The SNP lost nearly a third of its membership over the last year, figures published today revealed.
Party bosses were forced to make the embarrassing admission after all three leadership candidates vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon demanded the figures be made public.
The figures were published just hours after Nicola Sturgeon stressed the party was not "in crisis" after Kate Forbes and Ash Regan demanded an independent auditor was brought in to scrutinise the leadership result.
