[33], On 24 September 2014, Sturgeon officially launched her campaign bid to succeed Salmond as Leader of the Scottish National Party at the November leadership election. Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon[3] was born in Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine, on 19 July 1970. [16], On 22 June 2004, John Swinney resigned as Leader of the SNP following poor results in the European Parliament election. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Video, Rescuers rush to save beached pilot whales, Bushfire koalas going back to the wild. [23] Sturgeon defeated Gordon Jackson with a 4.7% swing to the SNP in the 2007 election in Glasgow Govan. THE First Minister sought to reassure children at today’s briefing after the national clinical director said there is “absolutely no question” of a normal Christmas this year. The SNP fell two seats short of securing another overall majority, but remained the largest party in the chamber, with more than double the seats of the next-largest party, the Scottish Conservatives. [106] She has hailed Scottish feminist economist Ailsa McKay as one of her inspirations. [111][112] In 2015, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour assessed Sturgeon to be the most powerful and influential woman in the United Kingdom.
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Sturgeon argued that the meetings were SNP party matters, and thus not covered. "[47], Sturgeon took part in several Scottish and UK-wide TV election debates in the run up to the 2015 general election and according to opinion polls was regarded to have had a successful performance. Following the referendum defeat, Sturgeon said that "further devolution is the route to independence".
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