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The 2011 Scottish Liberal Democrats leadership election was triggered by the resignation of party leader Tavish Scott on 7 May 2011 due to the very poor showing of the party at the 2011 Scottish parliament election in which the Liberal Democrats only returned 5 MSPs and lost 12.Nominations for party leader closed on 17 May 2011 and with William Rennie the only declared candidate he was elected to the position unnopposed.
