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Alba members in the north and north east have pledged allegiance to the party post-election.
Three former SNP councillors in Aberdeenshire who left the party and joined Alba say they will continue as Alba councillors – and potentially stand for election under the former first minister’s party banner at next year’s local authority elections.
Mearns councillor Leigh Wilson, North Kincardine councillor Alastair Bews, and Fraserburgh and District member Brian Topping all joined Alex Salmond’s new party this year soon after it was founded in the run-up to the Holyrood election.
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Former Provost of Aberdeenshire leaves SNP to back Alba
Updated: April 5, 2021, 7:11 pm
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The former Provost of Aberdeenshire has left the SNP after 60 years to back former first minister Alex Salmond’s new Alba party at the upcoming election.
Hamish Vernal, who joined the SNP when he was 16 years old, said it is a “considerable wrench” to leave it at the age of 76, but said joining and supporting Alba was a “pragmatic decision”.
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