THE SNP are holding internal elections to their ruling body during the course of the annual conference this weekend.
Ballots will open at 8am on the first day of the online event on Saturday November 28 and will close at 3pm on Monday November 30 with the results to be announced later that day.
Among the National Executive Committee (NEC) positions, the contests will see the party elect a new President after former MEP Ian Hudghton is to stand down from the role which he has held since 2005. He succeeded Winnie Ewing.
Scottish Constitutional Affairs Secretary Michael Russell, former diplomat Craig Murray and former MP Corri Wilson are the contenders for SNP President.
The contests come in the wake of controversy over a decision by current NEC members to change the rules over SNP MPs becoming elected to Holyrood.
During the summer the NEC changed the rule which meant that an MP would have to stand down from Westminster before seeking election to Holyrood. The decision was widely seen as a move to stop Joanna Cherry, the MP for Edinburgh South West moving to the Scottish Parliament. However, the party denied that was the case saying it was to prevent a series of possible Westminster by elections.
In the wake of the row, the Common Weal Group, backed by Cherry, has put forward a list of 18 candidates who have signed a manifesto calling for more internal party democracy.
In addition to the role of SNP President, who is an NEC member, here is part one of the list of candidates for the other NEC posts.
Candidates who have signed the Common Weal Group manifesto are marked CWG.
We will publish the second part of the list online tomorrow.
* National Treasurer
Douglas Chapman CWG)
Colin Beattie
National Secretary
David Henry
Morgwn Davies
Stewart Stevenson
Lorna Finn
Kirsteen Currie
Organisation Convener
Rob Thomson (CWG)
Stacey Bradley
Local Government Convener
Lynne Anderson (CWG)
Jonathan McColl
Allan Stubbs
Kelly Parry
Women's Convener
Caroline McAllister
Delia Henry
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Caroline Keenan
Rhiannon Spear
Equalities Convener
Siobhan Tolland
Fiona Robertson
Lynne Anderson (CWG)
BAME Convener
Sameeha Rehman
Graham Campbell
Disabled Members' Convener
Scott McFarlane (CWG)
Jamie Szymkowiak
Dylan Roberts
Policy Development Convener
Alyn Smith
Graeme McCormick (CWG)
Chris Hanlon (CWG)
Members Support Convener
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Michael Blackshaw
Douglas Daniel
Simon Hayter
Greg Lennon
Elected NEC Member
Neale Hanvey (CWG)
Tommy Sheppard
Angela Constance
Alison Thewliss
Joanna Cherry (CWG)
Central Scotland Open List
Findlay MacGregor
John Allison
Ross Clark
Shahid Farooq
Greg Lennon
Cameron McManus
Lesley Mitchell
Farah Faranza
Lynne Anderson (CWG)
Central Scotland Female List
Lesley Mitchell
Farah Faranza
Lynne Anderson (CWG)
Glasgow Open List
Lorna Finn
Christina Cannon
Malcolm Balfour
Johnathon Mackie
Alexander Mitchell
Rory Steel (CWG)
Suzanne McLaughlin
Alex Kerr
Glasgow Female List
Lorna Finn
Christina Cannon
Suzanne McLaughlin
Highlands and Islands Open List
Laura Mitchell
Jeremie Fernandes
Ken Gowans
Will Mackay
Emma Roddick
Munro Ross
Ian Cockburn
James Duncan
Highlands and Islands Female List
Laura Mitchell
Emma Roddick
Lothian Open List
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Callum Anderson
Frank Anderson
Michael Blackshaw
Robert de Bold
Sinead Collins
Andrew Diak
Findlay McFarlane
Lothian Female List
Catriona MacDonald (CWG)
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Eleanor Bird
Sinead Collins
Mid Scotland and Fife Open List
Allison Graham
Kirsty Jarvis
Nick Cole
Jamie McDiarmid
Roger Mullin (CWG)
Mid Scotland and Fife Female List
Allison Graham
Kirsty Jarvis
North East Scotland Open List
Robert Rosie
Siobhan Tolland
Ross Cassie (CWG)
Dorothy Jessiman
Jack Boag
Doug Daniel
Ciaran McRae
Kate Monaghan
Jack O'Neill
Margate Rankie
North East Scotland Female List
Dorothy Jessiman
Siobhan Tolland
Kate Monaghan
Margate Rankie
South Scotland Open List
Corri Wilson
Heather Anderson
Amanda Burgauer (CWG)
Erin Mwembo
Laura Brennan-Whitefield (CWG)
William Mills
Simon Ritchie
Morgwn Davies
Robert Davidson
Fraser Thompson (CWG)
South Scotland Female List
Heather Anderson
Amanda Burgauer (CWG)
Erin Mwembo
West Scotland Open List
John Gatens
Delia Henry
Brian Lawson
Graeme McCormick (CWG)
Chris McCusker
Chris McEleny
Osama Nadeem
Callum Reid
Ellen McMaster
Malcolm Kerr (CWG)
Gavin Lundy
Ian Dickson
West of Scotland Female List
Emma Hendrie
Delia Henry
Ellen McMaster
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