Changes

== Political career ==

== Political career ==

=== Early years and rise to power ===

=== Early years and rise to power (1986 - 2014) ===

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.