John Swinney has won the Scottish National Party leadership contest

John Swinney is set to be named as Scotland's new first minister, replacing Humza Yousaf.

Mr Swinney could become Scotland's seventh first minister as early as Tuesday.

The nominations closed at 12pm on Monday, with the SNP confirming Mr Swinney was the sole nominee.

This comes as Humza Yousaf said he was resigning last week after he decided to end the power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party.

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