Scotland Politics

Scottish Parliament election

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  1. Jenny Gilruth, who has short blonde hair and is wearing a bright blue suit jacket, smiles while walking in front of a stone building.

  2. John Swinney wearing a dark suit and purple tie standing on the steps of Bute House. Behind him, members of his cabinet are emerging from a door.

  3. New Scottish government ministers line up for a photograph outside a stone building

  4. Jenny Gilruth is standing in the doorway of Bute House wearing a bright blue suit and waving.

  5. John Swinney

  6. A prison officer walks down the white hall of a prison. He wears a white shirt and black trousers and has short dark hair. Prison cells are on the left side and on the right is a white metal barrier.

  7. A modern school building with a round red section and the rest in white behind gates

  8. A wide shot of the Scottish Parliament chamber, with MSPs sitting at wooden desks in a wood-panelled room

  9. A portrait of a woman standing outdoors against a red brick wall. She is wearing a loose, white button-up shirt and small hoop earrings. Her hair is dark and styled up, with loose strands framing the face.

  10. John Swinney wearing dark blue suit and purple tie, speaking in Holyrood chamber after re-appointment

  11. John Swinney speaks in the Scottish Parliament

  12. A composite photo of Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins. Flynn is in a tv studio looking at the camera. He is bald and wearing a blue polo shirt. Gethins has short, brown hair and a short beard. He is looking at the camera in an election count venue. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie

  13. John Swinney is sitting at an Asda checkout where he is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and purple tie. He is bagging a pile of shopping as photographers and camera people capture the image.

  14. Classroom wall display with ‘Spelling’ and ‘Maths’ labels, covered in student work, notes, and diagrams, with two students visible out of focus in the foreground

  15. Dorothy Bain, who has long dark hair tied back under a court wig, looks straight at the camera.

  16. A traffic cone sitting in a large pothole on the Isle of Skye

  17. Man swearing in ceremony at Holyrood

  18. Alison Johnstone embraces Kenneth Gibson before vacating presiding officer's chair

  19. John Swinney

  20. John Swinney