Former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier will face a recall petition after MPs voted in favour of her 30-day suspension. The Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP will then face a by-election if 10 per cent of her constituents sign the petition.Ferrier lost the SNP whip and received a criminal conviction after travelling from London to Glasgow by train while infected with Covid at the height of the pandemic.The recall petition will be open for six weeks.
If 10 per cent or more of the constituents have signed it by the end of the period, Ferrier will be ejected from the seat and a by-election will be called.
It would likely be months before the by-election takes place.Ferrier would be allowed to stand in a by-election, but she would only do so as an independent candidate.
A decision had been due to be made in the Commons on May 25 but the UK Government decided to pull the motion at the last minute.
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