Willie Rennie is expected to be the only candidate for the leadership One of the Liberal Democrats newest MSPs is expected to declare his intention to be the party’s next leader at Holyrood.
Willie Rennie, a former MP, was elected to represent the Mid Scotland and Fife region in last week’s election.
He served as MP for Dunfermline and West Fife between 2006 and 2010, before losing the seat to Labour last year.
He is expected to be the only candidate for the position following the resignation of Tavish Scott last week.
Mr Scott resigned on Saturday after the party’s disastrous night at the polls , which saw the number of Liberal Democrat MSPs drop from 16 to five.
The other Lib Dems making a return to Holyrood are Alison McInness, on the North East list, and Jim Hume in the South of Scotland.
Mr Rennie, who is a former parliamentary aide to the Scottish Secretary Michael Moore, was also a member of the House of Commons defence select committee, shadow defence minister and chairman of the Lib Dems campaigns and communications committee.
Tavish Scott’s resignation came after that of Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray. Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie has also announced her intention to resign in the autumn.
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