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.
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.
READ MORE: Revealed: The full list of candidates in the SNP NEC elections – part one
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 candidates who have signed a manifesto calling for more internal party democracy.
Earlier this week, The National published the first part of the list of candidates standing for NEC roles.
Today we publish the second part. Candidates who have signed the Common Weal Group manifesto are marked CWG.
Members Conduct Committee (9 candidates can be selected)
Chris Hanlon (CWG)
Sharon Kinning
Cynthia Guthrie (CWG)
Ellen McMaster
Caroline McAllister
Corri Wilson (CWG)
Delia Henry
Lynne Anderson
Malcolm Balfour
Michael Blackshaw
Declan Blench
Laura Doherty
Daniel Forbes
Simon Hayter
Kirsty Jarvis
Greg Lennon
Paul Leinster
Kenny MacLaren
Malcolm Mitchell
Munro Ross
Subhan Tahir
Farah Faranza
Robert Thomson (CWG)
James Duncan
Neale Hanvey (CWG)
Gavin Lundy
Owen Thompson
Amanda Burgauer (CWG)
Conduct Appeals Committee (7 candidates can be selected)
Margaret Lynch
Amanda Burgauer (CWG)
Rod Campbell
Ewan Hamilton
Greg Lennon
Lachlan McNeill
Malcolm Mitchell
Farah Faranza
Robert Thomson (CWG)
Caroline McAllister
Policy Development Committee
Glasgow Open List
Rory Steel (CWG)
Malcolm Balfour
Paul Leinster
Alexander Belic
Highlands and Islands Open List
Munro Ross
Paul Oldham
Highlands and Islands Female List
Kirsteen Currie
Lothian Open List
Tim Rideout (CWG)
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Danny Aston
Frank Anderson
Lothian Female List
Katherine Sanders (CWG)
Mid Scotland and Fife Open List
Rosemary Hunter
Joseph Brannigan
Lee Robb
Nick Cole
Chris Hanlon (CWG)
Mid Scotland and Fife Female List
Rosemary Hunter
North East Scotland Open List
Kairin van Sweeden (CWG)
South Scotland Open List
Katie Hagmann
Simon Ritchie
Julia Marrs
Cynthia Guthrie (CWG)
South Scotland Female List
Cynthia Guthrie (CWG)
Katie Hagmann
Julia Marrs
West Scotland Open List
Stephanie Melnick
Summer Chen
Caroline Bamforth
William Mylet
Colin Milne
West Scotland Female List
Stephanie Melnick
Summer Chen
Caroline Bamforth
Outwith Scotland
Jonathan Kiehlmann
Gordon Millar (CWG)
Conference Committee
Open List (Five can be selected)
Rory Steel (CWG)
Chris Hanlon (CWG)
Chris Duffy
Corri Wilson (CWG)
Fraser Thompson (CWG)
Malcolm Balfour
Alexander Belic
Adam Cabuk
Christina Cannon
Roz Currie
Iain Gallagher
Patrick Grady
Delia Henry
Joan Hutcheson
Kenny MacLaren
Jack O'Neill
Munro Ross (CWG)
Subhan Tahir
Suzanne McLaughlin
Kirsteen Currie
Danny Aston
Anne McLaughlin
Female List (Five candidates can be selected)
Rosemary Hunter
Anne McLaughlin
Corri Wilson
Christina Cannon
Roz Currie
Delia Henry
Joan Hutcheson
Suzanne McLaughlin
Kirsteen Currie
Catriona MacDonald (CWG)
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