FORMER MSP Maureen Watt has been elected as the SNP's new president as part of the party's internal elections.
Watt was running against Graeme McCormick for the role, which has been empty since former constitution secretary Michael Russell left in December 2023 in order to take up an apolitical position at the Scottish Land Commission.
McCormick had stood against Russell in the 2023 conference elections, while Watt was the MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine from 2011 to 2021.
Meanwhile, Glasgow councillor Alex Kerr has been named as the party's new national secretary after Lorna Finn, who served in the role since being elected to replace former MSP Stewart Stevenson in November 2021, decided not to stand.
Former MPs Deidre Brock and Anum Qaisar ran against each other in a bid to become the SNP’s next policy development convener, with the former elected to the role.
Former MP Stuart McDonald, meanwhile, stood unopposed to remain as party treasurer.
Katy Loudon, a councillor who ran for the party in Rutherglen in the General Election, has been chosen as the party's local government convener
Councillor Naz Anis-Miah has been elected as member support convenor and Katie Hagmann as women's convener.
Sadie Matthews is now the SNP's equalities convener with Dr Shelly-Ann Brown remaining as BAME convener.
