, with the leader to be declared
that day.





https://www.kateforbes.scot/

Three candidates will take part in the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as
SNP leader and first minister.

MSPs Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf had all met the threshold
for nominations by the noon deadline.

The ballot of SNP members, which will use a single transferrable vote
system, opens on 13 March and the winner will be announced on 27 March.

Candidates had been required to get 100 nominations from at least 20 local
party branches.

But a poll published on Friday suggested Ms Forbes was the most popular
candidate among SNP voters.

The survey of 1,001 people who voted for the party at the last Scottish
Parliament election, carried out by communications agency The Big
Partnership between Monday and Wednesday, found 28% favoured Ms Forbes
as the next leader, against 20% for Mr Yousaf and 7% for Ms Regan. About a
third were undecided.

The poll also suggested that the cost of living crisis was regarded as the most
important issue, followed by the economy, the NHS and education. Only 5%
said they thought that the new leader's faith or personal beliefs were
important.