Scottish National Party
Scottish political party
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| 2024 | Simita Kumar became the SNP council leader in the City of Edinburgh. |
| 2024 | Carol Beattie becomes the Chief Executive of the Scottish National Party, succeeding Murray Foote. |
| 2024 | Pete Wishart assumes the role of Deputy Leader of the SNP parliamentary party in the House of Commons, succeeding Mhairi Black |
| 2024 | Kate Forbes takes over as Deputy Leader of the SNP parliamentary party, representing Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, replacing Shona Robison. |
| 2024 | John Swinney returned as Leader of the SNP parliamentary party, representing Perthshire North. |
| 2024 | Alex Kerr becomes the latest National Secretary of the Scottish National Party, taking over from Lorna Finn in the ongoing leadership sequence. |
| 2024 | Maureen Watt becomes President of the Scottish National Party, succeeding Michael Russell. |
| 2024 | John Swinney returned as SNP leader after being elected unopposed in the Scottish National Party leadership election. |
| November 2024 | The SNP announces a plan to reduce permanent paid staff at its headquarters from twenty-six to sixteen to protect the party's long-term finances. |
| October 2024 | Former SNP leader Alex Salmond died suddenly in North Macedonia. |
| July 2024 | SNP suffered catastrophic losses in the United Kingdom general election in Scotland, falling from 48 seats to just 9, losing representation in the Central Belt. |
| June 2024 | Membership continued to decline, reaching 64,525 by June. |
| May 2024 | Kate Forbes becomes Deputy First Minister. |
| May 2024 | John Swinney becomes First Minister. |
| May 2024 | Shona Robison appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government. |
| May 5 2024 | Graeme McCormick drops out of the SNP leadership race after a conversation with Swinney, subsequently endorsing him. |
| April 2024 | Humza Yousaf resigned as first minister of Scotland, triggering a government crisis. |
| April 25 2024 | The Bute House Agreement was announced to be ending before a Scottish Greens vote on continuing the agreement. |
| April 18 2024 | Peter Murrell was re-arrested and charged with embezzlement, subsequently resigning his SNP membership. |
| February 2024 | MÃ iri McAllan appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy. |
| February 2024 | Neil Gray appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. |
| February 2024 | Fiona Hyslop appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Transport. |
| 2023 | Shirley-Anne Somerville becomes Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice. |
| 2023 | Angela Constance becomes Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs. |
| 2023 | Jenny Gilruth becomes Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. |
| 2023 | Shona Robison becomes Deputy Leader of the SNP parliamentary party, representing Dundee City East, succeeding John Swinney. |
| December 31 2023 | Party membership fell to 69,325 by the end of the year. |
| October 2023 | Ash Regan defected from the SNP to the Alba Party. |
| October 15 2023 | The SNP National Conference voted in favor of Yousaf's strategy on Scottish independence, committing to launching a nationwide independence campaign before the end of 2023. |
| October 12 2023 | MP Lisa Cameron defected to the Scottish Conservatives, becoming the first elected SNP representative to join a unionist party. |
| August 23 2023 | Murray Foote was appointed as the new Chief Executive of the SNP. |
| April 18 2023 | Colin Beattie, the SNP treasurer, was arrested and later resigned from his position. |
| April 5 2023 | Peter Murrell, husband of Nicola Sturgeon and former party CEO, was arrested in connection with an investigation into Scottish National Party finances. |
| March 2023 | Membership further decreased to 72,186 in March. |
| March 29 2023 | Humza Yousaf was appointed First Minister of Scotland. |
| March 27 2023 | Humza Yousaf was announced as the new leader of the SNP, winning the leadership election with 52% of the vote against Kate Forbes. |
| March 18 2023 | Michael Russell returns to serve as Chief Executive from March 18-27, 2023. |
| March 18 2023 | Peter Murrell resigned as CEO of the SNP following criticism over membership figures. |
| March 16 2023 | SNP membership revealed to have fallen to 72,000, down from over 125,000 at the end of 2019. |
| February 15 2023 | Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to resign as leader and first minister of Scotland. |
| 2022 | Mhairi Black becomes Deputy Leader of the SNP parliamentary party in the House of Commons, replacing Kirsten Oswald |
| 2022 | Stephen Flynn takes over leadership of the SNP parliamentary party in the House of Commons, representing Aberdeen South. |
| 2022 | SNP remained the biggest party in Scottish local elections, winning a record number of councillors and securing majority control of Dundee. |
| December 2022 | The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed with a majority of 86 to 39, with 9 SNP members voting against and 54 in favor. |
| December 31 2022 | Party membership declined to 85,000 by the end of the year. |
| 2021 | Angus Robertson becomes Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture. |
| 2021 | Mairi Gougeon becomes Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands. |
| 2021 | Lorna Finn succeeds Stewart Stevenson as National Secretary, marking another transition in the party's administrative leadership. |
| 2021 | Electoral Commission accounts showed the SNP had over 119,000 members. |
| 2021 | SNP gains one seat and enters a power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens. |
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