MSPs to vote on banning 'double jobbing' and ending Stephen Flynn bid to sit in two parliaments
dailyrecord.co.ukMSPs will be given a vote on banning double jobbing in the wake of the scandal involving SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
Tory MSP Graham Simpson will resubmit an amendment to scrap ‘dual mandates’ which could scupper Flynn’s bid to hold down two jobs.The vote could take place before Christmas.Flynn is at the centre of a major political backlash over plans to stand for Holyrood in 2026 while keeping his Aberdeen South seat at Westminster.Simpson tried to amend a Holyrood bill this month which would have clamped down on double jobbing at the next election in eighteen months.
He withdrew the plan after SNP Ministers dangled a potential ban in the long term, but Flynn nipped in days later to announce he wanted to double job in 2026.MSPs believe the SNP Government killed the vote at that point on banning double jobbing to help Flynn.
Speaking to the Record, Simpson said he will bring back his amendment:“Stephen Flynn has helped me to make up my mind on this.
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