220:. Swinney was seen as representing the SNP gradualist wing, advocating devolution as a stepping stone towards Scottish independence. Neil however was far more critical and suspicious of devolution, viewing it as a means of undermining the case for independence, and was more forceful in pushing for a party emphasis on Scottish independence. Swinney, as a gradualist, argued that independence could only follow a successful vote in a referendum, whilst Neil believed that an SNP victory would be enough to secure negotiations for independence.
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1002:Parliamentary leaders
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1173:Leadership elections
730:. 23 September 2000.
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207:centre-left
107:Percentage
1432:Categories
1288:Sturgeon I
1283:Salmond II
1113:Presidents
973:Cunningham
794:Leadership
647:3 February
621:References
511:Jim Mather
491:Candidate
418:Candidate
336:Candidate
260:Candidate
246:Leadership
192:Candidates
77:Candidate
1308:Yousaf II
1278:Salmond I
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988:Robertson
963:Macartney
933:Henderson
928:MacDonald
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847:Donaldson
599:Alex Neil
484:Treasurer
310:Alex Neil
88:Alex Neil
1409:Category
1303:Yousaf I
1155:Hudghton
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1125:Muirhead
1040:Sturgeon
1030:Sturgeon
978:Sturgeon
877:Sturgeon
842:Halliday
837:McIntyre
728:BBC News
710:BBC News
691:BBC News
1360:History
1353:Related
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1160:Russell
1145:Stewart
1085:Salmond
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1020:Salmond
968:Swinney
958:Sillars
948:Salmond
938:Fairlie
887:Swinney
872:Salmond
867:Swinney
862:Salmond
812:MacEwen
803:Leaders
746:p.44-45
241:Results
228:Results
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1120:Graham
1080:Morgan
1045:Yousaf
953:Morgan
923:Wilson
913:Leslie
882:Yousaf
857:Wilson
832:Watson
550:17.9%
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477:41.4%
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344:Votes
339:Votes
326:Depute
319:32.9%
268:Votes
201:Issues
115:32.9%
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1140:Wolfe
1100:Flynn
1075:Ewing
993:Brown
983:Hosie
943:Ewing
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827:Young
822:Power
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459:58.6%
301:67.1%
211:right
111:67.1%
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