Government Ministers have turned their back on Kate Forbes in the SNP leadership contest and swung behind Health Secretary Humza Yousaf.
Two Cabinet Secretaries and a raft of junior Ministers have come out for Yousaf after Forbes faced a backlash over her opposition to same sex marriage.
Yousaf, Forbes and former Minister Ash Regan are battling it out in the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister.