New rules mean two MPs who stood and won seats in the Scottish Parliament will need to stand down from Westminster.
Under the rules, it’s not permitted to be an MP and an MSP.
Now SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has won a seat in the Scottish Parliament as MSP for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine, he has 49 days to step down from Westminster and allow a by-election in his seat of Aberdeen South.
Flynn, who has been widely tipped as a future SNP leader, said he would be a champion for North Sea oil and gas workers, those struggling with the cost of living and “young people searching for hope and aspiration”.
Another Stephen, this time Stephen Gethins, will also need to step down as an MP now he has won the Dundee City East seat at Holyrood.
Gethins had been elected as the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry in 2024 and shortly afterwards announced he would seek a dual mandate.
That means another by-election for his Westminster seat.