UK: Scottish MP ousted with recall petition, will not run in by-election to retain seat

Another recall succeeds in the UK, as MP Margaret Ferrier (a former SNP member) has been ousted with a recall petition and she will not attempt to run in the by-election. Petitioners got 11,896 signatures and needed 8112.

Ferrier received a 30 day suspension from parliament started a recall petition under UK rules (a suspension of 10 days or more kicks the recall into gear). Ferrier plead guilty to violating COVID safety protocols in 2020, after refusing to self isolate, going to church and a bar and then taking a train from Glasgow to London despite having the coronavirus (though she had not yet tested positive).