{"id":2682,"date":"2026-05-11T23:09:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=2682"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:09:35","slug":"snp-council-leader-aitken-quits-days-after-election-daily-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/?p=2682","title":{"rendered":"SNP council leader Aitken quits days after election \u2013 Daily Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken.png\" alt=\"Susan Aitken Glasgow City Council\" class=\"wp-image-76726 lazyload\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken.png\" alt=\"Susan Aitken Glasgow City Council\" class=\"wp-image-76726 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken.png 835w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken-600x425.png 600w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/dailybusinessgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Susan-Aitken-768x544.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Susan Aitken: time to go (pic: DB Media Services)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">One of the SNP\u2019s most prominent and controversial council leaders has announced she is quitting just days after the Scottish elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Susan Aitken has decided that almost a decade in power at Glasgow City Council she will be standing down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Aitken made the announcement at the SNP group\u2019s AGM today. Her deputy Ricky Bell has taken over as group leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ms Aitken will formerly step down after the conclusion of the George Square redevelopment and the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She is the longest-serving leader since 1996, with nine years service, but it has been a period when she has faced severe criticism over the state of the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Litter, graffiti, broken roads and pavements, have prompted some residents to say they are ashamed of the city centre and prefer to stay away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Work to create a network of cycle lanes and impose measures penalising motorists has been a particular source of criticism. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Retailers and the hospitality sector say they have suffered from the disruption that has driven people out of the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There have been questions about why the George Square scheme went ahead before the Commonwealth Games, causing the main city meeting place to be closed to visitors. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A vote to elect the new council leader will be held following Ms Aitken\u2019s formal resignation at the Glasgow City Council meeting on 10 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">She said: \u201cWe\u2019ve such an abundance of talent in the\u00a0Glasgow\u00a0SNP Group, a team which combines youth and experience. After nine years in this incredible and demanding\u00a0job, it\u2019s time to start passing the reins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOnce I\u2019d decided that I wouldn\u2019t stand for council again, it was just about choosing the ideal time for a change of leadership. Having consulted with my group colleagues, now is that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cOur\u00a0party\u00a0last week secured a\u00a0record\u00a0fifth electoral victory and we\u2019ve got so much momentum taking us into 2027. Now, we\u2019ll begin putting in place the leadership team that\u2019ll continue delivering for this city and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.5.3) simplesharebuttons.com -->           \t            <\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1192059580980274'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script>#SNP #council #leader #Aitken #quits #days #election #Daily #Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Aitken: time to go (pic: DB Media Services) One of the SNP\u2019s most prominent and controversial council leaders has announced she is quitting just days after the Scottish elections.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[4609,283,4611,282,1685,3713,4607,3293,4610,3966,4608],"class_list":["post-2682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-stories","tag-aitken","tag-business","tag-council","tag-daily","tag-days","tag-election","tag-glasgow-city-council","tag-leader","tag-quits","tag-snp","tag-susan-aitken"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fintechpulse8.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}