Английская Википедия:2000 Scottish National Party leadership election

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox election There was a Scottish National Party leadership election to choose the new National Convener of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 2000. The election followed the announcement by SNP Leader Alex Salmond, that he would be stepping down as SNP leader in 2000. Salmond's announcement came in the face of internal criticism after a series of high-profile fall-outs with party members. Elections were also held for the position of Depute Leader.

The election saw John Swinney become National Convener, and Roseanna Cunningham become Depute Leader.

National Convener election

Candidates

Two candidates presented themselves for election; SNP Depute Leader and spokesman on enterprise and lifelong learning, John Swinney; and the SNP vice-convener for policy and social security spokesman, Alex Neil. Swinney was simultaneously serving as both an MP and MSP, and Neil was a serving MSP.

Issues

Whilst both candidates supported the position of the SNP on the centre-left, Neil was seen as the more left-wing of the two, and individuals associated with the Neil campaign argued that a Swinney administration would drag the SNP to the right.

In someways the fight was seen as being between the SNP's Fundamentalists and gradualists. Swinney was seen as representing the SNP gradualist wing, advocating devolution as a stepping stone towards Scottish independence. Neil however was far more critical and suspicious of devolution, viewing it as a means of undermining the case for independence, and was more forceful in pushing for a party emphasis on Scottish independence. Swinney, as a gradualist, argued that independence could only follow a successful vote in a referendum, whilst Neil believed that an SNP victory would be enough to secure negotiations for independence.

Both candidates opposed trident, and were largely pro-European Union. Swinney however advocated joining the Euro at the earliest opportunity, whilst Neil believed pre-emptive joining of the Euro could undermine Scottish jobs. Swinney also favoured greater European integration on issues such as defence, whilst Neil favoured a weaker EU, and opposed the pooling of defence forces.

Results

Voting system

Each SNP branch sent delegates to the election, with larger branches sending more members. Some 700 delegates had the right to vote.

Results

Leadership

The result of the election was announced at the party conference on 23 September. John Swinney won the election by 547 votes to 268.

Candidate		Delegate votes
		Votes		%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	John Swinney Шаблон:Y	547	Шаблон:Percentage bar	67.1%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Alex Neil	268	Шаблон:Percentage bar	32.9%

Depute

First round

Candidate		Votes
		Votes		%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Roseanna Cunningham	391	Шаблон:Percentage bar	48.2%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Kenny MacAskill	312	Шаблон:Percentage bar	38.5%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Peter Kearney Шаблон:N	108	Шаблон:Percentage bar	13.3%

Second round

Candidate		Votes
		Votes		%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Roseanna Cunningham Шаблон:Y	457	Шаблон:Percentage bar	58.6%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Kenny MacAskill	323	Шаблон:Percentage bar	41.4%

Treasurer

Candidate		Delegate votes
		Votes		%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Jim Mather Шаблон:Y	632	Шаблон:Percentage bar	78.9%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Ian Blackford	143	Шаблон:Percentage bar	17.9%
style="background-color: Шаблон:Party color" |	Jim Wright	26	Шаблон:Percentage bar	3.2%

Endorsements

John Swinney

• Mike Russell
• Roseanna Cunningham
• Kenny MacAskill

Alex Neil

• Federation of Student Nationalists
• Adam Ingram
• Peter Kearney