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Sturgeon first became a political activist in retort to [[Conservative]] UK Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]. She joined the SNP in 1986. She ran as an SNP candidate for Shettleston in 1992, in which she was the youngest parliamentary candidate in Scotland, and Govan 1997, failing to win either seat. She was also unsuccessful in various local elections in 1992, 1994 and 1995.
Sturgeon first became a political activist in retort to [[Conservative]] UK Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]. She joined the SNP in 1986. She ran as an SNP candidate for Shettleston in 1992, in which she was the youngest parliamentary candidate in Scotland, and Govan 1997, failing to win either seat. She was also unsuccessful in various local elections in 1992, 1994 and 1995.
She has been a member of the [[Scottish Parliament]] since its establishment in 1999, first as a regional representative for Glasgow until 2007. She has represented the constituency of Glasgow Southside ever since, winning that seat in 2007 with 41.9% of the vote.
She has been a member of the [[Scottish Parliament]] since its establishment in 1999, first as a regional representative for Glasgow until 2007.
In 2002, an SNP MSP, Dorothy-Grace Elder, left the party after Sturgeon, with whom Elder shared an office at the time, had refused to speak to her and ignored male [[bullying]] in the SNP.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nicola-sturgeon-ignored-snp-bullies-says-former-msp-0gj9rvtjl Nicola Sturgeon ignored SNP bullies, says former MSP]</ref> When these revelations came to light in 2021, Annie Wells of the Scottish Conservatives said that they "reveal the true face of Sturgeon and her nationalist party".
She has represented the constituency of Glasgow Southside since winning that seat in 2007 with 41.9% of the vote.
Nicola Sturgeon became deputy leader of the Scottish National Party under [[Alex Salmond]] in 2004, becoming deputy first minister in 2007 after the SNP won that year's Scottish parliamentary election.
Nicola Sturgeon became deputy leader of the Scottish National Party under [[Alex Salmond]] in 2004, becoming deputy first minister in 2007 after the SNP won that year's Scottish parliamentary election.