2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election information
2016 Scottish National Party depute leadership election
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13–15 October 2016 (2016-10-13 – 2016-10-15)
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Candidate
Angus Robertson
Tommy Sheppard
Popular vote
18,736
8,936
Percentage
52.5%
25.5%
Candidate
Alyn Smith
Chris McEleny
Popular vote
6,510
1,182
Percentage
18.6%
3.4%
Depute Leader before election
Stewart Hosie
Elected Depute Leader
Angus Robertson
There was a Scottish National Party leadership election to choose the new Depute leader of the Scottish National Party at the SNP's conference on 14–15 October 2016. The SNP's Westminster Group Leader Angus Robertson MP won the election.
The election followed the resignation of the incumbent Depute Leader Stewart Hosie. Hosie, the partner of Scottish Government cabinet member Shona Robison, announced his intention to step down at the party conference in May 2016 after it emerged he was engaged in an affair with a freelance journalist, who had previously been involved in an affair with the SNP MP Angus MacNeil.[1]
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