Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes will find out their fate as the results of the SNP leadership contest is revealed.
Secretary Humza Yousaf, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan have taken part in around 16 hustings as they competed to replace Nicola Sturgeon.
SNP members have until midday to vote for their new leader – and Scotland’s next first minister, subject to Holyrood approval. Nicola Sturgeon during her last First Minster’s Questions in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh It has not been a smooth leadership contest for the party, with acrimonious clashes between candidates and the dramatic resignation of chief executive Peter Murrell following controversy over the transparency of SNP membership numbers.
Polls put the candidates almost neck and neck, with Mr Yousaf favourite among SNP voters, according to an Ipsossurvey of 1,023 Scots, with a net favourability of 11%, compared with 6% for his rival, Ms Forbes.
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