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Labour calls for SNP to ensure its leadership race is free from ‘corruption’
Labour calls for SNP to ensure its leadership race is free from 'corruption',Jackie Baillie has written to SNP chief executive Peter Murrell to ask if the results of the leadership ballot would be published "in full".

Labour calls for SNP to ensure its leadership race is free from ‘corruption’

Scottish Labour has warned that "murky internal politics" cannot be allowed to derail the race to find the next First Minister.

Jackie Baillie has written to SNP chief executive Peter Murrell to ask several questions about the voting process the party will use to elect a replacement for Nicola Sturgeon.

The Scottish Labour deputy leader claimed the Nationalists had a "long track record of secrecy and cover-up" which raised questions about their "ability to conduct this race fairly and honestly".

SNP members will be able to vote for a new leader from next week with the winner due to be announced by the end of the month.

Ash Regan, one of three candidates standing in the race, previously claimed it was a "clear conflict of interest" that Murrell, husband of Sturgeon, will oversee the race.

The ballot of SNP members is being carried out by Mi-Voice, an electoral services specialist, with most of the voting done online.

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