A FORMER MSP has declared that he will be backing Alex Salmond’s Alba Party with his regional list vote in the Scottish Parliament elections.
Campbell Martin was elected for the SNP in 2003, serving as an MSP until 2007.
He has urged independence supporters in his former West of Scotland region to back the SNP with their constituency vote and to give their list vote to Alba to “help deliver a supermajority for independence”.
When the late Kay Ullrich, who Martin worked for, indicated she would stand down at the 2003 election, Martin stood for the SNP in Cunninghame North as well as being placed at the top of the SNP’s regional list rankings for the West of Scotland – where he was elected to represent the party.
The former MSP says that he was encouraged to publicly back Alba on the list after former cabinet secretary, and current SNP MSP, Alex Neil urged the SNP to work with Alba to deliver a “supermajority” for independence.
Neil said a “supermajority” will be needed to “force Boris Johnson’s hand on the constitutional question”.
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