The next leader of the SNP is set to be chosen today Health secretary Humza Yousaf, finance secretary Kate Forbes and former community safety minister Ash Regan are all vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon
Sunday MailBut figures published on Thursday as part of the SNP leadership election confirmed that the party’s membership had indeed fallen by 31,698 members since 2021.
At the start of the contest, following the announcement of the first two candidates – Mr Yousaf and Ms Regan – the SNP leadership race wasMr Yousaf, 37, a frontrunner alongside Ms Forbes, is seen as the continuity candidate. The pair have particularly clashed over their records in Government and their social views.
Polls put the candidates almost neck and neck, with Mr Yousaf favourite among SNP voters, according to an Ipsos Scotland survey of 1,023 Scots, with a net favourability of 11 per cent, compared with 6 per cent for his rival, Ms Forbes. But the finance secretary is viewed more favourably by the general public, with a net popularity rating of minus 8 per cent, compared with the health secretary’s minus 20 per cent.
Ms Regan is widely considered an outsider for the job. She had a net favourability of minus 24 per cent among the general public, and minus 7 per cent with SNP voters.
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