Nicola Sturgeon: a biography

From the age of just 16, Nicola Sturgeon has devoted her life to the SNP - her determination and grit finally winning her one of Labour's stronghold seats in Govan in 2007, a constituency she battled to win for almost a decade.

When the party formed its first (minority) administration in 2007 Sturgeon became Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, and swiftly became one of the Scottish Government's most successful ministers.

By the time Alex Salmond resigned as First Minister and SNP leader in the wake of a No vote Sturgeon was viewed as his inevitable successor.

This is a biography of Scotland's first female First Minister.