The Scottish National Party (SNP) has lost more than 8,000 members and its deficit has ballooned to nearly £500,000.

The party's 2024 accounts, published by the Electoral Commission, also show an outstanding £60,000 loan from former chief executive Peter Murrell may be “written off”.

They also show the £100,000 motorhome seized by Police Scotland during its investigation into the SNP’s finances is now worth just £41,284.

As of June this year, the party’s membership had fallen to 56,011 – down from 64,525 the same time last year and less than half of its peak of around 125,000 in 2019.

The SNP remains by far the biggest political party in Scotland in terms of membership.

Amid falling membership numbers, the party’s deficit surged to £455,254 in 2024, compared with a surplus of £661,568

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