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  1. John Swinney

  2. A woman, photographed from the chest up, looking up and waving with her right hand. She has short brown hair, combed to the side, and is wearing a red top and matching red jacket. A large crowd of people are visible in the background in the image, which was taken in an auditorium.

  3. Nicola Sturgeon stands in front of the Scottish Parliament, she has short hair, wears a red top and cream jacket

  4. Nicola Sturgeon

  5. Nicola Sturgeon with her hands raised in the air after her speech at the SNP conference in 2005.

  6. A man crouches down to carry out work on a heat pump, which is fixed to the ground outside a property. He is wearing a black hooded top, denim combat-style trousers and black trainers. He has cropped dark hair, a beard and is wearing glasses.

  7. A man with black hair walks in the Scottish Parliament. He is wearing a dark suit, shite shirt and purple tie and carrying a black folder held against his chest.

  8. Two pictures of Angela Chesworth. On the left she is overweight, wearing a black top. On the right, she has lost weight an is standing in a garden wearing a grey cardigan with large red roses.

  9. An aerial view of Rothesay. Rows of buildings divided by streets stretch out to the right, while a hill rises above the town on the far side of the picture. There is a harbour on the left side of the picture, next to a grassy area by the shoreline.

  10. Carol Beattie in a headshot style picture. She is wearing a cream blazer and smiling at the camera. She is standing outside but the background is out of focus.

  11. Swinney wearing a dark suit and yellow tie carries a multicoloured wreath of flowers as people walk behind him.

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  13. A man with dark greying hair looks at the camera in a close-up shot. He has dark eyebrows and is wearing a dark grey suit and light-coloured shirt. He visible from the neck up. He is in front of a white background.

  14. A side on view of Mhairi Black - she has brunette hair, is outdoors and is wearing a black coat as she looks to the right

  15. Mhairi Black is dressed in a grey shirt and is against a black background. She is almost in profile facing to the left of the picture.

  16. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice wearing a blue blazer, a white shirt and a pale blue tie

  17. Shona Robison

  18. Shona Robison standing in front of windows. She has short blonde hair an black and white patterned top and dark jacket.

  19. A woman wearing a white vest and her hair in a ponytail sitting on a bed facing a window.

  20. Five school pupil sets of legs, wearing black trousers and with hanging school bags, walking on stone slabs.

  21. John Swinney has his hands out in front of him as he speaks in the Holyrood chamber. He is wearing glasses. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and purple tie. Health Secretary Neil Gray sits in the background.

  22. A figure in silhouette with a city scene in the background

  23. John Swinney, who is bald with glasses and Sir Keir Starmer, grey-haired with glasses, walk through open pane glass doors. Swinney is on the left and Starmer is on the right. Swinney, with his head slightly bowed, is speaking. Both are wearing black suits and white shirts. Swinney is wearing a purple tie, Sir Keir a green tie.

  24. A teenage girl with long blonde hair and wearing a denim jacket and grey T-shirt has her head slightly bowed as she speaks to a woman with long blonde hair and a white shirt who is facing away from the camera.