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SNP

British  

abbreviation

  1. Scottish National Party

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Scottish by-elections were triggered when sitting MPs - Flynn and his SNP colleague Stephen Gethins - resigned from the House of Commons after being elected to Holyrood.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The north-east MSP defeated SNP candidate Richard Thomson, a former MP for Gordon, by a margin of more than 6,000 votes, with the Tories taking almost half of all ballots cast.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The North East MSP defeated SNP candidate Richard Thomson, a former MP for Gordon, by a margin of more than 6,000 votes, with the Tories taking more than half of all ballots cast.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

One of them, the former SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, has been put straight into Swinney's cabinet, but is widely believed to have leadership ambitions of his own.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The Scottish Conservatives have won a Westminster by-election for the first time in more than 50 years, taking Aberdeen South from the SNP.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

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