By-election to replace former MPs set for next month
By-elections are scheduled for next month to fill the vacancies left by former MPs Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins. Both MPs were recently elected to the Scottish Parliament and must vacate their Westminster seats. The by-elections will take place on Thursday, June 18, with nominations opening soon.
- ▪Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins were elected to the Scottish Parliament earlier this month.
- ▪Flynn was the MP for Aberdeen South and Gethins was the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry.
- ▪The by-elections to elect their successors will occur on June 18, with nominations opening on Wednesday.
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By-election to replace former MPs set for next monthJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBBCStephen Flynn (L) and Stephen Gethins were both elected to the Scottish Parliament earlier this monthBy-elections to replace former MPs Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins following their election to the Scottish Parliament will take place next month.Flynn, the SNP's former Westminster leader and MP for Aberdeen South, became an MSP for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine earlier this month.Gethins, who was previously the MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, was elected as the SNPs new MSP for Dundee City East.It has now been announced that by-elections to elect the new Westminster MPs will take place on Thursday 18 June.
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