Deputy first minister to stand down as MSP

The first Deputy Minister Kate Forbes will stop in the next year’s Holyrood elections.

Skye, Locber and Badenoch MSP, “re -elected and not want to miss the first years of family life,” he said.

The Holyrood elections will continue as MSP for nine more months planned to be held in May 2026.

First Minister John Swinney, Forbes in the last 10 years, “an invaluable contribution to public life,” he said.

Forbes, which was first elected in 2016, had a rapid increase in 2020 to become Scotland’s first female financial secretary, but was narrowly defeated in Humza Yousaf’s 2023 SNP Leadership Competition.

In a letter to Swinney, Highlands MSP said: “About a local representative, an activist and campaignist and a government minister, about the scale of my duties.

“This job rightly requires long days of home, constant attention and total devotion.”

The first deputy minister who devotes time from politics Having her daughter Naomi in 2022He wrote: “When I think about the upcoming election and the expectations of another period, I concluded that I did not want to be re -elected and miss the first years of family life.”

He said that the first minister remained “completely supportive” and will continue to serve his founders “diligent”.

The first Deputy Minister added: “I am looking forward to campaigning for the SNP in the next elections, returning you as the first minister for another period and taking Scotland to independence.”

In contrast, he paid tribute to Swinney Forbes.

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“I am glad that Kate will continue to serve in my government and to contribute significantly to the work of the Scottish National Party.

“I wish him and his family for every happiness for good and future.”