Independent MP Margaret Ferrier has been suspended from the House of Commons for 30 days for breaching COVID-19 rules in 2020 by travelling by train from Scotland to England while positive for the virus.
MPs voted 185 to 40, majority 145, to approve the motion to suspend the former Scottish National Party (SNP) MP.
She could now face a by-election in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
Under Parliament rules, a by-election can be held if an MP is suspended for 10 sitting days or more. For this to happen, however, 10 percent of registered voters in the constituency need to sign a recall petition.
‘Recklessness’
Ferrier, who was elected as an SNP MP in December 2019, was suspended from her party after admitting she had travelled on a train between London and Scotland in September 2020—despite having tested positive for COVID-19….