John Swinney's term as First Minister of Scotland began on 8 May 2024, when he was formally sworn into office at the Court of Session, upon Humza Yousaf's...
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John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as First Minister of Scotland since May 2024. Swinney has served as Leader...
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John Swinney formed the Swinney government on 8 May 2024, following his appointment as first minister of Scotland at the Court of Session. On 29 April...
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Premiership of Nicola Sturgeon Premiership of Humza Yousaf Premiership of John Swinney Based on Sumption. "The role of our international network". The...
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poverty". BBC News. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024. "Keir Starmer and John Swinney vow to work together despite 'differences'". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July...
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2024 United Kingdom general election in Scotland (category John Swinney)
leaders and First Ministers including Nicola Sturgeon, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney, as well as the Operation Branchform police investigation into the party's...
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half years in the role. The current First Minister is John Swinney, who leads the Government of the 6th Scottish Parliament, as did his predecessors Humza...
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motion of no confidence, he announced his intention to resign as first minister and party leader on 29 April 2024, and was succeeded by John Swinney. On...
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Scottish National Party (redirect from Deputy leader of the SNP)
resigned the following week due to the resulting fallout of the decision. The incumbent John Swinney was elected leader in May 2024. In the 2024 general election...
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behalf of the monarch. The incumbent keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland is John Swinney since 8 May 2024. Under the terms of a royal warrant of 1818,...
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role in British politics since the early 20th century. During the premierships of Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher, prime ministerial power expanded...
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Alex Salmond (category Alumni of the University of St Andrews)
hear of the sudden death of Alex Salmond. His devotion to Scotland drove his decades of public service." First Minister of Scotland John Swinney said...
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the actions of the wider government and cabinet. The office is currently held by John Swinney, the MSP for Perthshire North and the leader of the Scottish...
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2024 in Scotland (category Years of the 21st century in Scotland)
Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State: Alister Jack (until 5 July 2024) Ian Murray...
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2024 United Kingdom general election (redirect from List of MPs who are standing down at the next United Kingdom general election)
most-viewed programme of the week. An STV debate hosted by Colin Mackay took place on 3 June, which included Douglas Ross, Anas Sarwar, John Swinney and Alex Cole-Hamilton...
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of the Scottish Parliament to form a third government. Shortly after being elected, Sturgeon appointed John Swinney to the newly created position of Cabinet...
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Michael Matheson iPad scandal (category Politics of Scotland)
rectify by repaying the costs. Yousaf's successor as First Minister, John Swinney, continued to support Matheson. This was described as "incredible and...
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First Minister John Swinney and the Lord Advocate James Wolffe on aspects of the inquiry before the report was published. On the role of the inquiry's...
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Humza Yousaf (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
April 2024. He formally resigned on 7 May 2024 and was succeeded by John Swinney, becoming the second shortest serving first minister after Henry McLeish...
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Donald Dewar (redirect from Premiership of Donald Dewar)
of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, including; Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sarah Brown Jack Straw, Home Secretary John Swinney,...
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John Swinney (2024–present) Records of charters under the Great Seal of Scotland from 1306 to 1668 are published in the Register of the Great Seal of...
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Operation Branchform (category John Swinney)
2023 Scottish National Party leadership election Boothman, John (2 November 2024). "John Swinney is driving an SNP renaissance – leaving Yousaf in his wake"...
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (category Ministerial departments of the Government of the United Kingdom)
department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It was established on 7 February 2023 by a cabinet reshuffle under the Rishi Sunak premiership. The new...
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Next United Kingdom general election (category Premiership of Keir Starmer)
electoral system is creaking". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2024. Curtice, John (5 July 2024). "Labour's strength in Commons is heavily exaggerated". The...
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Sturgeon as depute leader. In the 2000 leadership election, John Swinney succeeded Salmond as leader of the SNP, after defeating Alex Neil. The election was...
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Handling of Harassment Complaints. 2 March: Facing a vote of no confidence from the Scottish Parliament, Deputy First Minister John Swinney agrees to...
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2024 in United Kingdom politics and government (category Political timelines of the 2020s by year)
election. 8 May – John Swinney is sworn in as Scotland's seventh first minister at a ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Swinney appoints Kate...
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Department for Business and Trade (redirect from Department of Business and Trade)
department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It was established on 7 February 2023 by a cabinet reshuffle under the Rishi Sunak premiership. The new...
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Second Yousaf government (category Ministries of Charles III)
announced his intention to resign as First Minister and leader of the SNP. John Swinney succeeded Yousaf on 7 May 2024 following a leadership election...
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election took place in the East Anglia constituency of South West Norfolk on 4 July 2024, as part of the 2024 general election. Liz Truss, the shortest-serving...
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