Family: Married to BBC Scotland journalist Elizabeth Quigley. The couple have one son. Swinney also has a son and daughter from a previous marriage. Last year, he became a grandfather. Scottish first ...

Scotland's first minister emerged victorious in his constituency, which was among a number of SNP wins in the region.

Keir Starmer has agreed to face-to-face talks about an independence referendum, John Swinney's government claimed last night.

John Swinney has hit out at the “constant crisis” within the Labour Government at Westminster, as he pledged he would take ...

John Swinney will arrive at his party conference after taking the SNP from the political gutter to the cusp of an incredible fifth term in office. He took over from Humza Yousaf last year and within ...

Professor Sir John Curtice gave his latest view on the eve of Thursday’s Scottish Parliament election.

The First Minister claimed today he would be seeking talks with the leaders of all political parties - excluding but Malcolm ...

John Swinney looked set to miss his target of an SNP majority last night as voters rejected his divisive independence plans.

John Swinney is facing a growing backlash over his ‘beyond the pale’ bid to work with Sinn Fein on breaking up Britain. Former Scottish Conservative leader Jackson Carlaw, who was at his party’s ...